What your summer reading list says about you
Just picked your holiday book? Our choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality, studies show.
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"Your reading list is basically a map of your personality."
— Edgar Dubourg , Academic
"Our inner anxieties determine which book we pick from the shelf."
— Dr Valerie van Mulukom , Academic
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Just picked your holiday book? Our choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality, studies show.
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