Umberto Eco remarks somewhere that when he finally decides that he should read a book from his library it seems as if he already knew it. In my words: You get t

Umberto Eco remarks somewhere that when he finally decides that he should read a book from his library it seems as if he already knew it. In my words: You get to know the unread books in your personal library a little over time by occasionally browsing through them, looking up a quotation, refering to their table of contents or index when researching a topic, paying more attention when they or their authors are mentioned in another text, ...