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10 Books People Buy but Don't Read

From Listellany: A Miscellany of Very British Top Tens, From Politics to Pop (2014), by John Rentoul.
"Ian Rapley quoted an unknown bibliophile to me: 'I don't believe in an afterlife, but I buy books like a man who does.' Few are those indeed who are privileged enough to have reached the end of these."
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Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
1
Nelson Mandela
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
2
Stephen Hawking
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
3
James Joyce
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
4
Yann Martel
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
5
Dava Sobel
Spycatcher (Peter Wright)
Spycatcher
6
Peter Wright
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
7
Thomas Pynchon
My Life (Bill Clinton)
My Life
8
Bill Clinton
Living History (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Living History
9
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Any of Jamie Oliver's Books (Jamie Oliver)
Any of Jamie Oliver's Books
10
Jamie Oliver
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