book-recommendations

[gleaming juniper]

@tight tartan

[tight tartan]

oh my 😂 , i just saw hegel too.. i wish i was this cool

just pop philosophy for me

[gleaming juniper]

I'm not cool

I have Lacan though

If there's anyone to read

I'd recommend Hannah arendt

Great political theorist

[tight tartan]

never heard of him, just looked him up and he's a psycho analyst?

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah

Really influential for french theorist like deleuze

He was a pop star basically

During his era

Extremely fucking arrogant though

[tight tartan]

i just added 'human condition" on my to read

[gleaming juniper]

Nice

I'm going through on revolution with a prof

[tight tartan]

lol i like arrogance

[gleaming juniper]

Let me find a piece of the first seminar which I found funny

[tight tartan]

i like kanye, nietzche.. really arrogant people

[gleaming juniper]

Last paragraph

He has an incredible reading of freud

[tight tartan]

i like psychoanalysis, freud, jung, nietzche.. but sometimes i wonder how valid it is, ive been reading it for years and i just wonder if its improved my life, i want to move towards behavioral psychology now

[gleaming juniper]

Honestly depends on who you read, I know literally nothing about jung

I wouldn't consider Nietzsche a psychoanalytic figure though, that something out of his bounds. From what I heard, he can think of the unconscious but he isn't that systematic

There's a great lecturer by the name of Gregory Sadler

If you ever need help understanding any large figure

[tight tartan]

wow, what a long winded way to call me stupid😂

[tight tartan]

oh yeah i think i watched him when i wanted to understand 'the stranger', cause i finished that book and i was like wut

[gleaming juniper]

The guy has a half hour hegel series

Covering the entire phenomenology of spirit lmao

[tight tartan]

but i think the stuff he's reading is a bit fancy

[gleaming juniper]

Don't know where you get that from, but okay.

?

What do you mean by fancy

That he reading the text thoroughly and attempts to give a comprehensive analysis?

[tight tartan]

lol nah i mean the author doesnt think much of others

[tight tartan]

i mean the work he covers, i feel like hegel and kant arent for the casual reader, i might be wrong tho

[gleaming juniper]

There for anyone

[tight tartan]

but ive seen critique of reasn and i doubt im reading that in my life time

[gleaming juniper]

You shouldn't brick yourself because of a philosophers difficulty

[tight tartan]

really, sheesh

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah, it's not some magical thing you're doing

No one understands a philosophical text the first time going through it

Like shit, I've read Kant's metaphysics of morals twice and still don't know what happening in the second and third chapter

Anyone who says they understand the entire point of the text the first time they've read it, has a stick up their ass.

[tight tartan]

lol yeah i get that, and sure its something i can probably understand eventually, but i think you really need a taste for philosophy to put yourself through that

[tight tartan]

yeah i remember someone saying nietzche is a 'light read', either they didnt get it or theyre lying

[gleaming juniper]

The end point here is that you shouldn't get discouraged because the thinker is difficult, just do what you find interesting and if you don't understand who cares.

Like no one is going to quiz me on fucking hegel dude

Or Kant's epistemology

[tight tartan]

yeah i get you

[hasty bough]

HAHAHAHA oh my well i guess im part of the dont know how to read people 😭

this is actually kinda interesting to be hearing from you two discussing abt philosophist and all, i have only been really into reading since the end of last year

and ive learn so much more in terms of understanding different perspectives, but ive actually been entering a reading slump and all

what do you all do if you ever get into a reading slump? i wanna go back to reading and ive been getting into it but idk i just dont feel that enthusiastic abt it anymore

[gleaming juniper]

From my experience, finding someone else to read helps me. That's the reason why my bookshelf is spread throughout 500 years, and has a mixture of completely different perspectives on things @hasty bough

You shouldn't lock yourself in a specific category unless you really enjoy it.

[gleaming juniper]

What do you think about this book?

[opal dragon]

wow amazing just love it

[gleaming juniper]

Really? Can you tell me something about it?

