I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read

Re:I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read – if I had time by UncleSlacky on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:55AM (#30905153)

One day I mean to get around to reading "The Anatomy of Melancholy" by Robert Burton:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_Melancholy

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Re:I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read – if I had time by tokai on Monday April 04, 2022 @07:00AM (#30905188)

Its great, can highly recommend. You should pick it up. Its encyclopedic and you're not loosing anything by not reading all of it. You can even shop around in the chapters you find interesting.

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Re:I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read – if I had time by semidetached on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:06AM (#30907510)

A not unrelated barrel of fun is Holbrook Jackson's "Anatomy of Bibliomania".

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Re:I like unusual books. Here’s what I’d read – if I had time by billfruit on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:17AM (#30907646)

Montaigne could be a similar choice. Perhaps Thuanus also.

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