How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read (Audiobook)

from markfinl

The author freely admits that as a college professor he spends most of his time talking about books he hasn't read. According to his thesis, everyone who discusses books talks about books they haven't read, and that's OK. The acting of reading one book means that there are other books you are not...

from tchelyzt

Have you ever felt culturally inferior when conversation turns to literature and you haven't read or can't remember the books being discussed? Maybe you've heard of them but fear that offering an opinion will be found out as unsubstantiated by direct reading experience. This amusing book will hel...

from debnance

Catchy title. Was it a parody? Was the author writing in earnest? I heard an interview with the author on NPR and realized there might be more to this book than I'd initially thought. Bayard defines "books you haven't read" broadly, including the obvious "books never opened", but adding "books sk...

from narwhaltortellini

Ok, so shoot me. I read the book description, I read the humorous chapter premises, and perhaps unfoundedly, decided I knew exactly what I was going to get from this book. I thought I was going to get a humorous devaluing of reading, and in particular of the "great works of literature," grounded ...

from lalalibrarian

in the spirit of this book, I didn't read it, I skimmed it. I think I can talk about it with you anyway, though.