[gleaming juniper]

I know literally nothing about stoicism

[pure gazelle]

I need book recommendations

[tight tartan]

lets read it together?

ive been meaning to, one thing i thought atomic habits fell short on is changing habits of mind.. and for me, my thought patterns are not good.. so i wanted to read something that would help me regulate my thinking habits.. maybe try combine atomic habits with meditation if possible lol

[gleaming juniper]

what do you mean

[tight tartan]

obviously i havent read the book but its about a school of thought called "stoicism", it was written by an emperor, and its all about how you react to adversities.. i guess a one line summary is like "you can't control what happens only how you react to it"

[tight tartan]

atomic habits is about changing behavior habits, i want to change my thinking habits, i guess how i react to adversities/anxiety, being more grateful generally as a person.etc, i think meditations will help in this regard so i have it on my reading list.. are you planning to read it?

[gleaming juniper]

yes i thought so

how old are you

[tight tartan]

Lol 22... you?

[gleaming juniper]

19

[fleet quiver]

Yo my name is Ardi too I’ve never come across someone with this name lol

[jovial vapor]

i'd recommend looking into cognitive-behavioral therapy books, or just cognitive... if you're interested in the hehe "ancient times psychology" like psychoanalysis, you can get yourself familiar with aaron beck's works

adding to the psychoanalysis, is as valid as proven by science, meaning that some concepts have evidence and are useful in clinical work like hmmm really simple concept that what happens psychologically to a child matters in adult life orrr attachment theory to some extent

a matter of "if it improved your life" is an assessment of what your values and needs are and are you able to comfortably meet those

there's no one way to improve or one image of being the best person ever

oh and i also definitely recommend "thinking, fast and slow"

but having in mind that some experiments in it might be outdated, but the general idea is cool

sorry if i got too psychological there, im in the middle of studying for exams so im on fire:)

[gleaming juniper]

what is th ekey of the book thinking fast and slow? Is it about increasing intelligence or something?

[jovial vapor]

not at all, it's to raise awareness of how our thinking works

basically some thinking is done faster than other and it has its implications and reasons

[gleaming juniper]

can you give an exapmle? does it touch something for improvement?

[jovial vapor]

fast thinking would be stereotypes, slow would be... basically anything conscious

im not sure what you mean by improvement, i think you can improve by being aware of your limitations

[gleaming juniper]

i understand, thx

[jovial vapor]

if ure interested in improving your cognitive abilities, i recommend hansen anders' books, for me they were the best self-help ever

[gleaming juniper]

can you send a link?

which ones?

[jovial vapor]

i read them in polish, now i see that only one was translated to english, "The Real Happy Pill: Power Up Your Brain by Moving Your Body"... but other one was

"Skärmhjärnan: hur en hjärna i osynk med sin tid kan göra oss stressade deprimerade och ångestfyllda" in swedish, if u find it in your language hehe that would be the best one

but he also has a ted talk https://youtu.be/a9p3Z7L0f0U

[gleaming juniper]

is there a german version?

thx

[jovial vapor]

i dont know, you would have to find it urself

[gleaming juniper]

Thank you man

[jovial vapor]

sure!

[gleaming juniper]

Haha, nice. Where are you from if you don't mind me asking.

[tight tartan]

i watched his google talk last year, i thought it was good, we also learn daniels work in finance because you have to be aware of heuristics to make 'rational' investment decisions

[tight tartan]

im not sure what i mean by this but i guess its to minimize suffering, if i still suffer in the same way i did 2 years ago and i feel the sources of suffering are things i could work on then i can say i have failed to 'improve' you know, but since you do psychology related stuff what do you think of archetypes and just psychoanalysis in general? , what are the practical applications of attachment theory, the ego, id.etc, its fun to read about all these subconscious things in my mind, but are these of any practical use? like do psychologists use these in their work?

i also have seen Jordans lectures and for me the most 'practical' are those where he admits most of his patients have life problems rather than mind problems, most of them have just been dealt a bad hand by life, he recommends you read 'the myth of mental illness' in the same lecture lol, all this has made me question psychoanalysis, why did you call it "ancient times" btw, what is the relevant material now?

