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The Bookless Club: What's on your bucket reading list?

Best selling, however, is a far cry from best read.

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Face it, you’re never going to read War And Peace.

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You might have, with great conviction, bought a copy years ago, but you’re never going to crack the cover. You might have, with the best of intentions, placed it on your bedside table, but sleep, or Netflix, won out every time. No, if you haven’t read it by now, you’re never going to. You, like me, are probably afflicted with tsundoku. More on that later.

Book stores are filled with lofty titles that are considered classics,........

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