True Confessions: Which Books Do You Keep on Your Shelves Just to Make Yourself Look Good?

By Nancy Mitchell

The Houston home of Reese and Sarah, who are probably too honest to keep a book around unless they really love it

Everyone does it: when you go to a new friend’s house, you check out their bookcase. It’s a subtle way of scoping out their likes and interests. You can learn a lot about somebody from looking at their bookshelves. But am I the only one who’s guilty of er, stacking the deck a little bit? There might be a few books on my shelves that I’ve never actually read, and may never actually read, but that I keep around because, if I’m perfectly honest with myself, I want people to think I’m the sort of person who would read those books.

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