[dark whale]

My friends study psychology and they also say this, the id ego superego, Freud etc and all these psychological theories about mental health but in fact many people would be much better off with some simple lifestyle changes like doing much more exercise or even just committing to new things such as a new sport

[tight tartan]

Lol yeah the best thing I've done for my mental health is gym and karate ..

that's really interesting

[dark whale]

Facts I started Brazilian jiu jitsu a year ago and I’m so much better at talking to people and less socially anxious 😂

It’s like fight club

But without blowing up banks

[tight tartan]

Lol it's funny I joined karate for my anxiety.. it helped alot

[jovial vapor]

if youre suffering for so long then i recommend seeking a psychotherapist... to answer what i think of archetypes and psychoanalysis, i myself like to use it for myself, but it has no usefulness in my work with patients; i dont know about other countries, but psychoanalytic psychotherapy is still prominent in poland - but psychotherapy is a distinguished field because there is more important your relation with your therapist rather than modality

[jovial vapor]

even what was proven by scientific studies 10 years ago might not be relevant today or might have been debunked - psychology is facing a replication crisis and older works should always be taken critically... i called it ancient as a joke to show this haha

to see whats relevant today in psychology is to treat it as medical field, meaning getting to know the diagnostic classifications (DSM-5, ICD-10) or just a scientific field if talking e.g. about experimental psychology, so checking scientific papers like metaanalyses and reviews

that will be all i have to say, without studying psychology there might be many questions unanswered and without professional's help there's a limited extent to which you can help yourself:p

[tight tartan]

thanks star.. appreciate your insight.. I'll read your recommendations, besides maybe the scientific papers

yeah I definitely want therapy once I can afford it.. it's a luxury in my country unfortunately.. unless you clinical depression/anxiety.etc

[fleet quiver]

Vancouver Canada

[gleaming juniper]

Are your parents from the Balkans?

[fleet quiver]

There from Bangladesh

[gleaming juniper]

Huh, never would have thought that

It's a somewhat frequent name in kosovo

[fleet quiver]

interesting

[silver ore]

"Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life", how is this book?

[noble light]

does anyone have any recs mystery/romance books?

[past widget]

hi :D any recommendations on theorical books about nerodivergency?

[rapid valley]

Looking for Alaska

[ornate valve]

here as well :/

[robust bluff]

"The 7 habits of highly effective people " Is this book good to read?

[halcyon jungle]

sherlock series - sir arthur or Lucinda berry's book, great mystery psychological theme

[rotund vine]

any one here know how make to do list

الانجليزي في زمه الله

[white spade]

One of the best books I have ever read was "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. Two ideas that I have carried with me from that short book are 1. No matter how bad life is objective, you determine how you feel at that moment about it, and that is the ultimate freedom, and 2. Meaning happens at the intersection between you and the world.Those are two profound ideas! Good luck ♥️

[ornate valve]

use this emote and edit to this one for example if you have completed it
if you want to change line without sending the whole list yet, just press shift+ enter
like so
and it will create a readable list (you can always edit your message)

[rotund vine]

مش معقول الجهل حتي دي مش عارفه اعملها

[ornate valve]

#non-english-chat

[rotund vine]

tkank you for your help

[karmic mirage]

Journey to the West Vol 1 - 4 Translated by Anthony C. Yu, the entire series is an allegory for enlightenment and each character represents a human emotion. This series has also inspired many animes, such as but limited to Demon Slayer, Naruto and most notably Dragon Ball Z with Sun Wukong (the Monkey character in the book) being a direct Inspiration for Son Goku in Dragon Ball.

[dawn flame]

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[shy pebble]

@white spade i bought the book didn't start it yet. Right now i am at 5am club by Robin Sharma.

@halcyon jungle is Sherlock series all relate to psychological genre ? I am looking for psychological genre books, please recommend me some

@robust bluff Great. Habits becomes your believe (basically believe is what you do daily so if we change our daily habit we can concentrate/change our believes also become more confident on our believes)

@past widget interested in this genre too, tag me too please when someone recommend you

@silver ore life changer, it's helping you clear up the confusion of real life (work related mostly goals). We are in constant struggle in; what we like to do and what we could do. Balancing Life , work , dreams. Chinese/japanese they mostly focus on balance. Due to their martial arts, samurai, ninja backgrounds. So all life books are good.

