Art Garfunkel's Library

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Post by archielc » Wed, Sep 14, 2022, 9:10 AM UTC

Art Garfunkel's Library
artgarfunkel.com

Re: Art Garfunkel's Library

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Post by unethical_ban » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:17 AM UTC

This seems at first glance like a solid list. I never knew Garfunkel read this much.

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Post by AlbertCory » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:34 AM UTC

There are about an equal number of "I read that" and "Did I read that? Or just part of it?"

If you go into a used bookstore (remember those?) you find very few copies of Swann's Way but plenty of copies of the other books in In Search of Lost Time. Apparently it's common to read the first one and never go any further. I can't claim to have even done that.

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Post by wyclif » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

Art Garfunkel encases his library shelves in plastic?

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Post by cleandreams » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:51 AM UTC

Admirable.

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Post by kwijibob » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:52 AM UTC

I have kept a book reading log on google sheets since 2007.

Highly recommended.

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Post by a2800276 » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:52 AM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #4

Art Garfunkel encases his library shelves in plastic?

That's exactly what I was thinking :D

It's made my day that a frivolous "list of every book Art Garfunkel read since the 60's" is rated so high!

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Post by janvdberg » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 5:58 AM UTC

I love this! Everyone should keep a list like this (self-hosted). It also makes me a little bit sad, as there are SO MANY books and this shows that a lifetime of reading will only get you to maybe 2000 books.

Choose wisely what you read.

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Post by Loic » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 6:03 AM UTC

janvdberg wrote: post #8

I love this! Everyone should keep a list like this (self-hosted). It also makes me a little bit sad, as there are SO MANY books and this shows that a lifetime of reading will only get you to maybe 2000 books. Choose wisely what you read.

Or stop reading if you feel it is not worth your time.

Re: Art Garfunkel's Library

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Post by 5mv2 » Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 6:10 AM UTC

Interesting.

Number of the 100 of his favorite books written before year X:

1500 6

1900 29

1950 24

1990 41

2022 0

→ it's all pretty recent, which is surprising for a Taleb reader

→ but 0 was written in the last 30y!

Also, 0 of the books he read in the last 30y made it to his 100 favorites list.

When I did the same exercise, 50% of my favorite books were readings from early adulthood. It scared me: am I not learning anymore? I hope I'm not the only one.