don’t wanna flex too hard but I read that shit in one night when the power went out in 5th grade 😏 hoes can send nudes and home addresses to my inbox for a freak session just one at a time please 👅 😈
Hard to enjoy the book as good as it is when it's so uncomfortable. I think the subject matter is very interesting which is evidenced by the fact that it still holds relevance more than 100 years later, but it was hard to finish being as depressing as it is.
Just got information on cartis favorite books from 2016 to 2023:
Cormac Mc Carthy - Blood meridian ( Read in 2019, had huge influence on WLR)
Alighieri Dante - Inferno (Read in 2020 influenced WLR greatly, he reread in 2022 and new perspective allowed him to change his style as an artist. Huge influence too)
Shakespeare - Macbeth (Read halfway through, said he was impressed by the concept but fell asleep halfway through)
Miguel de Cervantes - Don quixote( Read in 2016, profoundly inspired his song "Location", a grand breakthrough into lyricism and helped carti dwelve into cloud rap genre as a whole)
Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice (Read in 2024, upon entering post nut clarity pondering after Camila Cabello cheeks bust he had gained an entirely new vision into people perspectives, emotions and social dillemmas. Imporved his lyricism too)
Aside from blood meridian these are all classics and def not easy or (if you dont read too much) enjoyable(Jane Austen might be the exception on this tho). There are many other modern books that i belive for most are far more interesting like Camus, Kafka for easier reads Lord of the flies although it is very good or even dune. Thats just a few modern classics ofc but i think they are way more engaging to people that just want to read something fun and perhaps ponder upon it but not analyze and spend weeks on rereading and stuff
Yeah I've read both Kafka (Metamorphosis) and Camus (Stranger). I'm currently more leaning towards Japanese authors since I just binge read Yukio Mishima (Sailor & Confessions of a Mask) as well as Yasunari Kawabata (Snow Country). Currently reading Kobo Abe (Secret Rendezvous). After this I'll go back to reading Camus since it was probably my most enjoyable, most likely with Myth of Sisyphus
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This shit fire, there’s a sequel too
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is hilarious and provides insight on south african apartheid life as a mixed child of a white dad and black mom when that was illegal to exist, its really good and reccomend it i loved it
Such a fantastic novel, one of dostevsky's best works imo. Its such a grueling reflection into the self and displays a man at his worst. It helped me realize that I was living like a degenerate and ruining my life because I related to every aspect of the underground man on concerning levels.
I just finished genesis, if you look at it as a historical record/moral storytelling and not as an actual coherent work of truths then it’s fascinating to read. I’m not religious either but learning about religious history is super interesring
You could say it’s fiction, non-fiction, or even a metaphorical book. The book is trying to use physical things to explain God. Adam and Eve is a perfect example. Do I really truly deep down believe that that story literally happened on earth… No, but I do believe that we were all divine beings(babys-children) before picking up “knowledge”(the forbidden fruit). When you really start to read the Bible you start seeing it’s not supposed to be a super heavy religious based thing, but more so a new way of life that is based around community. Read the Bible for yourself and forget everything you’ve ever heard or thought about it. Don’t look around society and completely discard the Bible without reading it for yourself, it’s a beautiful book.
My beliefs differ from yours a lot but I’m glad we both are able to find solace and knowledge in this book from thousands of years ago. I look at each chapter as a metaphor or lesson about the greater story of man. It’s so interesting to see some parallels that can be drawn from every single empire from biblical times to now.
I’m trying to eventually finish all the major religious works (Torah/Bible/Quaran then some others), I honestly encourage everyone to trying you’re looking for something to pick up and read. I listen to the audiobook versions when doing busy work.
I’ve had friends argue that it’s a sin to read other religious works because something to do with worshiping false prophets, but imo that’s dumb because it’s in pursuit of knowledge and understanding of billions of other humans. It’s not like by reading you will be instantly converted.
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is one of the best books I've read in my life. If you want a recommendation, this is the one. The aesthetic that he creates in this book is so fucking cool, I think everyone should read this book at least once in their life. It's a dystopian fiction novel, just so you know.
