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What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?
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I sometimes run into interior design pics where books are organized by spine color, and I gasp and clutch my pearls at the heresy.
...but yes, some people do use books as decorative props instead of as things to be read and enjoyed for their content.
Every IKEA has books all over the place for decor, and they’re all in Swedish.
I get it. I didn't imagine books could be purely ornamental, but the consensus seems to be that's not too rare. I personally organise them broadly by genre and theme, so if I have to recommend something to friend I will point at a particular shelf and go "look in there"