Books You Lie About Reading

C'mon, You Didn’t Read That

You may own it and have it sitting prominently on a bookshelf, but you probably didn’t read it.

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Let’s Slow Things Down A Bit

Because they become amazing.

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I Am Jack’s Illustrated Sequel

Chuck Palahniuk is creating a follow-up to Fight Club, and he’s doing it as a graphic novel.

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I Hope the Elves Can Swim

The North Pole has melted.

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Now I Know You Love Me

From now on I’ll know that anyone that makes a nasty comment on The Missing Links are really just the biggest fans. A recent study reveals that the most unlikely of people leave the nastiest online comments.

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Dwell On Death

You’ll be hilarious.

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Go Directly to Jail

Whoever decided to change Monopoly in this way should not collect $200 (or whatever they’re paid). They should just go straight to the clink themselves.

A Growing Movement of Scientists is Pushing for a Ban on Killer Robots. Separating human judgment from war is a recipe for disaster.

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17 Homes You’ve Seen On TV And What They Look Like Off-Screen. Not shown: the tourists who stop and take pictures.

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The Curious Case of the Law of the Tongue. When orcas help you hunt whales, it's only right to share the meat with them.

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The Hunt for Mexico’s Heirloom Beans. A return to rare and exotic bean varieties has made the humble legume cool.

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Why Restaurants Became So Loud—And How to Fight Back. An ambience designed for "buzz" and "energy" can damage your hearing.

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Should America Go Cash-Free? Digital money is convenient, but total reliance on banks comes with costs.

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10 Out-of-This-World Facts About Plan 9 From Outer Space. What made it a bad movie also made it a lot of fun.

Superman at 80: The Real Values of the Man of Steel. Action Comics #1000 celebrates the anniversary by reminding us of what the superhero is all about.

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North Carolina’s Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum. Detour your next road trip to enjoy this whimsical attraction.

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The Rise and Fall of the Hormel Girls, Who Sold America on SPAM. The drum and bugle corps made the act of eating canned meat feel patriotic.

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O Moldy Night: A Celebration of Molded Food. Outstanding dishes at an event in North Carolina ranged from the sublime to the disgusting.

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What It's Like To Be Latino In the U.S. The hyphen makes life difficult on both sides.

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A Real-life Lord of the Flies: the Troubling Legacy of the Robbers Cave Experiment. Muzafer Sherif manipulated boys at summer camp to hate each other in the 1950s, but they only learned the truth as elderly men.

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Ten Superstitions of Writers and Artists. They must have worked, since all these people became famous.

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On Pins and Needles: 11 Famous Knitters. The hobby never completely goes out of style.