What are you reading right now?

[Pluto]

 

[Seaofsleep]

Just finished 'Eileen' by Ottessa Moshfegh.
Before that 'Sharp Objects' by Gillian Flyn followed by the tv series.
also Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House.
All with depressed/isolated female protagonists because relatability is comforting to me rn lol.

 

[bankai]

Before that 'Sharp Objects' by Gillian Flyn followed by the tv series.

I enjoyed this show.couldn't believe Munchausen by Proxy is a real thing.

 

[LigottiIsRight]

Nettle and bone by T. Kingfisher. Awesome read.

 

[psp3000]

going to start reading Sandman vol. 1 soon and then Junji Ito's adaptation (not sure if that's the right word) of No Longer Human

current: Caricature by Daniel Clowes (trying really hard not to DNF it)

 

[orcapythia]

Building a Life Worth Living

 

[goatmonster :3]

i've been reading The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson. it's about a young fox who puts a human under a spell so he'll think she's human and love her, and i think it's an interesting read.

 

[karakoltriste]

i've been reading The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson. it's about a young fox who puts a human under a spell so he'll think she's human and love her, and i think it's an interesting read.

I'm adding it to my "want to read" list.

I'm currently reading "The Beautiful Maddening" by Shea Ernshaw.

 

[NonEssential]

From the library I got a book about suicide. I haven't read it a lot, because I'm not a big book reader and the book is in Finnish, a language I'm not very good at reading.

 

[ElTopo]

The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud din Attar. I already read it a long time ago but I recently started casually rereading it, I kinda like spiritual journeys and the poetical prose

 

[SchizoGymnast]

Final Verdict about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

 

[Ashu]

The Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana, and the Italian novel I viceré by a guy named Roberto or something.

 

[Hangman.]

Novels from Cormac McCarthy and couple of mangas like 20th century boys and vagabond

 

[d3m1g0d]

The count of monte cristo by dumas, there are anime and manga adaptations, but I'm curious about the original

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

This thread. But I might stop, it feels a bit long. Seriously though, I've always been too depressed to read meaningfully. Which is silly maybe, but I just don't have the attention span. And I noticed when I did try to read, it was just to be able to tell people that I was reading *insert highbrow book*.

 

[quietwoods]

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman. One of my favorite authors. Clear, direct, well-flowing prose and one of the best author's at writing tension. Would also recommend his horror-medieval fantasy Between Two Fires and his fantasy series The Blacktongue Thief

 

[huifu]

Nothing, sadly, but I plan to read The Count of Monte Cristo soon... if my "mood" allows it!

 

[karakoltriste]

This thread. But I might stop, it feels a bit long. Seriously though, I've always been too depressed to read meaningfully. Which is silly maybe, but I just don't have the attention span. And I noticed when I did try to read, it was just to be able to tell people that I was reading *insert highbrow book*.

I understand you, I have many periods when I can't read because of depression...

 

[soolka]

From the library I got a book about suicide. I haven't read it a lot, because I'm not a big book reader and the book is in Finnish, a language I'm not very good at reading.

which one? im finnish too! ^^

 

[Aergia]

Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark. All it's done is made me realise how little I care about the future.

Also Hesse's Steppenwolf.

 

[NonEssential]

which one?

"Miksi lähdit näin?"

im finnish too! ^^

I live in Finland, but I ain't Finnish.

 

[Vlad Tepes]

 

[Celerity]

The Hero with 1000 Faces

That is on my list to read. It is such an influential book.

Right now, I am listening to an audiobook of the Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin.

 

[kittycore]

i just finished The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin! it left me feeling soo warm and fuzzy inside lol <3 if anyone here likes fantasy romance I highly recommend it =)

 

[Depressed&Stressed]

I'm rereading/listening to some books that were really meaningful to me when I was younger. Robin Hobb's Soldier Son and Farseer books, and the Simon Snow trilogy by Rainbow Rowell. I may go back and read In Other Lands by Sara Rees Brennan as well. All of these books are so good and so meaningful to me and I get new experiences, perspectives, and messages every time I go back to any of them. I love books that grow and change with me.

 

[Ferdinand Bardamu]

Still working my way through Pynchon's Against the Day. Apart from that, I've been reading Farm to Factory by Robert Allen. It's about Soviet industrial development. Dry as shit, but fascinating. A good resource for Marxists and people who just want to learn about the economics of the USSR.
Pic related are charts from the book.

 

[karakoltriste]

Now i'm reading "Hierro" by Holly Black and previously I read The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) by Nora Sakavic

 

[lookingglassinsect]

"Stoner" by Jones William. It's kind of boring and hard to read, but I used to not drop books. That book is often said to be depressing