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Are there any books you consider most important to you? Any you carry around with you everywhere, or at least read frequently and reflect upon often? I'm reading Alexander of Macedon by Peter Green, which is a pretty good read, and in it he claims that as an adolescent, Alexander slept with a dagger and a copy of the Iliad underneath his pillow. I think the only book that comes close to meaning that much to me is probably Bhagavad Gita. I recently got a copy of Easwaran's translation, though I am most familiar with Prabhupada's translation (after whatever ISKCON has since done with it anyway).

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>> No.15835635

>>15835599
Kindle, anon.

>> No.15835640

>>15835599
I feel like the Bible is a pulpy answer but I do read it for support and reminders. As far as secular work, I most love my copy of Ficciones, which is warped because a girl I was once with spilled tea all over it

>> No.15835643

>>15835635
Yes, it's true that there one could keep hundreds of books with them at one time, but you're pretty drastically missing the point of this thread. I'm asking about specific works which are important to the reader.

>> No.15835656

>>15835643
I don't read any book religiously if that is what you are asking.

>> No.15835666

>>15835656
Oh, okay. Thanks for letting me know.

>> No.15836283

>>15835599
Also sprach Zarathustra, Der Untergang des Abendlandes, The complete Poems of Hölderlin and Steffan George, i Always have one of them by me and read a passage a day from one of them,

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>>15835599
pic related

>> No.15836641

My diary desu

>> No.15838253

>>15835599
I always carry with me the Complete Works of William Shakespeare wherever I go.

>> No.15838259

>>15836317
Lol

>> No.15838297

>>15835599
i reread one piece every year desu

>> No.15838332

>>15835599

For many years there were three books I would always put into my suitcase automatically whenever I went anywhere involving an overnight stay:

>Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
>Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems
>Ted Hughes, Crow

I don't do that so religiously now, but that might be because I more-or-less know them all by heart, so the physical books are less important. (Also I don't ever go anywhere, haha.)

Things I re-read a lot these days:

>Suttree & Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Mostly so I can internalize how he does what he does. (Like everyone else, I think there is a huge need for a fantasy series of high literary merit, and I'm the guy to do it. Stealing CM's cadences is an important step towards that goal.)

>Robert Graves, Collected Poems
One of the most under-rated poets of the 20th century. He completely ignored contemporary trends but I think his best stuff will last.

>> No.15838333

>>15838253
>not carrying all the separate volumes of the plays everywhere so you'll always have the notes too