We have all been there. Remember that time when your colleagues were discussing that book they found just ‘awe-inspiring’ and you had no idea what they are talking about? Remember feeling embarrassed and blood rushing to your ears? Remember when you had nothing to contribute to the discussion? Do you remember what you did?
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New research has suggested that you might have lied to the group. In a latest survey of about 2000 adults by The Reading Agency, its been found that at least 67 percent would like to read more and 48 percent were ‘too busy to read.’And two-fifths of us will tell a lie when it comes to telling someone what we’ve read. A massive 64 percent of 18-24-year-olds lie about their reading habits.
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Find out the books we’re most likely to lie about having read:
James Bond books, Ian Fleming
Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
The Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum
Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
The Godfather, Mario Puzo
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini