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So just as my genes and the soul within me make me uniquely me, so I am the unique sum of the books I have read. I am my literary DNA.
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“Russia is lost" she continued. "First we had God. Then we had Lenin. Now we have nothing.”
― Back to Moscow
― Back to Moscow
“My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own.”
― Childhood
― Childhood
“Today, no one has time for feelings, they’re all out making money. The discovery of money hit us like an atom bomb…”
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
― Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
“Wherever you turn, you run up against your childhood and hurt yourself because it’s sharp-edged and hard, and stops only when it has torn you completely apart. It seems that everyone has their own and each is totally different. My brother’s childhood is very noisy, for example, while mine is quiet and furtive and watchful. No one likes it and no one has any use for it.”
― Childhood
― Childhood
Literary Exploration
— 1571 members
— last activity Mar 23, 2026 11:48AM
Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
Pulp Fiction
— 1937 members
— last activity 10 hours, 30 min ago
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
The Literati
— 33 members
— last activity Jan 19, 2019 02:09PM
“L'intellectuel est quelqu'un qui se mêle de ce qui ne le regarde pas.” – Jean-Paul Sartre We seek the answers to life and the world around us. We s ...more
100BestWIT
— 76 members
— last activity Sep 02, 2020 03:16PM
With the release of the 100 Best WIT list we thought it might be fun to dedicate a Goodreads group to the list...maybe even read the list in its entir ...more
Existential Book Club
— 1542 members
— last activity May 29, 2026 06:15AM
This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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