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7. My younger brother, now in his late 50s, has only read two books in his entire life.

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Sun Aug 24, 2014, 11:39 AM

Aug 2014

This despite both our parents being avid readers. I feel certain my son has never read a book in his entire life. Same for my brother's son. They are not illiterate. They simply will not read anything beyond a magazine article.

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Don't tell me you don't read books [View all] libodem Aug 2014 OP

I read non-fiction. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #1

I have a few suggestions, Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #3

Suggestions? Well, this being the Fiction Group, pretty much every thread here could be taken scarletwoman Aug 2014 #4

Yes I do remember the Baader-Meinhof Group and Olof Palme. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #5

I like Ken Follett libodem Aug 2014 #6

I have read every book by Follett. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #8

Pillars of the Earth libodem Aug 2014 #9

My wife's favorite too. Really very good. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #10

That's hilarious! scarletwoman Aug 2014 #2

My younger brother, now in his late 50s, has only read two books in his entire life. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #7