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“To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of Shakespeare, of the luminous wisdom of Goethe, actually passes into the personality of the reader; so that in contact with the chaos of ordinary life certain free and flowing outlines emerge, like the forms of some classic picture, endowing both people and things with a grandeur beyond what is visible to the superficial glance.”
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“Life is short and the number of books is appalling.”
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Weird Fiction
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This group is the place for lovers of the genre known as Weird Fiction to meet and discuss favorite works from the past as well as read together reall ...more
On Paths Unknown
— 475 members
— last activity Nov 18, 2025 11:58AM
"On paths unknown, we tread with wonder. Through a glass darkly, to brave new worlds and beyond we go." We seek to explore and do critical reading fro ...more
Literary Darkness
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This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more
Athanase’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Athanase’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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57 friends
720 books
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3,976 books
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282 friends
1,605 books
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212 friends
1,660 books
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119 friends
1,154 books
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317 books
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53 friends
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