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Reading for the 3rd time
read in January 2015
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”
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“Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”
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“Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it.”
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“Poetry relates to reality like a finished manuscript to a rough draft.”
― A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky
― A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky
Completists' Club
— 540 members
— last activity Dec 24, 2024 10:59PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more
/lit/ (2025 revival edition)
— 1281 members
— last activity Jan 03, 2026 07:02AM
No fun allowed. Reading top 100 books from the /lit/ chart.
The Nobel Prize in Literature
— 401 members
— last activity Jun 23, 2024 04:33AM
Ah, the Nobel Prize! The decision of a jury of aristocratic Swedes who, since 1901, have awarded the prize to seven of their countrymen and one of the ...more
Classics and the Western Canon
— 4923 members
— last activity Jan 03, 2026 05:25AM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 ...more
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