Build your antilibrary

The books in your home should be more like your wine cellar than a to-do list.

The first time I realized my bookshelves were more of a guilt-inducing to-do list than a source of joy, I got rid of everything I hadn’t read. Once a proud display of my literary taste, the modest collection had morphed into a tower of shame, each uncracked spine a silent accusation of my intellectual failure.

It wasn't until years later, as I laboriousl…