Shelf Confidence
The Sad Snobbery of Reading Culture
“Oh, you haven’t read the classics? Tsk, I don’t think you can call yourself a reader unless you’ve read the classics.”
“Oh, you listen to audiobooks? Tsk, I don’t think that counts as real reading, does it?”
“Oh, you like (insert whatever genre they don’t, usually romance)? Tsk, I don’t think that counts as real literature, does it?”
“Oh, you read fiction…
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