What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?

Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 181 points –
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Dictionaries or lexicons. Who reads those from start to finish?

I had a dictionary of etymology that I truly loved. Can't say I'd read it from start to finish like a novel, it's not meant to be used that way, but I did spend time jumping from word to word learning about their histories.

But I'm a writer so I'm one of the few that would genuinely be into that.