How often do you read? And what’s your average book count per year? I try to read a chapter every day, and I read about 35 - 45 books a year.
Hard to say. The books I read typically range anywhere from 300 pages to 1,200 pages with most of them falling around 450 pages. I tend to read one or two books a week, so on average I would say I read about 70 books a year. That is going off of how much I read now that I have my Kindle. Before my Kindle I only read about 1/3 as much.
I go through various phases... Sometimes I'll read voraciously - maybe two-three books in a week (that's voraciously for me, anyway), other times I won't read a thing for a month. I suppose on average I read about 30 books a year (for pleasure - I read other books for research/study...and I also read comics. )
Simply, not as many as I'd like. About 25 I'd say, which are primarily plucked from the prizes, and sprinkled with a classic here and there. My favourites are C20th classics for their readability and blend of style and substance.
Not many at all--ten at most, I'd say. I usually just read to pass the time when I'm waiting for something, and for me, time passes very slowly indeed while reading... Plus, I usually don't read an entire book unless I think the first few pages are "Great!" Rarely will I go on if I get the "I guess it sounds interesting..." kind of feeling.
I'd say.. 20? Give or take two or three. I can't really buy books I want because they don't sell them where I leave. But about every three or four months I go to the US or somewhere else and buy eight or nine books at once. I have to research them a lot so I don't get disappointed and think of it as a 'lost' purchase, so quite often I get spoiled unintentionally T.T.
I'd say it doesn't really matter how many books you've read in total during a year - rather, the number of pages is more important, but I guess that would be more difficult to estimate. A single series can last for several thousand pages, so it can take you a year to read just one. Although I can't imagine being interested in writing without having any interest in reading.
I honestly just started reading this year. when i was in high school i just didnt care. So after i graduated i slowly started to read. I have read about 12 books in the last 6 months, but this is really my first year as a reader lol. Im sure it will increase in time.
My reading is sporadic, and when I do start reading, I generally finish the book within a week. I am terribly picky, so I don't read as much as I might.
Since last June, I've read 60, so I'll read 80-90 per year. 70 of those will be in the genres I like the most, with certain classics and alternative books sprinkled in and among. Not all of those are new books, mind, I quite enjoy a good re-read of an old favourite - I must have read Dune six or more times in the past three years. I do need to start using my local library more, though. It's a great resource, packed with a huge range of books (even if they are a little tatty), and I can't believe I've only borrowed one book from there in the past decade.
I belong to a monthly book club. I usually read one more book in addition to the book club book. Occasionally two. So I guess that's about 24 books a year. I have no idea how to estimate the pages. I would happily read more that two books a month if I didn't spend so much time writing.
No clue how many I read in a year, but I read alot usually I read mulitple books at once (like right now I'm reading somewhere around 4 or5) but one is primary so it may take me forever to finish one of the others but as I said I don't know how many I read in a year, just alot. Edit: And usually I read some every night, or just anytime I feel like it
I'd say anywhere from 50-75 a year. I read A LOT. I have read some long Stephen King books in two days. I should note that I don't have any kids and a good Friday night for me and my girlfriend is watching a documentary, then reading on the couch until 2/3 AM. Yes we have no social life, but we like it that way. Actually tonight (Friday Night) we watched a surfing documentary, she went to bed early and I finished up a story before heading over to this board to read/review some stories. I got a Kindle for Christmas this year and I'd say that my eyes strain less from reading now and it helps me read a lot more. Here's to breaking the 100 "serious" books in a year!
I don't read very often anymore, though I used to average well over ten books a month when I was in High School and the first two years or so afterward. My average books per year for the last two years has been about ten-twelve. My personal best was 60-70 during my High School years.
I probably read about max 5 - 10 books a year until recently. I was a book lover, but didn't have the money and never had the motivation to go to the library. I generally read the same books over (ie, Harry Potter, The Fall of Ile Rien, etc) This year, however, I decided that I would like to make an effort to read more books as well as diversify. Since the beginning of 2009 I've read 12 books (all in Jan) and have a whole stack of books I'm working towards finishing. I would have a larger list done, but I moved at the beginning of the month and my hours at work increased so I kind of lost the feel for it. I hope to have at least 30 new (read: haven't read before) books done by the end of the year, but at the rate I'm going, I'll probably have far more done. I also plan to keep it going and read as much, if not more, each year. As well as varying my choice in books.
Well, it shames me to say it but I usually only read 10 or so a year, and out of those most of will be due to a film being released based on it. I dunno, I usually just watch movies to pass the time rather than read, because I feel like I can share the experience more with a film than a book, which is partially because i'm 14 and most of my friends aren't interested in reading.
