Tsundoku (積ん読) is the phenomenon ofacquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.[1][2][3][4] The term is also used to refer to unread books on abookshelf meant for reading later.
The term originated in theMeiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang.[4] It combines elements of the termstsunde-oku (積んでおく, "to pile things up ready for later and leave"), anddokusho (読書, "reading books"). There are suggestions to use the word in the English language and include it in dictionaries like theCollins Dictionary.[4]
The American author and bibliophileA. Edward Newton commented on a similar state in 1921.[5]
In his 2007 bookThe Black Swan,Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term "antilibrary", which has been compared withtsundoku.[6]
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