Ask HN: How many books do you read a year?

A kindle has made me read vastly more non-fiction than I used to. I still get in some fiction, but when I was a kid I read a novel a week. Alas, I do not get out to the library enough.

I'd say I finish 50+ books a year, with a ratio of 60:40 the majority being non-fiction. Anything around 300 pages can easily be read in a week or less. Longer stuff (600-900 pages) I take more time on but approach episodically. I read multiple books at a time and I dip in and out of books to take short breaks from the density and to enjoy serendipity when ideas between different books overlap.

The quality of the prose effects novels more because I feel like I can overlook non-fiction prose quality for the most part (however, there are standouts, like David McCullough, where their prose is as fascinating as their topic). I'm working to get more fiction in again. Recently, I've found there are more novels on my radar than non-fiction books.

20-30. I read for fun and to learn about things I like. Never understood the HN/blogger obsession with cramming 100 self help/business books into their brain every year.

It varies depending on what I'm reading and how busy I am. I've had years where I read 50+ books, but mostly novels. This year I set a goal of 75 books, but I've been reading mostly denser, slower-going stuff, and I'm only at about 20 for the year so far.

20-30 mostly poetry, novels, and light non-fiction. I don't "count" a book as read unless I read the whole thing cover to cover. There are probably another 10-15 books I graze but never finish.

I used to hover around 30-40, now I am more busy or wasting my time, so I am around 15.

Which made me think that, assuming that live another 50 years, at that rate, that is only 750 books left. Which is kinda sad.

Usually around 30-40, but this year after I discovered chinese novels I think I already doubled it.

Approximately 20. Usually 1-2 a month on Kindle, all non-fiction.