[halcyon jungle]

Sherlock series more like adventurous ig, if u're looking for psychological elements in it, i suggest u should read more thriller books like Lucinda berry or like the woman in the window by A.J. Finn

[dawn flame]

Can someone recommend English contemporary thrillers? Somewhat like Gone Girl or Girl on the Train

[pulsar adder]

heyy, has anyone read the 'surrounded by idiots' book? i want to read it because the title itself is interesting, but i know people are criticizing it a lot too? anyone has any experience with this book?

[dark whale]

Does anyone have any recommendations for gay teen novels - but less mainstream and with their relationship not the focus of the story? Ty ☺️

[subtle rose]

[dark whale]

:wut:

[dawn flame]

Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green was pretty good. Idk if it is considered mainstream

[dark whale]

It looks really interesting thank you

Interesting profile picture btw 😂

[dawn flame]

thanks haha

[dawn flame]

id love to discuss more about books if you'd like

[dark whale]

Yeah sure! Tbh I haven’t been reading much lately, just non fiction for my personal statement for university

But I liked sci-fi and fantasy, especially Dune series and Neuromancer

What sort of genres are you into?

[rose island]

if you enjoyed neuromancer Id recommend Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson if you havent read it already

[dark whale]

I haven’t heard of that I’ll check it out!

[shy cosmos]

I've been slowly making my way through The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and I'm loving it.

[mellow mountain]

does anyone here have any comic books to recommend?? or maybe your favorite ones? I'm interested in any genre (•‿•) thanks!

[dark whale]

One punch man haha

And also God Slap

[mellow mountain]

dude i love one punch man!! God Slap looks pretty good👌👌Will definitely check it out!!

[dark whale]

Yeah one punch man is funny 😂😂

Saitama is my spirit animal

[halcyon jungle]

demon slayerr

[mellow mountain]

read it already but thanks!!

I just started reading a comic book entitled The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and this is some good stuff🤌

[wet dome]

any junji ito is 🔥

[mellow mountain]

fax💁‍♀️ 💁‍♀️ i literally devoured all his manga lol

[hollow coyote]

I recommend for the people avid of knowledge on the human behavior, to read Dosotveiski and more particularly "Crimes and punishments".

[halcyon jungle]

Robert D Hare book about psychopaths entitled Without conscience is so fascinating! highly recommended

[hollow coyote]

okay

thx dude

i appreciate ur recommandation

[cold stone]

If you like sci-fi check out the OG foundation series by Isaac Asimov, currently tearing through it and it’s awesome

[knotty tide]

Ao ashi, if ya' like football.

[gleaming juniper]

I must read a book for Englisch named black swan green by david mitchell, do you have any study guide that i can use. I need them really hard. Or do you know someone has one?

[fervent dagger]

yo that anime is so good man have you been keeuping up to date?

i haven't read the manga tho is it any good?

[knotty tide]

Yeah. I read the whole thing until chapter 292.

Unfortunately, it went until[or is up to date] chapter 295 in japanese. I need to start learning japanese now. >_<

The manga is pretty good. Some of the parts are better in Manga, then anime. (like Fukuda, Hana and Ashito). The emotions and plays are much better there.

[gleaming juniper]

https://www.buecher.de/shop/nanotechnologie/die-physik-der-zukunft-ebook-epub/kaku-michio/products_products/detail/prod_id/40016639/

what do you think about this book

[drifting knoll]

Hey I’m reading the code breaker now and loving it! Does anyone have any genetics / structural bio books which aren’t too dense to recommend? The double helix by James Watson seems interesting!

Also any books covering topics like venture capitalism, private equity etc, not textbooks though just non-fiction

[pulsar adder]

heyy, i saw this book going around, its called 'Cain's Jawbone'. It's a reader-detective book and apparently, only 4 people solved it. I really like the concept - reader has to figure out the murder themselves. But I would like to start with something easier than less than 1% success rate... Any recommendations?

[wind flint]

I’ve read some “whodunnit” books which sound like a similar concept but are shorter stories, they’re still challenging but not too difficult. They’re fun to try and solve and are usually quite clever

[wind flint]

Also some Sherlock Holmes books have the same concept

[scarlet flame]

could anyone recommend books by japanese authors, like murakami, toshikazu kawaguchi etc?

