Comfort literature

Hi, Lain Recently I've been quite anxious about life in general and it took a toll on my health. I constantly find myself unable to sleep, clycling through walking around the house and consuming senseless media on the internet as to mitigate the rushing toughts. So, since social media exposition can tire you out rather quickly, I've started reading books as to occupate my mind on the bed. The last one I read was Watership Down, the book about bunnies and their intricate society. And it was quite easy to get through, but it managed to be just complex enough as to entertain the mind, and make you finish it rather than just tossing it aside. So, I'd like to ask: >What are your comfort books? I'd like recommendations on books one reads as to comfort himself, and bring out a better state of mind, or, rather, one less paranoid and tired. Not that dense as not to demotivate, but engaging enough to make you ponder what'll sucede after finishing the day's reading. Books to be read before going to bed, or after having a generous meal...

I love Brave New World. If you like Lain, you would love this book. Not sure if it's that comforting though. Try not to spend that much time on social media. It sounds funny since I do to some extent. Being reminded of all the horrible things happening in the world on YT and Reddit (yeah, I somewhat use that garbage without an account) is not good for my mental health though.

>>12039 I read that book in a feverish trance over one weekend and it felt like sensory overload >>12038 watership down is similar to lord of the rings in a few ways if you haven't read it yet, or maybe alice in wonderland, jules verne etc otherwise maybe quote some passages that you liked to get a discussion going

>>12039 >bnw death was literally the only escape >>12038 The book of disquiet has some beautiful melancholic prose. Like peering down on the cold nightly streets from a balcony, rather than a bosom of warmth. A special kind of comfort, escape by mind.

>>12038 in no particular order: - early socratic dialogues (everything up to + including the republic, later stuff is excellent but requires more effort) - livy's early history of rome - history of the peloponnesian war - misc. other greco-roman texts i can list more if ya want - new testament (KJV) (mostly just the 4 gospels + acts, the letters can be a slog at times) - LOTR >>12039 obligatory pairing with 1984 and We by Zamyatin

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa Lord of the Rings Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Ticket That Exploded, by William S. Burroughs The Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra The Art of Shen Ku, by Zeek Be Here Now, by Ram Dass The Final Programme, by Michael Moorcock A Wizard of Earthsea series, by Ursula K. Le Guin Riverworld series and World of Tiers series, by Philip Jose Farmer Generally, anything by Philip Jose Farmer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, or Philip K. Dick.

I like reading from the Catena app, it's genuinely impressive how they've collected all the biblical commentary available (though I personally just read with it set to the Fathers) and matched them to the verses. Easily the best way to read the Bible I've found, especially the Gospels. 11/10 would experience the love of Christ again.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

>>12038 Since you are having trouble with sleeping, I'd recommend taking the book Hello Sleep by Jade Wu, which has been really helping me improve my relationship with sleep. I have been surprised by finding out that much of your run of the mill sleep advice such as "set an early bedtime" or "everyone should get 8 hours of sleep" is actually no more than meaningless mumbo jumbo that might worsen one's insomnia.