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Post what literature you are currently reading and what you plan on reading next.

-Principles of Political Economy by David Ricardo
-Elements by Euclid

Next:
-Principles of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill
-Introduction to Arithmetic by Nicomachus

>> No.6652631

Now: The Castle by Kafka
Next: probably an anthology of Alfred Jarry's work, The Brothers Karamazov, and revisiting Ulysses for Bloomsday

>> No.6652647

Emile by Rousseau

probably read that Europe Central shit next, i don't even like WW2 crap but for some reason i'm going to read it, even though i should read some canonical shit instead

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Now: Ulysses
Next: IJ

>> No.6652664

>>6652654
too mainstream dude

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-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Next:
-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (its a giant collection)

>mfw reading about the engineers thumb and how he almost got squashed by a giant hydraulic press
>he literally panicked and his first thought was of which position was the least painful to be squashed in, laying on his back or laying on his stomach
holy fuck what a way to die

>> No.6652675

>now
The Count of Monte Cristo
>next
I guess that'll be The Iliad

>> No.6652690

Now: Iliad
Next: Odyssey

(I am starting with the Greeks, I hope its not a meme)

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I can read school books for 10+ hours a day, but I for the life of me cannot pick up a book that's not related to my field/practice.

>tfw read roughly 11~ hours about copyrights and biological patents.

>> No.6652728

>>6652713
*~11

>> No.6652792

>>6652713
That is the saddest thing I think I've ever read.

You read legal material for 11 hours, congratulations

>> No.6652856

>>6652792
It gets me off.

>> No.6653013

>Reading now:
Edith Hamilton's Mythology along with Looking for Alaska
>Reading next:
The Iliad along with The Fault in Our Stars

>Not reading serious lit and cheesy YA in order to achieve maximum intellectual hottie cred with Tumblr qts