The Sixth Love Language (Hint: It’s Literary)

In some circles, there’s a lot of talk about the five love languages–gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch (ahem).Drawing from the work ofauthor Gary Chapman, folks posit that each person experiences love through one of thesefive “languages.” But I have news for the Chapmanites: there’s a key love language missing, a sixth love language–books.

There’s nothing that says love quite like a good book. I suppose the converse is also true–there’s nothing tha...