Woodward: Lying About Books You've Read

Of the top 10 books Britons falsely claim to have read, I have read five (honest):

1984

War and Peace

The Bible

Madame Bovary

The Selfish Gene

Of the remaining five, I have no intention of ever reading three:

A Brief History of Time

Midnight's Children

Dreams from My Father

I am reading, on again off again, Remembrance of Things Past.

I may someday read Ulysses, although in all honesty probably not.


One word of advice. If you're lying about having read the Bible to impress your friends, then just read the Bible. If you're lying about having read The Selfish Gene to impress your friends, then just get some new friends.