When con­sid­er­ing whether to buy yet anoth­er book, you might well ask your­self when you’ll get around to read­ing it. But per­haps there are oth­er, even more impor­tant con­sid­er­a­tions, such as the intel­lec­tu­al val­ue of the book in its still-unread state. In our per­son­al libraries we all keep at least a few favorites, vol­umes to … Con­tin­ue read­ing The Virtue of Own­ing Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umber­to Eco Kept an “Antili­brary”