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Tsundoku: Japanese books waiting to be read
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Stacks of books in libraries; these images illustrate the general idea, not a specific instance of tsundoku.
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The Japanese word “tsundoku” (積読) describes buying books and leaving them unread in piles. It names the situation in which books accumulate faster than reading time.

