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What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads? (midwest.social)

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[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

The Conquest of Bread

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A lot of hipsters have Bukowski or Hunter Thompson on their shelves that they haven't read. They place them strategically on the corner of their $8,000 coffee table or bookshelf.

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[-] Discopanda@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Piketty's Capital in XXI century.

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[-] KinNectar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

For certain sets of people:

Das Capital by Marx

A Critique of Pure Reason by Kant

Ulysses by James Joyce

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