I think this still exists, as the items that filled the space the books took. Eg the younger D&D folks I know fill their bookshelves with minis and action figur

I think this still exists, as the items that filled the space the books took. Eg the younger D&D folks I know fill their bookshelves with minis and action figures instead of adventure guides. It does seem diminished, though I wonder how much of that is being converted to digital and how much is “the average person is too poor for a personal library now”.