A perfect present for all bibliophiles that shows why you should never feel guilty about expanding your personal library, Tsundoku is a mesmerising exploration of the psychology, culture, and poetry behind the urge to collect and cherish books.
An ode to the quiet joy of collecting more books than we could ever possibly read - and loving them all the same...
Drawing on the evocative Japanese term tsundoku - first coined in the Meiji era to describe the growing stacks of unread books that accumulate around devoted readers - this insightful and warmly humorous book reframes what some might see as clutter or guilt as a deeply meaningful way of living.
From the tactile pleasure of flipping through pages to the quiet ritual of rearranging overflowing shelves, Tsundoku explores the psychology, culture, and poetry behind the irresistible urge to collect and cherish books. It offers meditations on the joy of choosing and buying books, the rebellion against reading lists, creative ways to organise your shelves, foolproof excuses for sneaking in yet another new title, techniques for remembering what you've read, and the guilty - but glorious - pleasure of re-reading.
Above all, this philosophy reminds us that we do not necessarily have to have read all the books we own to love them unconditionally. Feelings of guilt, be gone! Unread books can be even more fascinating because they take us on wonderful journeys, and speak to us regardless, whether we open them or keep them closed. We know that books are a cure for the soul: just touching one, smelling one, or leafing through one makes us feel better immediately.
Tsundoku : The Japanese Art of Collecting Books
€20.90
A perfect present for all bibliophiles that shows why you should never feel guilty about expanding your personal library, Tsundoku is a mesmerising exploration of the psychology, culture, and poetry behind the urge to collect and cherish books.
Tsundoku celebrates the quiet, joyful art of collecting more books than we could ever read, reframing those towering stacks not as clutter but as a meaningful way of living. It explores the psychology and poetry behind choosing, buying and arranging books, and the small rituals — touching, smelling, leafing through pages — that soothe the soul.
With warmth and humour, it offers reflections on rereading, resisting reading lists, organising shelves and justifying yet another new purchase. At its heart is a liberating idea: we don’t need to read every book we own to love it. Unread books hold their own magic, promising journeys whether they’re opened today or left waiting for the perfect moment.
Product Information
- Author: Taiki Raito Pym
- Language: Angļu valoda
- Year of publication: 2026
- Manufacturer: Octopus Publishing Group
- Cover type: Hard cover
- Number of pages: 208
- product.Svars: 0.300 kg
- ISBN code: 9781788406468
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