Not many people read physics textbooks for fun. If you peruse "booktok," the books these people are bragging about reading are barely a step up from the superm

Not many people read physics textbooks for fun. If you peruse "booktok," the books these people are bragging about reading are barely a step up from the supermarket romance novels that people used to make fun of. (Remember Fabio?) Making a big deal about reading for the sake of reading is a sign and signifier of having virtuous consumption patterns.