Sure, with more than 70 metres of shelves in my home, my books have a housing crisis. But what if I miss them when they’re gone?

When moving house and cities some years ago there was a conspicuous absence in so many of the potential homes we inspected – bookshelves.

And where there are no bookshelves it usually means there are few books. It was as if, when styling homes for potential sale, the real estate agents had issued strict instructions: whatever you do, make sure there are no damn books about.

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