(Hardback)

From the author of the dynamic and successful How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read comes this witty and provocative guide to talking about those far-flung destinations you've not quite crossed off your list.

A brilliantly witty and learned exploration of how we read books (or, rather, don't read books) and the place they hold in our culture.

(Hardback)

Contends that in the age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book, but the one who understands the book's place in our culture. This book examines the many kinds of 'non-reading' (forgotten books, unknown books, books discussed by others, books we've skimmed briefly).