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South Asian woman in a library surrounded by unread books, reflecting on tsundoku, book buying psychology, and why do I buy more books than I can read

Why Do I Buy More Books Than I Can Read? The Psychology of Tsundoku and the Self I Long to Become

Why do I buy more books than I can read? The answer is not laziness. It is psychology, identity, dopamine, and the quiet hope that one day I will become the person each book promises I could be.