James Bond books among the most popular to pretend to have read

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/02/james-bond-lord-rings-narnia-books-we-most-pretend-read-fibbed

Have you met anyone who just pretended to have read the James Bond novels? )

Charmed & Dangerous

Purvis and Wade?

Dirty Punker

aka The Pretenders?


(Nobody ever expects The Pretenders)

Silhouette Man

I think there are some of those types on Bond forums too, alas.

It shows that the Bond novels now have attained a certain cachet in a cultural sense, and that is a very good thing. -{

It would be nice to think that the more Fleming faithful Craig era is at least partly responsible for this. The 2008 Fleming centenary also raised awareness of Fleming and his Bond novels and short stories too, of course.

The Domino Effect

While there are quite a few books on that list that I have never read, I can honestly say that I have never lied about it. I don't really see the point. The last time I lied about reading a book was in school!