NP Word Spy for 2/11/ "unread bestseller"

[Joanne Manees]

unread bestseller n.

A book that many people purchase but few read in its entirety.

Example Citation
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There's the National Book Critics Circle Awards, another nice 
"high-culture" opportunity for Jonathan Franzen, author of jumbo 
unread bestseller The Corrections.
--Alexandra Jacobs, "The Eight-Day Week," New York Observer, 
March 11, 2002
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