508 books
—
1,499 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.”
― 2666
― 2666
“I possessed only a book, which I carried in my small backpack. Suddenly, while I was walking, the book began to burn. Dawn was breaking and almost no cars passed. While throwing the charred backpack in an irrigation ditch I felt my back sting as though I had wings.”
― Tres
― Tres
“Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace.”
―
―
“When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.”
―
―
“In his extreme youth Stoner had thought of love as an absolute state of being to which, if one were lucky, one might find access; in his maturity he had decided it was the heaven of a false religion, toward which one ought to gaze with an amused disbelief, a gently familiar contempt, and an embarrassed nostalgia. Now in his middle age he began to know that it was neither a state of grace nor an illusion; he saw it as a human act of becoming, a condition that was invented and modified moment by moment and day by day, by the will and the intelligence and the heart.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
Read a book from each country
— 1009 members
— last activity Oct 04, 2026 10:30PM
I thought this would be a good place to collect recommendations for books from various countries. I don't have a formal goal to read a book from each ...more
Friends of Independent Bookstores
— 288 members
— last activity Jan 27, 2015 11:46AM
A group for people who have decided that they will patronize independent booksellers and other independent merchants to prevent the further homogoniza ...more
readers advisory for all
— 5773 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:35PM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more
On Reading Graphic Novels
— 1827 members
— last activity 14 hours, 13 min ago
Let's talk about the wide array of graphic novels and which ones you enjoy reading. Maybe you like reading memoirs in the graphic format like Brooklyn ...more
r/Literature
— 59 members
— last activity Jan 21, 2012 02:15PM
Reddit r/literature. A more literary alternative/supplement to the aggregate Reddit.
Ligma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ligma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Polls voted on by Ligma
Lists liked by Ligma