books to claim to have read to look insufferable
puts beret on a jaunty angle ‘why yes i went to Oxbridge and go skiing on my holibobs with papa, why do you ask?’ takes a hit of tobacco flavoured vape, puts asterisk in margin of the obscure classic i’m ‘reading’
the list for people who want to look ‘well read’ and need some books to name drop - look no further 🙄 if you have read them, more power to you, but this is explicitly for the people who claim to have read them but can’t read instructions on pasta
consider this a shopping list 🖤
created by ruthie_readswithtea
last updated March, 2026
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Can I get a vibe check, I'm at 27% but they're all tbr 🧐😂
I mean somehow you need to make up for Lobster, right? 🦞👀
I think Lobster has potential to be pretentious as hell
That is true. Let's make Lobster a pretentious book, so that we can all be insufferable together ☺️
Vibe check: Villain era incoming 😛
I want to get like you twin. I already wanted to read Stoner and Swann's Way this year. On our way to be insufferable 🫡
I'm surprised I haven't read any! I was quite pretentious when I was younger and I love classics 😂
Lmao, weren't we all? 😂 I was obsessed with reading classics as a kid to become a "real" reader. Little me would be anxious to read this whole list lmao. So far, only The Pearl for me.
I just kinda stumbled onto classics and I still love them, but there's so many I haven't read 😵💫
Can't read instructions on pasta 😂😂 great list! I have never even heard of a lot of the books here. Also, tobacco flavored vape????
its always the annoying riche girls trying to look cultured but can’t do their own washing in their uni accommodations without help…not that this is inspired by anyone i have known 😅
Glad this is a totally spontaneous thought about an imaginary person 😂😂😂
The fact I have a 0% overlap is not even surprising 😭 I need to read more classics lol
Thank you for this list! I know exactly whom I can recommend all these books to xD
(6% overlap, so I'm only a little insufferable. Perfect. This exactly who I strive to be 🙂↕️)
