while I'm no longer a fan of Woody Allen, i do love that the plot behind "Zelig" is about a man who physically blends in to conform to the groups around him and the triggering event was that he lied about reading Moby Dick at a dinner party
i think Norm MacDonald had a bit about lying about having read books too
i mean we used to get gold stars when we read a book when we were 5 - maybe we're continually trying to chase that high