Bibliophobia: A Memoir

by Sarah Chihaya

“Bibliophobia can only occur when someone has, crudely stated, loved books to a dangerous degree,” states Sarah Chihaya in this erudite memoir of breakdown and love of literature. “You may have bibliophobia if you frequently experience intense reactions to books that somehow act on you, or activate you, in ways you suspect are unhealthy or hurtful—or at times, simply bad for you. And yet they are necessary; you would not be you without them.”