Not many anymore. I used to read a lot. I used to read for an hour or two each night before I fell asleep. Now it's 5 or 10 minutes and I'm snoring. So, maybe 25 books a year.

I've always been a slow reader who likes long books, so I've never gotten through them very quickly.

Now that I have a kid, I probably only get through about one book per month. Before that it was probably three.

Maybe 20 - 30 if ebooks and audiobooks count.

I read 30 mins a day, no exceptions, and this allows me to finish about 30 books a year. The best habit I successfully developed hands down!

Probably about 300 or so (not counting graphic novels). I used to try to actually track my reading, but I'd inevitably forget to do it after a couple of weeks.

50 - 100

Not so many. Hard to get real books. The easiest to get books are full of myths.

About 30-50 books a year. Sometimes more, sometimes less. depending on how life is going that year.

These days only a few but I used to read at least one a month.

TBH, I don't read at all. At least not any book.

Not counting books I give up on: On average, maybe five. In a good year, maybe 10. In a rare year, maybe 20.

The mental circuits I use for reading aren't much different than those I use for coding, at least when it's non-fiction, so it tends to be one or the other. I also can really only do one thing at a time. I find it super unsatisfying to not absolutely gorge on one thing. Even with exercise, I prefer something that's compatible with not thinking about the exercise so I can think about whatever I'm gorging on.

... I should be reading more fiction at least.

I need to speed up. Your question has opened my eyes!

It's hard for me to keep track. I start a lot more books than I finish. Usually, if I feel like I've gotten what I needed out of a book, I don't feel the need to finish to the end. I also listen to a lot of audio books while driving, and oftentimes don't finish the one I'm listening to before moving on to a new one.

Altogether, i'd estimate that I start at least 20+ books a year... and i'll actually finish only a few of them to the end.

I don't really count the books and sharing one funny story: I was talking with a friend the other day, and I asked would you rather spend your time reading something created by someone, maybe about five min or a few hours, or reading something that someone spent all their life to learn and reflect on.

on average 1 book / a month, one hour before sleep every night - have read most of the bitcoin books so far with this pace, and i am happy i did

One to two adult books, mostly kid ones. Lots of podcasts though…

Average a book a week. When I travel abroad I read more because that's what I do on airplanes.

i read many, i finish just a fe

I agree reading is important. Unfortunately I don't read anymore books like before, in the sense of fiction or normal books. Most of what I read now is about algebra or calculus now. So I tend to read one book, do exercises, re-read again... This year maybe 5 "real" books? I try to diversify now. Now I am reading "This is not Propaganda" and "X64 Assembly Language Step-by-Step" but even the last one is not to build "intelligence", just to learn Assembly. I read "Attack on Titan" also in January... But it is not real literature, just a random comics series... Next year I wish I could focus more on reading books like those of George Orwell, never had the time to read it.

Not enough…although I read a lot of articles on my phone. That’s not quite the same thing I know. 🙄

My goal this year is 40! Currently standing at 27! ☺️

I read a lot. If you want to start (or restart) slowly, just read 10 pages per day. You’ll finish one book per month 👌🏻 it’s a good start

I don't read books now. But there were times when I used to read like 20 to 30 books in a month.

12 to 15 in year.

not as much as I'd like to, but the governments wont overthrow themselves.

i try to read no less than 2 per month on average, tho it varies a lot.

I need to get back to tracking. Reading mostly posts and articles nowadays.

I read an hour a day, but not books...

~10

On the other hand, most of them are huge non-fiction technical books. One of the things I have planned is to start reading more fiction, which would be a totally different kind of experience, so this number might change a bit.

reading books is a form of knowledge, but I prefer reading comics like Detective Conan, Kenji, Kobo Chan, and almost every day I read them, sometimes I read them until I forget to put them back on the table, until I fall asleep, but I don't count them. , maybe I read it almost every day.

It's variable since some works are longer than others. Page wise, it's a crapload. Bookwise, probably around 50-100 a year depending.

0 books now that I have kids. Unless you count the ones I read to them :) Proor to having kids it was probably somewhere between 10-20z

I’m trying to compensate for now by listening to Audiobooks but I hope to find time again to read in the future.

Side note, do you guys count audio books as "reading" books? I find it much easier to listen to audio books while doing chores than sitting down and reading a book. I also find that when I read books, I get tired really quick.

So many active readers, I'm jealous.

My go to is to open the computer and doom scroll (in so many words).

When eventually opening a book (non fiction), I struggle to focus as my mind races.

I get through quite a bit because my job has slow periods. I enjoy rereading books that I enjoy. I just read DUNE again lately. Also refreshed my mind on Bushido.

I was on a roll now I am lucky if I can do 3 to 4 a year

I read about 3 audibles and 1-2 physical books. It gets pretty difficult because I like a lot of podcasts.

How do you guys handle podcasts over books? I think podcasts generally are a little better from my view because they are cover real time current events and that to me is worth it moreso than principles.

Y'all are absolutely wild:

Wtf, y'all must be wildly well-read on a multitude of topics, "not much" my ass! 😆😁

Bravo 👏 for epictetus! very wise words, I must sadly admit that until recently I didn't even read the newspaper 🗞️ after coming across 2020 something arose and changed in me, leading me to recognize that I knew nothing beyond my nose, and that led me to seek knowledge and develop new habits, today I can say that I went from reading 0 books a year, to reading at least 1 or 2 a month. Now I have 1 list of books that I have read and 1 list of books that I have yet to read.

Depends of volume of the books atm I'm reading Anna Karenina and it last for a couple months If I read 12 books per year I'm extremely happy

Now that I tear pages off my books and recycle them, I average one book per week this year. Best habit that works for me.

And words build worlds!

1 or 2 I know this is way less but I am trying to read more

Almost exclusively read ebooks on my phone. Average one a month

Well, I would say that before I only read novels or horror novels, well I could read about three or four a month and now I am learning bitcoin and everything related to economics and marketing because I have to read more so I would say that at least I will read more out of 10 for example... I like Latin American authors... I have read all of Isabel Allende's novels...