While reading this book, I felt a little intimidated because so many of the people introduced were famous writers or well-known figures with impressive bookshelves. Their shelves looked so organized and sophisticated. Personally, I would rather see bookshelves that are messy and chaotic, because they feel more real and relatable to me.
12 interviews on how Japanese people view tsundoku (hoarding books and not reading), book storage, how to read and what reading and buying books mean to them. An entertaining read which is conforming for book hoarders.