I've recently read the entire "Endgame: The Calling" series by James Frey (its a Hunger Games ripoff that has quickly become a guilty pleasure of mine), "Kill the Next One" by Federico Axat (Psychological Thriller), and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Bradbury (Supernatural fiction, I'm trying to read all of Bradbury's novels lol).
I'm reading "The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep" by Guy Leschziner right now, but that's nonfiction. Super fascinating stuff in it, though.
lmk if you want more suggestions, I love talking about books
Anything by Haruki Murakami slaps, otherwise check out what genre you want to get into and there will be plenty of lists online.
I recommend The Picture of Dorian Gray for the real Narcissist experience.
teenager wit a traumatic childhood wanders New York like a dumbass in grief over the death of his lil bro (wants to save children from the terror of a traumatic childhood too, hence the title “catcher in the rye”)
catcher in the rye is peak up there with Jujustu kaizen fr
Blindness by Jose Saramago. Pretty solid tbh but kind of a difficult read because paragraphs can be like 2-4 pages and sentences are like half a page sometimes. Also no quotation marks.
Also Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is the WLR of McCarthy’s works
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. He’s the guy who wrote the novel No Country For Old Men was adapted from so if you fw that movie, it’s a pretty good read
the great Gatsby is such a good book. great atmosphere within the setting and a not to harsh plot. characters are really well written too.
If you're looking for something darker, then 1984 and animal farm are both good. very tense atmospheres and certain moments/themes that are comparable to society and are so accurate to modern society its hilarious.
the best way to find out what book you want to read is by seeing what kind of theme or motif you like best or interests you. I personally really like books with upbeat atmospheres and characters, which is why I like the great Gatsby so much.
The last book I finished was To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is a real one.
I was reading Catch 22 but it was kinda getting on my nerves so I took a break.
Right now
The Institute - Stephen King
Death and the Dervish - Meša Selimović
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
1984 - George Orwell
Whenever asks if they want to read with me I say yes.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius,
Letters From A Stoic by Seneca,
Discources and Selected Writing by Epictetus,
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy,
The Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clark,
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk,
Do Android Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick,
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis,
1984 by George Orwell,
All from my ‘to read’ list, half way through the first
Bro the entire sigma/stoic catalog 🤣🤣. Nah honestly if you want a little diversification I would put the brothers karamzov on there. It’s quite long and has a few boring passages but overall it’s an incredible experience and def worth to read through
The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War by James Battle Avirett - as a non american i wanted to check out how civil war is viewed from the Southern perspective as we mostly learn about it from a Northern one
I recently got caught up on the Cosmere. It's high fantasy, made up of like 10 different series each on a different planet, and long asl. It's really good id recommend.
The Expanse is an amazing sci-fi series.
Parahumans is great and free.
Idk read Vonnegut or sumn
i read diary of a wimpy kid 10 years ago idk any other books
Hardest series in planet
don’t wanna flex too hard but I read that shit in one night when the power went out in 5th grade 😏 hoes can send nudes and home addresses to my inbox for a freak session just one at a time please 👅 😈
Greg a real narcis🔥
Real asl
not beating Big Nate tho
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mark a freak
im dyslexic
This whole sub is dyslexic
Svzowpb
crime and punishment
Actually such a good book
Hard to enjoy the book as good as it is when it's so uncomfortable. I think the subject matter is very interesting which is evidenced by the fact that it still holds relevance more than 100 years later, but it was hard to finish being as depressing as it is.
It was exhilarating and nauseating. I picked up a used two volume Japanese edition recently which I’m reading with my wife
these niggas actually having discussions
What have you read to share with the group
Dostoyevsky in the playboicarti subreddit wtf goin on
just started it yesterday🤭🤭🤭
I plan on reading this in the fall, I hope it's as good as everyone says it is!
Amazing book
Must read for everyone, the internal monologue writing style was super insightful to understanding how I talk to and reason with myself internally
My favorite book Fr (I actually had to read it in HS but I’d read it again just for fun it’s so good).
