[SamAdams76]

I’ve often wondered how many libs have actually read these books they proudly display on their shelves. I can immediately ascertain the political views of people just by seeing what kind of books they display in their homes. Conservatives tend to have books that they have actually read a time or two, as the bindings are well-worn and pages are dog-eared. Lot of history books, novels tend to be books of action like Mark Twain, Jack London, Tom Clancy, C.F Forester, W.E.B. Griffin. Biographies of high achievers like Churchill, Washington, Edison, Eisenhower Benjamin Franklin. Some Ayn Rand will be in there as well as J.R.R. Tolkien and a whole mess of practical do-it-yourself books.

On the other hand, liberals go for the coffee table books. The type of books that you prominently display to show how enlightened and educated you are. Such as the Great Paintings of Monet or the Encyclopedia of Wine. These books are in pristine condition and dusted off by the cleaning people weekly. If you dare pick one of these up and attempt to open the cover, you will get a dirty look from the host.

The bookshelves will invariably feature biographies of people like Nelson Mandela, Alger Hiss and Vladmir Lenin. Books claiming how folks like Sacco & Vanzetti and the Rosenbergs were framed and on how 9/11 was a Bush conspiracy. Trendy but unreadable novels that normal people will never get through like "World According to Garp" by John Irving and "Ulysses" by James Joyce. With a whole mess of "new age" and "self-help" type books.

[Scotswife]

you nailed it...I’ve got Lewis, Tolkien, Chesterton, Twain.
They’ve actually been read too!!

I swear these Obama autobios were all bought for decoration.

[FreedomPoster]

I should post a few pictures of the books in the cabinetry here in the den. Your first para is pretty spot on. More of same in the upstairs home office and the basement workshop.