70k Books Found in Hidden German Home Library (2023)

Umberto Eco "only" had 30,000, and even he hadn't read most of them in his life (hence why it's called the "anti-library" [0]. Or the Japanese word "tsundoku" [1]).

If nothing else, the energy efficiency of this house must be very good.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14087536 ("Umberto Eco's Anti-Library")

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25429940 ("Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them")

Very cool, I would have gotten along swimmingly with Bruno!

> From the basement that was encased by over 10,000 thrillers–all meticulously sectioned by publisher …

But that's the last way I would ever organize my books!