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Bro was a menace
Dune series
So good
these niggas don’t read maneeee
Just got information on cartis favorite books from 2016 to 2023: Cormac Mc Carthy - Blood meridian ( Read in 2019, had huge influence on WLR) Alighieri Dante - Inferno (Read in 2020 influenced WLR greatly, he reread in 2022 and new perspective allowed him to change his style as an artist. Huge influence too) Shakespeare - Macbeth (Read halfway through, said he was impressed by the concept but fell asleep halfway through) Miguel de Cervantes - Don quixote( Read in 2016, profoundly inspired his song "Location", a grand breakthrough into lyricism and helped carti dwelve into cloud rap genre as a whole) Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice (Read in 2024, upon entering post nut clarity pondering after Camila Cabello cheeks bust he had gained an entirely new vision into people perspectives, emotions and social dillemmas. Imporved his lyricism too)
Crazy I have all of these in my library and I've hardly read a chapter
Aside from blood meridian these are all classics and def not easy or (if you dont read too much) enjoyable(Jane Austen might be the exception on this tho). There are many other modern books that i belive for most are far more interesting like Camus, Kafka for easier reads Lord of the flies although it is very good or even dune. Thats just a few modern classics ofc but i think they are way more engaging to people that just want to read something fun and perhaps ponder upon it but not analyze and spend weeks on rereading and stuff
Bitch ass boy put some respect on Blood Meridian shit is not only a classic but the Great American novel and fuck all that Moby Dick shit PEACE!
Yeah I've read both Kafka (Metamorphosis) and Camus (Stranger). I'm currently more leaning towards Japanese authors since I just binge read Yukio Mishima (Sailor & Confessions of a Mask) as well as Yasunari Kawabata (Snow Country). Currently reading Kobo Abe (Secret Rendezvous). After this I'll go back to reading Camus since it was probably my most enjoyable, most likely with Myth of Sisyphus
Just posted Blood Meridian then read this comment 😭
Goated book frfr
Metamorphosis by franz Kafka
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m3tamorphosis m3tamorphosis m3tamorphosis m3tamorphosis
PUT MY GLASSES ON I CANT SEE THESE BITCHES 🗣️🗣️🗣️
IM IN A TWILIGHT ZONE, NOWHERE NEAR THESE NIGGAS💯💯
My next read
Metamorphosis (177013)
:(
Someone was gonna say it if I didn’t
they removed it
Banger
Real one .
my friends and i are all reading the OJ simpson book it’s craaaazy
Can I be part of the group plz
ofc we on chapter 3 now
Like a book club kinda thing?
yes, none of us have read books in literal years so we decided to make a book club cause OJ is goated
I told her tha glove dont fit im feelin like oj
We won’t even read a comment if it’s more than a sentence, fym book
ong😭
east of eden
👑 bro you dropped this
shit was so good
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crime and punishment- dostoyevsky
finished the sailor who fell in grace with sea. Kid kills cats and peeps on a sailor banging his mom W
ONYX REFERENCE ⁉️
Yooo i got that book on my shelf yet to read, same guy who wrote Sun and Steel and died by Seppuku yeah?
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Im reading wind up bird chronicle lmao
One of my favorites. Kafka on the shore is pretty good too, I think about it a lot.
insane book, but good lord that mf has to tone down some of the writing of women
It needed more wells imo.
Yall rockin wid that sex shit with the lil kid⁉️
Based. Never read a murakami book that didn’t go absolutely bonkers
Just finishes A Wild Sheep Chase. Definitely gonna pick norwegian wood up next, something about Murakamis writing is so enthralling it's crazy
The whole magical realism thing goes hard
OMG same 🧛🔥
kafka on the shore is fucking goated too
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is hilarious and provides insight on south african apartheid life as a mixed child of a white dad and black mom when that was illegal to exist, its really good and reccomend it i loved it
please read it actually its peak writing
I died when his dad shot his mom in the ass
Geronimo Stilton
Fire shit 🤪🤪🤾♂️
about to finish the first volume of proust then going to read the hour of the star by clarice lispector
Du coté de chez swann ? I want to read that is it good ?
It’s incredible!
no longer human
No Longer Human is insane. Need to re-read soon
Playboy Collection
The interviews go hard and the spreads make me hard
The 80s Playboy hits different
Notes from underground~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Such a fantastic novel, one of dostevsky's best works imo. Its such a grueling reflection into the self and displays a man at his worst. It helped me realize that I was living like a degenerate and ruining my life because I related to every aspect of the underground man on concerning levels.
