How many books do you have going at once?

[Dominic]

Can only do one at a time. Bit like watching box sets

[Jazzy]

Oh dear, i have several of those on the go too dom! i could never imagine only reading one book or watching one box set at a time, They last longer that way. Of course one day i'll die and never have found out how something ( a lot of things! ) end.

[Alison]

Reading this thread has made me realise that I have far too many books on the go at once (6). I have a fiction book, a kindle book, a couple of non-fiction books, a German novel and an audio book on the go at the moment, and this is pretty standard for me. I should maybe cut down to 2 or 3.....

[Lucy]

I normally have two or three going on my kindle but I find that quite difficult. Normally the cover of the book sparks the memory of what has already happened in the book but with Kindle that doesn't happen so I normally find myself a bit lost at first.

Physical books, normally two on the go.

It depends on the length of the book. I've got a couple that are a thousand pages and it is a bit of a trek. Sometimes I read a book that I've read before or that requires little to no thought in the middle.

[Frank]

I can only read two books at once if one is fiction and one is non-fiction. If I do start reading a new book in either category, it's probably because I'm no longer interested in the first book. When it comes to fiction, I'm more interested in a book's writing style or voice than the story or plot, so it's hard for me to read more than one "voice" at a time -- also I'm a slow reader, which doesn't help either.

[Tricia]

I can only read one book at a time. I can't understand how anyone can really get into a book if you're dipping in and out of it. I get even worse...when I've finished a book I can't move onto another for a couple of days unless its a sequel.

[Zoe]

I usually have two books on the go; one on my Kindle and the other as an audio-book on my phone. I don't normally get confused as long as I make sure that they are different genres - eg 1 historical fiction and 1 horror! Occasionally if I spot an interesting non-fiction book in the library I'll keep that at home as a third option to dip in and out of.

[Sandy]

I usually have 2 or 3 books going at a time. Zoe, like you, they are different genres so I never get confused. I'm usually reading a classic and a fiction book. I also like science and art books, which are different from fiction and I can keep them all straight.

[Robert]

This is awful but I do this all the time. Most of the time I have two books going at once, sometimes three. Is that wrong?

[[deleted user]]

I always have about 4 or 5 going at once. I find I often get bored with a book and prefer to put it down for a little while but then I am looking for something else to read! It's just more interesting to me to be reading a few at a time.

[Toyah]

Actively reading one currently, but that's a series of seven. I am also part way through a graphic novel set of four, which I keep to hand for when I need something different to refresh me. And I started and got about 70 pages into another book, a Charles Dickens, several months ago but have yet to pick it back up, so I'm not actively reading that right now.

[Mel]

I can only have one book on the go at a time. I do however work in a school where I sort and read with all the reading groups in the class I also run a more able reading club after school. If I included all those it would be 7 books on the go!!! I intend to read Animal Farm with the more able group next after we have finished Cirque Du Freak - the kids have loved this book all the talk of Mr Crepsley the vampire and Madame Octa the spider. I would totally recommend this book for kids as it has the right amount of suspense just to keep you on the edge of your seat without totally scaring you.

[Debbie]

I'm a dipper!!! I usually have one novel on the go and then 1-2 non-fiction to dip in and out of. I also read to my kids so that includes 2 more.
If I need to give my full attention to a text I do whittle it down and just concentrate on that one.

[[deleted user]]

I have a one-track-mind ,so can only read one book at a time . :)

[Duane]

I'm embarrassesd to say that I read 10 to 12 books at a time, a little of each every day. When I am nearing the conclusion I will read it to the end. I've finished multiple books on the same day before.

[[deleted user]]

Wow, Duane
Nothing to be embarrassed about. You should be proud of yourself if your brain can keep that many books straight at the same time !

[Jason]

4 or 5 for me. Kindle book, book at work, a technical book and a book on my phone when I am out and about and am bored.

[A.L.]

I've got 4 at the moment, one I have been reading since January but it is huge and as it is bedtime reading I only read a couple of pages at a time. I've just added the BOM for another group, plus I have a history book I should finish this week and an anthology.
I'll try and read the map book for this group too.

[Valerie]

I usually keep about four going at one - one fiction, one non-fiction, one on audio, and one in French (to keep my language skills).

[Toyah]

It depends on the books. Currently I've got 2 on the go (3 if you include the fact that several months ago, I stopped reading Nicholas Nickleby 60-odd pages in as I needed a break from Dickens!). One is a challenge book, the other is the last installment of a series I bought as a Kindle set a few months ago. I'm reading it in between challenge books, as it helps to clear my head and help me decide what next to read!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

This year I've been trying to keep one non-fiction, the fiction, and an anthology going at once. I read non-fiction slowly so it's on the back burner and the same can be said for anthologies. The fiction I tend to zip through pretty quick and change a few of those a week.

I had so many books in anthologies, etc., racking up and can't stand to sit there and read short story after short story without a break - so this helps. With nonfiction I would usually read in small spurts so it would put all reading on hold for quite a whole.

This way I read all three but it doesn't grow confusing like reading multiple fiction novels at the same time!

A lot of times my "currently-reading" shelf on Goodreads has more than that number, but I'm not really reading all those at once, but put them aside as I what I'm reading/wanting to read within the next few weeks.

[Sandy]

I do that too. I have a book on my tablet for work and sometimes a library or a book I've borrowed from someone in paper form.
I've been easily distracted lately and have started too many books at once. 2-to-3 seems like what I can keep straight usually from different genres.

[Jo]

I have one I am reading (whether paper or e-book), one I am listening to. I can't read two at the same time, I would have to put one of them to one side if I was going to start something else, eg. to meet a Book Club deadline or something. I would then go back to the first.

I then have quite a few radio series of books on the go at any one time.

[Paul]

Somewhere between several and lots!

[A.L.]

4 at the moment.

[Maggie the Muskoka Library Mouse]

I normally have two going on at once. One is my go-to book that I read every day. The other is an eBook on my Kobo I keep for long drives or overnight stays.