Books read per year?

[mnmphd]

I would say I average 1 book per year of the fiction variety.

That said I read MANY papers from engineering journals. Finding time to read
through a whole book seems to get more difficult as work and home projects
occupy 80% of my time.

[Bruce Cohen]

Not counting woodworking books or software books, I usually read approx. 1 fiction/non-fiction book a week. And yes, I spend a lot of time in the bathroom.

Bruce

[KenBurris]

lots more

My record in 2005 while "working" 11 PM - 7 AM as basically a babysitter for computer problems, was 5 books in 5 work days - granted, 3 were Spensers (Robert B. Parker). I could read a Spenser in 2.5 hours back them. Now i read 4 - 5 a week , still occasionally stay up until 4 AM to finish one. Library run at least weekly. 99% mystery/thriller, some hard SF(hard to find anymore) Haven't opened a non-fiction book since college(not much then ) If you like to keep track of what you have/want to read (my library lets me order to my local branch for pickup) I recommend
stopyourekillingme.com - for mysteries - you can search by author, protagonist's occupation or location, etc.) ,
or http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ - all kinds of fiction

[Pappy]

What's a book???? Somebody give me a link and I'll go read one!

[JoeyGee]

Count me as another whose voracious reading habit is on hold while I encourage the same habit in 3 little ones. Of course, one of the best ways to do that is to show your kids that you read books yourself, as well as reading to them. My parents are big readers, and that's where I got the bug.

I will very proudly say, the last book I read was "I Need to Go to the Bathroom" by Bailey (my 6 yo old son). He sat down the other day and wrote the whole thing out, and glued the edges together to bind it.

[sparkeyjames]

I can easily read more than 10 in a month. Mostly SCI/FI some fantasy. Read tech books like programming in C or perl to fall asleep to.

[sparkeyjames]

Have an enormous specialty book collection considered by many to be the most complete of its kind in the world, and I've read every one of them. Now I get them before they even go to the publisher. Represents a huge investment in time, but worth every minute.

So you own all the Cat in the Hat books too?

[OpaDC]

Have always been an avid reader. Read most anything except romance novels. (This included cereal boxes ). Fan of alternative history when done well, which is rare. Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove was fun. And I love how Clive Cussler sneaks himself into his stories.
I can thank my parents for my reading habits. Spent so much time on restriction I had to do something. Even used to read encyclopedia. Still addicted to looking things up and it's soooo much easier to google than grab the Britannica. Major problem is I tend to buy new, prevents me from getting repeats. Good thing about that is USO at airport recently got couple hundred books (paperback). (good place to donate books)

Have an enormous specialty book collection considered by many to be the most complete of its kind in the world, and I've read every one of them. Now I get them before they even go to the publisher. Represents a huge investment in time, but worth every minute.

Curious what kind of specialty books. Old, new, borrowed, blue? Just call me nosy.

[atgcpaul]

I don't remember the last time I read a book cover to cover. It's sad, really.
When I was a kid I would go to the library and check out tons of science
books, but those were more like cookbooks where I could pick and choose what
interested me most. That is probably why I read a lot of magazines and have
a lot of subscriptions. I always considered myself somewhat of an intellectual
but the book department is definitely where I fall short.

[Uncle Cracker]

Curious what kind of specialty books. Old, new, borrowed, blue? Just call me nosy.

Japanese martial arts...

[Bigbit]

I only read about 1 or 2 books per year. The reason: I have to read about 20 - 30 trade magazines and journals per month as part of my job. Just don't feel like reading much else with that on my plate.

[cwithboat]

I read two to three hours each day. We have a great used book store in our town, I treat it as my library. All my books have been turned into the store , except for reference books. Once or twice a week I stop in and drop off books and grab new ones. Occasionally, I will buy a hot current book from Amazon (see Book Review;The Great Warming). I probably finish over a hundred books a year, I guess I give up on an equal number as not worth the trouble.

[drumpriest]

For me it really depends upon the year, and my state of work. We are super crunched on a project right now, and I have not read much at all in months, only 2 books in 3 months. I put 7-10 as that's my pace for this year. Last year it was in the 20s, and usually is, but not this year with the new baby and the project shipping in weeks....

[Anna]

Do graphic novels count?

Even without graphic novels (okay, comic books, but that's just a technicality), I read more than 10 books a year. I get into author binges, where I pick an author and read all the books he/she wrote until I get tired of him/her.

So far this year, I think I've already read about 18 books, mostly SF/fantasy. Next in line, though, is John Adams by McCullough. It's supposed to be a very good book.

[Popeye]

When I was an over the road driver I listened to probably 5-6 a week and read another regular book while sitting at customers. Now that I'm home everyday that's dropped to approx. 1 per year. At home it seems if I'm not doing something active I feel lazy. I watch very little tv for the same reason. Pat