On Literary Deal-Breakers; or, My Lack of Snobbery

The New York Times published a much-talked-about story a week or two ago titled “It’s Not You, it’s Your Books,” which talks about “deal-breaker” books — books that make their owners less attractive or downright undateable.
I’ve delayed writing about it until now because it wasn’t that obvious what books would give me second thoughts about [...]