Gosh, I forget now the total I read in 2008. I think it was somewhere between fifty-five and sixty books. I'm by no means a speedy reader, but I am getting better than the time before I got back into writing. Before putting pen to paper, I could spend as long as three weeks to read a single novel. Nowadays, I read one to two books a week depending on length.
Last year I read 106 books. I actually have a list of them at work. At the rate I'm going, it will be quite a few more this year. (I count listening to an audio book as reading. A large number of them are audio books. I commute.) I always have 3 books going at once. 1 book at home. (hardback) 1 book in the car. (Audio book) 1 book at work. (paperback) The audio book, when I'm not commuting, I also listen to (portable CD player) when I'm walking the dog or shopping. Update... just for fun, last year's books! The date is the day I finished reading. 1. The Time Machine H.G. Wells 01/04/08 Audio 2. Headlong , James Underwood, 01/11/08 3. The Presidents Collection Washington, Jefferson, Grant 01/15/08 Audio 4. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Michael Baigent 01/19/08 5. The Black Order, James Rollins 01/25/08 Audio 6. Everything’s Eventual, Stephen King 01/28/08 7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain 01/30/08 Audio 8. In Their Footsteps, Tess Gerritson 01/31/08 9. Islam: A Short History, Karen Armstrong 02/04/08 Audio 10. The Fourth Hand, John Irving 02/11/08 Audio 11. Inventing a Nation, Gore Vidal 02/13/08 Audio 12. The Q Document, Robert Duncan (James Roberts) 02/15/08 13. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins 02/19/08 Audio 14. The Summons , John Grisham 02/26/08 Audio 15. History Corruptions of Christianity, Joseph Priestly 02/27/08 16. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho 02/28/08 Audio 17. Ghost Girl, Tory Hayden 03/05/08 18. Panic, Jeff Abbott 03/06/08 Audio 19. Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell 03/07/08 Audio 20. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama 03/12/08 Audio 21. The Secrets of Judas, James Robertson 03/17/08 22. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant 03/19/08 Audio 23. The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice 03/23/08 24. Demon Seed, Dean Koontz 03/26/08 25. Burr, Gore Vidal 03/27/08 Audio 25. The Essential Gnostic Gospels, Alan Jacobs 03/28/08 26. John Murray Lectures II, Unitarian Universalist Assoc. 03/29/08 27. The Apprentice, Tess Gerritson 04/14/08 28. Outlander, Diane Gabaldon 04/17/08 Audio 29. Violets are Blue, James Patterson 04/21/08 Audio 30. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance 04/25/08 Audio 31. The Secret Supper, Javier Sierra 04/26/08 32. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Stephen King 04/30/08 Audio 33. The New Testament Code (quit p110) Robert Eisenman 04/30/08 34. Life Support, Tess Gerritson 05/08/08 35. Don Quixote, Cervantes 05/13/07 Audio 36. The Golden Compass, Phillip Pullman 05/27/08 Audio 37. Secret Societies, Sylvia Brown 05/29/08 38. The Gunslinger 2, Drawing of the 3, Stephen King 06/03/08 Audio 39. Stone Cold, David Baldacci 06/10/08 Audio 40. Body of Evidence, Patricia Cornwell 06/14/08 Audio 41. A Drink Before the War, Dennis Lehane 06/16/08 42. The Assault on Reason, Al Gore 06/24/08 Audio 43. Dreams of my Father, Barack Obama 06/27/08 Audio 44. Wolf by the Ears, Ann Rinaldi 06/28/08 45. Jefferson at Monticello, Edited by James Adam Bear 07/04/08 46. Twilight at Monticello, Alan Pell Crawford 07/04/08 Audio 47. Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare 07/05/08 Audio 48. The Subtle Knife, Phillip Pullman 07/19/08 Audio 49. While My Little One Sleeps, Mary Higgins Clark 07/19/08 50. Negro President: Jefferson Slave Trade…, Gary Willis 07/23/08 Audio 51. The Gospel of Mary, Karin L. King 07/27/08 52. Absolute Power, David Baldacci 07/31/08 53. The Godfather, Mario Puzo 08/01/08 Audio 54. The Manola Matrix, Julie Kenner 08/06/08 55. Jefferson Secret Death/Desire Monticello, Andrew Burnstein 08/07/08 Audio 56. The Amber Spyglass, Phillip Pullman 08/17/08 Audio 57. 21st Century Guide to Improving Writing, The Princeton Language Institute 08/18/08 58. Post Mortem, Patricia Cornwell 08/21/08 Audio 59. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe 08/25/08 Audio 60. Insomnia, Stephen King 09/05/08 Audio 61. Jefferson’s Nephews: A Frontier Tragedy, Bouton Merrill 09/12/08 62. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken 09/16/08 63. Last Man Standing, David Baldacci 09/16/08 64. Undaunted Courage: Lewis, Jefferson…, Stephen Ambrose 09/16/08 Audio 65. