How Many Books Do You Read in a Year

[Cheryl]

John wrote: "Yeah, I don't always mark anthology books in my read bookshelf because I only read a few of the stories at a time. I mean that's the beauty of short stories, you could read one in a book and not to..."

That's a great idea. I have lots of anthologies collecting dust because I don't have a strategy for tackling them. I like this idea of reading just a few at a time.

What I can do, a strategy for me, is review the story(s) that I just read, and then edit the review next time I read from the book.

Thank you!

[Pat the Book Goblin]

Its been sporadic for me. The last three years were really busy so 2016 was only 12, 2017 was 60, but this year I've read about 175 so far.

[Dave]

I'm a pretty slow reader. The only time I really give myself to digest a book is at night before I go to bed or, like now, when I travel for business and I need to keep myself busy in a hotel or on a plane. My average per year is about 12, depending on how interesting the book is. I can either devour one or if the book becomes a slog, I tend to be a little slower. I have a bad habit of not abandoning books even if I'm not enjoying them. (I'm looking at you Annihilation!)

[Trike]

According to my GR stats since 2010, I’m averaging 67.7 books a year, including this year so far.

Caveat: that includes graphic novels, photo and art books. If I just do “real books”, it’s probably closer to 40.

Anomaly years: 2012 had 28 books (18 real) while 2017 had 103 (53 real).