Because most people read so few books, almost any older book is effectively new to them.

Added to korrents 10 Aug 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

• Even the most commercially successful books are written for a very small group of people rather than for everyone. SGSeth Godin26 Mar 2024similar wordingMarketing author and daily blogger
• People no longer read books the way books assume they will — they jump around, whatever they tell the author. CHChip Huyen29 Mar 2026similar wordingEngineer and writer on machine-learning systems
• Reading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with. SCSteve Coast15 Oct 2023similar wordingFounder of OpenStreetMap
• A book of radically unusual ideas drifts unread for centuries until a decade's new questions happen to be answered inside it, and then everyone reads it at once. APAda Palmer16 Jun 2026similar wordingHistorian of the Renaissance and of the history of ideas
• A good book clears out stale assumptions and disturbs the old ideas a reader has let accumulate. AHAnn Handley15 Jun 2026similar wordingWall Street Journal bestselling author on marketing and writing

On the map

Open the map on its own page →