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand 09/20/08 Audio 66. Mike’s Election Guide 2008, Michael Moore 09/25/08 67. Dark Tower Gunslinger 3: Wastelands, Stephen King 09/27/08 Audio 68. Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare 09/28/08 Audio 69. Jihad: The Jerk at Work, Edward Ferguson 09/28/08 70. Fingerprints of the Gods, Graham Hancock 09/29/08 Audio 71. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz 10/03/08 Audio 72. In Odd We Trust, Dean Koontz 10/04/08 GrNovel 73. Dear Mr. Jefferson, Laura Simon 10/06/08 Audio 74. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel 10/16/08 Audio 75. Killer Dreams, Iris Johansen 10/17/08 76. Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond 10/20/08 Audio 77. Shooter , Walter Dean Diamond 10/21/08 Audio 78. I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou 10/23/08 Audio 79. Dead Cert, Dick Francis 10/25/08 Audio 80. The Jury, Steve Martini 10/28/08 Audio 81. Revising and Self-Editing, James Scott Bell 10/29/08 82. The Hounds of Baskerville, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 10/30/08 Audio 83. Utopia, Sir Thomas More 10/31/08 84. Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick 11/03/08 Audio 85. Dispatches from the Edge, Anderson Cooper 11/06/08 Audio 86. Uncle John’s Book Extraordinary Facts, BR Reader’s Hysterical Society 11/08/08 87. Catch a Falling Clown, Stuart Kaminsky 11/09/08 Audio 88. Let me call you sweetheart, Mary Higgens Clark 11/10/08 Audio 89. A Bound Man (Barack Obama), Shelby Steele 11/12/08 Audio 90. Universalism in America, George Huntston Williams 11/14/08 91. Tour of Duty (John Kerry), Douglas Brinkley 11/14/08 Audio 92. East of Desolation, Jack Higgens 11/15/08 Audio 93. “C” is for Corpse, Sue Grafton 11/16/08 Audio 94. Case of Curious Bride (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner 11/17/08 Audio 95. Potshot , Gerry Boyle 11/19/08 96. Gold finger (James Bond), Ian Fleming 11/21/08 Audio 97. Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut 11/22/08 Audio 98. Jefferson, the Virginian, Dumas Malone 11/29/08 Audio 99. Two Little Girls in Blue, Mary Higgins Clark 11/29/08 100. Wizards and Glass (Dark Tower IV), Stephen King 12/04/08 Audio 101. Sea Wolf, Jack London 12/06/08 Audio 102. The Hired Man’s Christmas, George Givens 12/07/08 Audio 103. The Key to Midnight, Dean Koontz 12/11/08 104. Twilight, Stephanie Mayer 12/12/08 Audio 105. Church and State in American History, John F. Wilson 12/24/08 106. David Copperfield , Charles Dickens 12/26/08 Audio
I try to read every day and go through about 60 books a year and a couple at the same period of time.I sometimes have marathons were I swerve people for days and just hibernate with my books.Sometimes I neglect them.Im going to start getting audio books for when Im at the gym or travelling as I always have my Ipod on me and walk a lot.
Last year probably around 30 books. When I do read they are often very long fantasy type books. Over the past while I have been reading the Wheel of Time series. Those books range from about 600-1000 pages a piece. Im aiming for at least one a week this year. Its just finding the time.
It varies for me, as I often get distracted by other things, life, hobbies etc. Sometimes I may read upto 6 or 7 books in a week, though I can go a couple months without reading an entire book. I'd say I read about 40 or so last year, which is probably about my maximum.
I really don't know. I go through phases where I'll read, and phases when I don't read. Now that I'm in high school having to juggle school, homework, afterschool band practice, watching Battlestar Galactica (I'm on season 3) and 24 (still only halfway though season 1) dvds to get caught up, playing video games, writing, and hanging with friends, I really don't have that much time to read. However, I'm planning to read a lot during the summer, as I usually do. So I'd say anywhere from 10-15 books a year. Usually a book a month. It doesn't take me that long, but I'll stop reading for a week or so sometimes. Currently I'm reading like 4 books at the same time though.
I'm erratic in my reading habits. There are phases were I may be able to pump out a book every couple days for three weeks, then I won't read for a couple months. Then I'll pick up a book and that book will randomly take me a month, follow that with another two weeks with no reading, then the following week read three books etc. Confused? Yes so, I am. I just have weeks where I really really wanna read and other weeks where it just doesn't intersest me. So for a total number of books a year that's hard. I'd say somewhere in the 25-30 range.
