70k Books Found in Hidden German Home Library (2023)

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perihelions · 4d ago

Umberto Eco "only" had 30,000, and even he hadn't read most of them in his life (hence why it's called the "anti-library" [0]. Or the Japanese word "tsundoku" [1]).

If nothing else, the energy efficiency of this house must be very good.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14087536 ("Umberto Eco's Anti-Library")

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25429940 ("Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them")

treetalker · 3d ago

Very cool, I would have gotten along swimmingly with Bruno!

> From the basement that was encased by over 10,000 thrillers–all meticulously sectioned by publisher …

But that's the last way I would ever organize my books!

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70k Books Found in Hidden German Home Library (2023)

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