Just take "desk archeology" as metapher to be filled as one likes in that context.
I don't think I really understand what you're asking for, but here are my current reading habits and a vague idea of the state of my (home) office.
I read mostly textbooks at the moment, but I made time for the library's copy of Siddhartha yesterday. In general I like to keep up with the New Yorker, because it's so well written and edited that everything in it seems to be interesting, regardless of the topic. (I'm currently in the middle of an article about carp.) But that's low priority and I've been busy lately, so for the first time since I acquired the ...
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