[halcyon jungle]

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto pretty good

[ornate kayak]

seconded! maybe Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata as well @scarlet flame

[velvet tree]

Has anyone read any books on queer history, specifically drag history and could recommend me some good books?? Especially books that don't have a judging tone or make fun of it?

[delicate flare]

i would suggest going through Alok Menon's GoodReads account for reccomendation

[gleaming juniper]

Is there anyone who has read “12 rules for life” by Jordan Peterson?

[sour thicket]

i like any book from murakami he’s an amazing writer. another japanese author is hiro arikawa and i’ve read her book called the travelling cat chronicles and it’s pretty nice

[gleaming juniper]

i recommende Breaking out of Homeostasis - change my life this books, is not best selling, teh author is the owner of blog startgainingmomentum.com . is goldnugget

[scarlet flame]

Oh i'll check it out

[scarlet flame]

Oh ive heard quite a lot of it. Must be a good read!

[scarlet flame]

Oh I see i'll check it out and whats ur fav murakami book?

[mellow needle]

Currently reading it
and I´m really impressed by his writing style
would definetely recommend it

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[drifting knoll]

I’ve actually just started kafka by the shore! have you read it?

[sour thicket]

i’m reading that one rn too!!

[gray kayak]

Hi, i was wondering did u end up reading stolen focus? I want to buy a book because im tired of looking at screens and so reading online doesnt work very well for me and i am thinking of buying that one but would like an opinion

[white oracle]

100% recommend it. although i listen to the audio book when i walk and dont actually read it physically

the audiobook is the author himself and he is very passionate and engaging about the topic so id recommend the audiobook a ton, but you can still read the physical book just fine as well

[gray kayak]

Ok thank you! Im just kinda like scared i will buy it and then end up with a book that dsnt captivate me because my attention span is kinda short ahah also because english isnt my main language and then im reading and although i understand the majority of the text there are always a few words here and there that i dnt and because of that i end up a little bit tired but back to the attention span i think that is the point of the book showing why and perhaps even how to improve right? So yeah i think i will give it a go either i buy the book or i will try to listen to the audiobook. Thanks!

[white oracle]

yep of course. this book lays out why things in our everyday life distract us and the way things are around us cause us to live a life full of distractions and he tells how to combat it all

[gray kayak]

Ok thank you : )

[white oracle]

👍👍

[left star]

Do you happen to have the link?? Really want to give it a go while walking as well

[white oracle]

i bought it from apple books https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=1579444667

[gleaming juniper]

Any science book recommendations??

[empty acorn]

A brief history of time, Sapiens, and entangled life

[ornate valve]

Sapiens is really good 👍

[spring herald]

guys, have anyone read "crying in H mart", i ordered it and currently waiting. u guys have any tw or any advices for me be4 get into reading it? thks a lot

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[torn pulsar]

i heard its really good

[rustic oak]

a little life 😭

[halcyon jungle]

ayo i bought this book couple months ago still haven't touch it bc ppl keep telling me it is so sad and i read abt the trigger warnings too

[full cradle]

Hey guys
just Started Atomic Habits Book ..
How should I Read That Book...iam asking how many pages per day & can anyone give me some hints

[oak bluff]

I recommend taking your time to read it and apply what is said on the book instead of rushing through it, i took some notes while i read it and it really helped, i read around 20-40 pages per day

[full cradle]

oh Fine ✨ well tnx

[hollow owl]

mm interesting, how about that book?

[wheat stratus]

oh i have this book, still haven't read it though, finishing norwegian wood first but can't wait to start a little life

[full cradle]

It's about to create small small good habits which will react as a bigger in our life ✨

[hollow owl]

okkay, I buy it..

[full cradle]

✨

[gleaming juniper]

actually I'm not a fan of this type of books but look about how much you should read try to just read 30 minutes while in bed before sleeping i guess this is enough

[gilded trout]

does anyone knows a good thriller book or anything that will keep u hooked on??

i have read few of her books, its good. thank you for the offer, tho i dont need it :]