TSUNDOKU: THE JAPANESE ART OF COLLECTING BOOKS (HB)

We do not have to read all the books we own to love them. From the tactile pleasure of flipping through pages to the quiet ritual of rearranging overflowing shelves, Tsundoku explores the psychology, culture and poetry behind the urge to collect and cherish books. It offers meditations on the joy of choosing and buying books, the rebellion against reading lists, creative ways to organise your shelves, foolproof excuses for sneaking in yet another title, techniques for remembering what you've read, and the guilty - but glorious - pleasure of re-reading.