A few years back I wrote a post about buying more books. At the time I’d created all sorts of arbitrary rules for buying books, but I’d like to re-state the case with fewer rules and fewer words.
Buy more books.
That’s it. That’s the whole message. I just think that you should buy more books. That everyone should. Most books are remarkable value for money and the right one can change your life. A few have changed mine.
Unfortunately, you can’t know ahead of time which books will change your life. Yours specifically. You can search for “life-changing books,” sure, but that rarely works. Life-changing for who exactly?
The only way to know if a book might change your life is to read it, and a great way to read a book is to buy it. If you don’t want to (or can’t), checking more books out of the library is great, too. Better even.
Owning more books is great. You don’t even have to read them, at least not all of them. You certainly don’t have to finish those you start. If you’re interested, buy the book. You never know where it might lead.