In 1439 the printing press was invented, making books common. Before that, there were scrolls and codices, but from what I understand, aside from religious texts books weren’t common.
Nowadays people who prefer to be alone have tons of modern hobbies like gaming, photography, crochet, biking, podcasts, the internet in general. So I just wanted to ask; if you prefer solitude, what hobby would you enjoy if you could live in any time before books were common? (with the assumption you had a comfortable life.)
The options I thought of were: collecting something, working out, writing, wood working, gardening, hiking, some instruments, and I’m sure there’s many more.
I’d like to think I’d be like the main character in “Reincarnated in another world as a bookworm” or whatever the ridiculous long title is of that anime lol. She essentially learns how trade works, learns to create paper, sells it, then learns to create books, etc. Because no one had them and if they did they were super pricey and only the church had them.