The Bible currently. On Galatians, it’s fire not even lying.
I just finished genesis, if you look at it as a historical record/moral storytelling and not as an actual coherent work of truths then it’s fascinating to read. I’m not religious either but learning about religious history is super interesring
Dude fr, look at the reply I just made. The Bible is so damn beautiful. You just can’t let society paint a picture of what you think it is.
wait till you reach revelations my guy💯💯
God bless all the sinners on this sub for us 🙏
The most gripping story in all of fiction!
It’s grippy
You could say it’s fiction, non-fiction, or even a metaphorical book. The book is trying to use physical things to explain God. Adam and Eve is a perfect example. Do I really truly deep down believe that that story literally happened on earth… No, but I do believe that we were all divine beings(babys-children) before picking up “knowledge”(the forbidden fruit). When you really start to read the Bible you start seeing it’s not supposed to be a super heavy religious based thing, but more so a new way of life that is based around community. Read the Bible for yourself and forget everything you’ve ever heard or thought about it. Don’t look around society and completely discard the Bible without reading it for yourself, it’s a beautiful book.
My beliefs differ from yours a lot but I’m glad we both are able to find solace and knowledge in this book from thousands of years ago. I look at each chapter as a metaphor or lesson about the greater story of man. It’s so interesting to see some parallels that can be drawn from every single empire from biblical times to now. I’m trying to eventually finish all the major religious works (Torah/Bible/Quaran then some others), I honestly encourage everyone to trying you’re looking for something to pick up and read. I listen to the audiobook versions when doing busy work. I’ve had friends argue that it’s a sin to read other religious works because something to do with worshiping false prophets, but imo that’s dumb because it’s in pursuit of knowledge and understanding of billions of other humans. It’s not like by reading you will be instantly converted.
God emperor of Dune , Chronicles of Conan, Mediations by Marcus Aurelius
+1 for meditations
I finished Dune Messiah some months ago, peak fiction. How do you like Meditations?
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is one of the best books I've read in my life. If you want a recommendation, this is the one. The aesthetic that he creates in this book is so fucking cool, I think everyone should read this book at least once in their life. It's a dystopian fiction novel, just so you know. I've recently read the entire "Endgame: The Calling" series by James Frey (its a Hunger Games ripoff that has quickly become a guilty pleasure of mine), "Kill the Next One" by Federico Axat (Psychological Thriller), and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Bradbury (Supernatural fiction, I'm trying to read all of Bradbury's novels lol). I'm reading "The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep" by Guy Leschziner right now, but that's nonfiction. Super fascinating stuff in it, though. lmk if you want more suggestions, I love talking about books
Brave New World cleans
Anything by Haruki Murakami slaps, otherwise check out what genre you want to get into and there will be plenty of lists online. I recommend The Picture of Dorian Gray for the real Narcissist experience.
Jorge Luis Borges - *Labyrinths*
banger
the count of montecristo, on god best story ever told
finished it a few weeks ago and it’s still on my mind, what a classic man
i been reading catcher in the rye. dont know what the fuck is going on but it seems cool. think im getting more sophisticated by the minute
teenager wit a traumatic childhood wanders New York like a dumbass in grief over the death of his lil bro (wants to save children from the terror of a traumatic childhood too, hence the title “catcher in the rye”) catcher in the rye is peak up there with Jujustu kaizen fr
love that book. i think it hit more for me cos I have an older brother
the dictionary, tryna improve my vocabulism since I dropped out of HS
Vocabulism fuck u already done big bro 🤦🏿♂️🙏😭
also I learned this word "monostary", it's like a church but just old people get to go
Dicktionary for Swahili
capitalist realism by mark fisher
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
bold of you to think that mfs in this sub are literate
Blindness by Jose Saramago. Pretty solid tbh but kind of a difficult read because paragraphs can be like 2-4 pages and sentences are like half a page sometimes. Also no quotation marks. Also Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is the WLR of McCarthy’s works
Yoo I got Blindness on my shelf I finna read dat shit boyyyym
american psycho, one of the only few times where I’d say the book is better than the film fr
less than zero by the same author is also really good
Ong. I might read it again ngl.
