Books read per year?

[billwmeyer]

I am also an avid reader. I usually have 2 or 3 books going at once. One in each car, and one by the bed. I have 3 going now. One is a Clive Cussler. When I was in school, I inhaled science fiction books. Heinlen, Norton, EE Doc Smith, etc. I can't find much in Sci-Fi that I like anymore. Too much fantasy or occult in what I find. Adventure books and murder mysteries are my usual fare now, but I do like historical novels and prehistoric such as Aurel's series. I burned out on Grisham. I haven't liked much he has written since "The Client."

Bill

[Warren]

I usually have two books going at any time, sometimes three. One is invariably something light, a mystery or western and the odd historical novel now and then. The other usually history or a biography. This has been my routine for close to fifty years. The genres rarely change.

[bigstick509]

I usually read hardcover books when on vacation,and I listen to audio books on my commute.

[cabinetman]

LOML reads about 2 a week, so I get her hand-me-downs. If I average 1 a month that would be a lot. I do get about 6 magazines/month. I like non-fiction books, woodworking, military history and biographies, firearms and martial arts.
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[rnelson0]

I've finished more than 10 this year already. More if you consider that some of them are omnibus books containing 3+ novels and a number of short stories. I do a fair mix of non-fiction in with my fiction (why don't we call them "fact" books?) - I am reading Beowulf and have the Iliad, The Odyssey, and some historical books on Rome in the queue. I've never read Homer's stuff before so I'm looking forward to it, but it's fairly tough to chew on.

In fiction, I have 6 books on the shelf waiting for me to read and at least three books I'm aware of that will hit the printing press before the end of the year. I'm sure I'll find others between now and then too.

[twistsol]

I average two a week, LOML is rarely seen without a book in her hand and reads while doing everything else with one hand.

[BobSch]

I probably average one a week, fiction, biography, other non-fiction and just about anything else. Between LOML and myself we've got eight bookshelves full including a couple that are double-stacked with paperbacks. That doesn't count books from the library.

To cut down on physical storage, I've started to order books electronically from Baen ( baen.com ). They offer a web subscription service where you can get a set of books (four or five, SF/fantasy) in several file formats each month. Not really a subscription service since you order, or not, when you feel like it. They also have a fairly large library of free downloads. I like it because it has given me a chance to try out new authors, something I might not do otherwise.

[Anna]

To cut down on physical storage, I've started to order books electronically from Baen ( baen.com ). They offer a web subscription service where you can get a set of books (four or five, SF/fantasy) in several file formats each month. Not really a subscription service since you order, or not, when you feel like it. They also have a fairly large library of free downloads. I like it because it has given me a chance to try out new authors, something I might not do otherwise.

Thanks for that website, Bob. I love free books.

Which reminds me, Tor gives out free PDF files of a book each week. I've signed up and have received about 5 e-books already, all sci-fi. I just need a really good e-book reader now.

[LinuxRandal]

Whole books, cover to cover, straight, rarely now. Between time constraints, the type of books I generally read (technical manuals, computer stuff, that puts people to sleep), it has been a LONG time.

I have several that I would like to read (I used to have a list), just trying to find 1. The time and 2. Find them cheap (not as many good used book stores anymore), things like 1776.
As for fiction, I don't pick up enough to find any that interest me. The last one I did was The DaVinci code and I read it in less then 24 hours. Good book. They changed enough of it that I disliked the movie. (movies are another subject, I stopped going in 87 due to Ishtar, seen 10 since and no great ones)

[Uncle Cracker]

Don't want to hijack this thread, but I have started a new one about Amazon's "Kindle". Come on over and tell us what you think...

[rnelson0]

I should add that I read enough books that "Build some bookshelves" is high on my projects list. I am of the opinion that you can never have too many bookshelves.

[BobSch]

Which reminds me, Tor gives out free PDF files of a book each week. I've signed up and have received about 5 e-books already, all sci-fi. I just need a really good e-book reader now.

Thanks for the heads-up about Tor. I just signed up.

[mmcduffie]

It's closer to 200 a year, see my post in the Kindle thread.

Michael

[mmcduffie]

Thanks for the heads-up about Tor. I just signed up.

Would you mind posting the email address that the link comes from? I don't mean the whole link, just enough that I can white list it. I signed up but my filter is a bit strong and I might miss it.

Thanks,
Michael

[dlminehart]

Boy, what a literate forum we have! 84% of us read 4 or more books a year, compared with 69% of the population at large. Only 5% of us read no books, compared to 9% of the nation as a whole. Perhaps most telling is that 65% read more than 10 books, compared to a national average of only 37% (29% if only men are considered, and our group is predominantly male). No wonder the discussions here are uncommonly informed and informative!