"Why Can't I Read Books When I'm Working?" Price: ¥1100 Kaho Miyake #Books 【Challenging Humanity's Eternal Dilemma!】 "I can't enjoy reading anymore now that I'm an adult," "I can't enjoy my hobbies because I'm swamped with work," "When I'm tired, I just end up wasting time on my smartphone"... Many people must be struggling with these kinds of problems. How did the suffering of "not being able to balance work and hobbies" come about? The author, who has also been working as a writer while holding another job, explores the history of labor and reading, tracing the changes in the way Japanese people approach "work and reading." What are the problems with Japanese labor that become clear from this? A heartfelt work for all book lovers and hobbyists. 【Table of Contents】 Preface: I Quit My Job Because I Couldn't Read Books Introduction: Are Work and Reading Incompatible? Chapter 1: The Birth of Self-Help Books That Encourage Labor - The Meiji Era Chapter 2: "Culture" Separates the Salaryman Class and the Working Class - The Taisho Era Chapter 3: Why Did Pre-War Salarymen Buy "Enbon" (Cheap Books)? - Pre-War and Wartime Showa Era Chapter 4: Best-Sellers Read by "Businessmen" - 1950s-60s Chapter 5: Salarymen Reading Ryotaro Shiba's Paperback Books - 1970s Chapter 6: Women's Culture Centers and Million-Selling Books - 1980s Chapter 7: A Turning Point Towards an Era of Action and Economics - 1990s Chapter 8: A Society Where Work Becomes Identity - 2000s Chapter 9: Is Reading "Noise" in Life? - 2010s Final Chapter: Let's Stop "Giving It Our All" Afterword: I'll Tell You How to Read Books While Working