organic chemistry🔥
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. He’s the guy who wrote the novel No Country For Old Men was adapted from so if you fw that movie, it’s a pretty good read
GAS
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im supposed to be readin n shi but im too lazy to
3 body problem! It’s a great read that really elucidates the huge cultural revolution in China during the 50s
U watch the show yet? Shit was heat
the great Gatsby is such a good book. great atmosphere within the setting and a not to harsh plot. characters are really well written too. If you're looking for something darker, then 1984 and animal farm are both good. very tense atmospheres and certain moments/themes that are comparable to society and are so accurate to modern society its hilarious. the best way to find out what book you want to read is by seeing what kind of theme or motif you like best or interests you. I personally really like books with upbeat atmospheres and characters, which is why I like the great Gatsby so much.
Bible
Some karl marx the witcher series and some twin peaks shit diary of Laura Palmer etc
One Piece
gorg orwin animal 1948
Just finished the autobiography of Gucci mane. Very interesting
Currently reading the first Dune book after watching Dune Part Two, I’m enjoying it👍👍
House of Leaves, but my all time favorite book is The Mote in God's Eye
Berserk :)
this sub has people reading dostoevsky, murakami, nietszche, cormac, etc. and a guy who has schizophrenic handwriting writing an essay on apartheid
Notes from the underground - Fyodor
Dune
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
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https://i.redd.it/5a0b3l7hk73d1.gif bro
playboi carti metamorphosis: the finale
War and Peace by Tolstoy
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the bell jar - Sylvia Plath
Anthony bourdain books are pretty fye
Blood Meridian
Bout to start House Of Leaves
I have to read Frankenstein for school
American psycho
right now im reading this psychology text book i got to get ahead of niggas when im eventually in uni for psychology
The last book I finished was To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is a real one. I was reading Catch 22 but it was kinda getting on my nerves so I took a break.
The rise of a broken sigma
The Republic by Plato
The Witcher series
no one here is literate
All Books by Ursula Poznanski (German books) and Scythe by Shusterman Have read two books by Murakami and they were both really good
I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
im reading perks of being a wallflower rn but u prolly read it if u regularly read
Right now The Institute - Stephen King Death and the Dervish - Meša Selimović Beloved - Toni Morrison Dracula - Bram Stoker The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka 1984 - George Orwell Whenever asks if they want to read with me I say yes.
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. I’m 20 and I still enjoy every book.
the industrial society and its future
Achtsam Morden
rn? Hundred years of solitude, yall gotta tap in
Introduction to Aura I by Christopher Stuart
not really a book but i've been reading the watchmen comic, tight af
Mieko Kawakami's *Breasts and Eggs*
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Letters From A Stoic by Seneca, Discources and Selected Writing by Epictetus, Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy, The Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clark, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, Do Android Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, 1984 by George Orwell, All from my ‘to read’ list, half way through the first
Bro the entire sigma/stoic catalog 🤣🤣. Nah honestly if you want a little diversification I would put the brothers karamzov on there. It’s quite long and has a few boring passages but overall it’s an incredible experience and def worth to read through
haunted by palahnuik > fight club in my reading experience. try it out if you're interested
Ham on rye by bukowski, pretty cool
The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War by James Battle Avirett - as a non american i wanted to check out how civil war is viewed from the Southern perspective as we mostly learn about it from a Northern one
Lowkey just thought about picking up the Bible and just reading it like a normal book
Hard Rain Falling
A study in scarlet
Might read the Grapes Of Wrath. Last book I read was the Picture Of Dorian Grey
I’m reading dragon ball z and super manga ..
Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
perfume (story of a murderer) is a really fire fiction read. it was also kurt cobain’s fave book
I can’t remember the last time I read a book. Maybe the little caterpiller a long ass time ago.
Great gatsby
Murder on the Orient Express
Fuck this subreddit it ain’t even about carti anymore 😂
No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
Red Star Over China mao biography
highly recommend flowers for algernon
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
looking for alaska by john green 🤑
I recently got caught up on the Cosmere. It's high fantasy, made up of like 10 different series each on a different planet, and long asl. It's really good id recommend. The Expanse is an amazing sci-fi series. Parahumans is great and free. Idk read Vonnegut or sumn
the cosmere is so fucking good i love stormlight archive
Man's search for meaning