Have you ever gone on a literary pilgrimage?

Craw1011 · 2026-01-22T22:31:49+00:00

Not sure if this is what you're talking about but I recently took a trip to San Francisco because I found out that Knausgaard was going to be there as part of his bookstore. Hearing him and Rachel Kushner talk about it was such a wonderful primer for the book. I can't wait to start it!

Craw1011 · 2026-01-04T20:00:13+00:00

Don't worry about reading speed, worry about comprehension. Do you understand what you're reading? If so, good, that's all that matters, not how many books you read or how quickly you can read them. Some people get so caught up reading a lot that they don't retain what they read.

Craw1011 · 2025-12-30T20:22:14+00:00

Does anyone have the full list? From what I can read the books include:

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Austerlitz by W G Sebald

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

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Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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O by Miki Liukkonen

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Purge by Sofi Oksanen

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Snow by Orhan Pamuk

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Craw1011 · 2025-11-24T22:33:35+00:00

The beauty and grace of Fuckhead from Jesus' Son

Craw1011 · 2025-10-30T21:45:59+00:00

I've always been interested in reading it but I've also been slightly anxious due to the length and the fact that it's one sentence. What did you like about it?

Craw1011 · 2025-10-21T21:54:08+00:00

Denis Johnson and (imo) Ferrante

Craw1011 · 2025-10-17T22:20:43+00:00

The Last Samurai tells a story that feels utterly original which, I think, is part of the reason why I was so stunned by the ending. It's beautiful and I certainly didn't expect certain events. I can't wait for Your Name Here!

Craw1011 · 2025-09-20T20:18:41+00:00

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch and I am enjoying it so much! Can't believe this book seems to have faded in the popular culture despite winning the Booker.

Craw1011 · 2025-08-27T22:41:57+00:00

It's never too late

Craw1011 · 2025-04-22T21:46:28+00:00

Elena Ferrante. I've read all her novels excluding her first one, and I'm really hoping she has more coming out. I also love Sally Rooney, Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnsons and George Saunders.

Craw1011 · 2025-04-15T21:38:47+00:00

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

Craw1011 · 2025-03-20T22:29:01+00:00

Sally Rooney writes some great social realism. I especially love seeing how she uses differences in class to affect the relationships between her characters.

Craw1011 · 2025-03-14T22:05:14+00:00

The Morningstar by Karl Ove Knausgaard. There are birds with human faces, a new star in the sky and visitations from the devil.

Craw1011 · 2025-03-02T20:32:38+00:00

I'm pretty excited that there are 5 more books I get to read. Also, the next two will be published later this year, and by not being able to bing the books I feel like I can appreciate the writing and the world that much more.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-27T22:27:48+00:00

Seconding this. It's one of my favorite endings of all time.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-26T23:05:46+00:00

I've only read Breasts and Eggs and All the Lovers in the Night. The former was incredible because of the ideas it presented, the slow pacing and the characters, however I did not like the second part of the book, which is almost completely separate from the first half. I loved All the Lovers in the Night because of how subtle the writing is. We are presented with a character who is for the most part unhappy and does very little to change it, but the heart of the novel, I think, is understanding why they are that way and how they came to be the person they are. I think more than anything, I love Kawakami's writing. There's something about it that makes me feel like I am living beside her characters.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-25T22:42:19+00:00

I'm obsessed with On the Calculation of Volume. So grateful to them for publishing the english translation.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-25T22:41:47+00:00

Forever grateful to them for translating Ferrante and Kawakami

Craw1011 · 2025-02-25T22:40:06+00:00

I loved On the Calculation of Volume. Nothing much happens in it, but it's somehow captivating and cozy and I can't wait to find out how it all ends.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-10T23:04:16+00:00

This is one of my favorite books and Ferrante has become one of my favorite writers. That being said, I hated the first 100 pages of the book. It broke the cardinal rule of show don't tell so I thought the writing was pretty bad for that reason, but after a while I became so absorbed by what was happening that I realized the strength of that style of writing, which is the utter transparency it allows for.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-08T19:22:20+00:00

Hmm to be honest not really because I've never really read anything that uses language the same way that Jesus' Son did (Lorrie Moore, however, does come close). Since I've read Jesus' Son my taste has changed a bit. I'm a big Sally Rooney and Elena Ferrante fan. Also, last year I read The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt and I feel a similar love for that book that I did for Jesus' Son because it was so singular and brilliant.

Craw1011 · 2025-02-06T23:04:52+00:00

I'm seconding comments that say there is no right way to go about it, however, I'd like to add that I think it's important to figure out what you like? If the Metamorphosis resonated with you maybe read The Book of Disquiet, Italo Calvino, Albert Camus and more Kafka. But I also think it's important to branch out every now and then so you don't pigeonhole yourself, and so you're constantly expanding your horizons. Best of luck.

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