I once read a book on this topic:
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
I didn't much like it, but it was short enough that I finished it anyway.
Of course, I could be lying about that
P.S. I hadn't read the OP article before writing the above, and now I see the book I mention is indeed on the liar list. But I really read it. Really. And I never lied to a professor that I had read the book assigned that week. OK. Not so really there.