Do not read

by David de Léon

A tiny coffee-table book (does that make it a tea-tray book?) containing 70 things you ought not to read.

73 pages, Hardcover

Published August 3, 2026

About the author

David is a Swedish freelance UX designer and researcher with a PhD in Cognitive Science. He grew up in Stockholm and the south of England and now reluctantly lives in Malmö. He likes to write short books for fun and will keep doing that instead of watching Netflix. When he is not writing or reading sci-fi, fantasy, ergodic literature, philosophy and psychology, he likes to play role-playing games and take long naps on the sofa. He is not a very good cook.

Reviews

[Kristoffer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick read (I've now read it three times) about 70 things you ought not to read. Some of the advice unfortunately comes too late for me, through no fault of the book, but at least further damage is prevented. I would add a recommendation not to read blurbs, forewords, or back covers of books, of which this book thankfully has none, leaving the reading experience open for discovery and enjoyment. I look forward to forthcoming further titles, if any, on this theme of things not to read before I die.