Summer is just around the corner and I'm on the lookout for “summer books”. What do I mean by that? I believe that there are certain books that you can only read, appreciate and really immerse yourself in their atmosphere at a certain time of year. An ex

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In Search of Summer Books Anonymous 04/29/25 (Tue) 11:23:30 No.215

Summer is just around the corner and I'm on the lookout for “summer books”.
What do I mean by that? I believe that there are certain books that you can only read, appreciate and really immerse yourself in their atmosphere at a certain time of year. An example of such a summer book for me is Albert Camus' “The Stranger”, where I think you can only really get into the mood when you read it in temperatures of at least 30 degrees Celsius and in the blazing, stifling sun. A similar book would be Jean-Philippe Toussaint's La Télévision.

Do you have any other ideas for summer books to read this summer?

Anonymous 04/29/25 (Tue) 11:36:41 No.216

A Happy Death is another good summer read by Camus. But if you're looking for something more obscure, try David Kalakaua's The Legends and Myths of Hawaii. Its a fantastic high gothic collection of Hawaiian myths and history of the Island Kingdown, collected and written by their last King shortly before the downfall of the kingdom and annexation by America.

Anonymous 04/29/25 (Tue) 12:46:36 No.217

stern's other men's daughters or thompson's f&l:lv

Anonymous 04/29/25 (Tue) 14:30:10 No.218

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I once read The Leopard while on a scorching hot vacation in Italy (albeit not Sicily) and it did add to the mood. Also if you do some research on the topic all the street names start making sense (they're all called either Via Garibaldi, Mazzini, Cavour or Vittorio Emmanuele, in every single vilage).