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70k Books Found in Hidden German Home Library (2023)

by gaws on 4/27/25, 8:58 PM with 2 comments

• by perihelions on 4/27/25, 9:39 PM

  Umberto Eco "only" had 30,000, and even he hadn't read most of them in his life (hence why it's called the "anti-library" [0]. Or the Japanese word "tsundoku" [1]).

  If nothing else, the energy efficiency of this house must be very good.

  [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14087536 ("Umberto Eco's Anti-Library")

  [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25429940 ("Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them")

• by treetalker on 4/29/25, 6:59 AM

  Very cool, I would have gotten along swimmingly with Bruno!

  > From the basement that was encased by over 10,000 thrillers–all meticulously sectioned by publisher …

  But that's the last way I would ever organize my books!