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r/literature

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Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome.

We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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to r/literature by Dense-Concert3441
1 week ago
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullars
Book Review
to r/literature by Logical-Plum-2499
2 weeks ago
Do people still like Gone With The WInd?
Literary Criticism
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2 weeks ago
WHat do you think of Paul Auster?
Literary Criticism
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2 weeks ago
WHat do you think of the literature Nobel Laureates from the last 20 years?
Literary Criticism
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2 weeks ago
I think Mario Vargas Llosa is a really good author, and a little underrated.
Literary Criticism
to r/literature by Logical-Plum-2499
2 weeks ago
Is Roberto Bolano still popular, and if so, how popular?
Literary Criticism
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2 weeks ago
WHo are your 5 favourite writers, and why?
Literary Criticism
to r/literature by sushisushisushi
1 month ago
What are you reading?
Discussion
to r/literature by Logical-Plum-2499
2 weeks ago
What are some really good short story collections by Anton Chekov?
Literary History
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1 month ago
What are you reading?
Discussion
to r/literature by Elio555
3 months ago
Henry Henry by Allen Bratten
Discussion
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3 months ago
What are you reading?
Discussion
to r/literature by Logical-Plum-2499
2 weeks ago
I think W Somerset Maugham is an excellent author. Is he still popular, or not?
Literary Criticism
to r/literature by blacktreerising
5 months ago
Characters you relate to for negative qualities
Discussion
to r/literature by JimmyShannon
7 months ago
Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene (1958)
Discussion
to r/literature by Chrissisol
5 months ago
Kerouac
Discussion
to r/literature by peachesandviolets1
10 months ago
Ecology & Form
Discussion
to r/literature by leonidganzha
8 months ago
Is Shakespeare actually easily intelligible for modern readers?
Discussion
to r/literature by Surfaceofthesun
7 months ago
Just finished East Of Eden - An unforgettable experience.
Discussion
to r/literature by Apart_Traffic4588
10 months ago
Middlemarch as a sad novel? I say no!
Discussion
to r/literature by rubyrillo
4 months ago
A canon for queer teens
Discussion
to r/literature by Surfaceofthesun
7 months ago
East Of Eden - Steinbeck writing Horror.
Discussion
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1 year ago
What do you think of Brideshead Revisited?
Discussion
to r/literature by bngoc3r0
3 months ago
Fans of American Realism?
Literary History
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1 year ago
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Discussion