That sounds miserable. I read triple digit new books a year and reread a few series at least annually.
triple digit
Uhm, are they very short books? If not, that is very impressive.
Eh, it’s a mix. There are shorter, lighter cozy mysteries in there, but my favorite series is Karen Rose, and some of her recent books are stretching to 600 pages. There’s a bunch of nonfiction psychology stuff when I can find new ones worth reading as well. (Behave is listed at 790, Thinking Fast and Slow at 499, as my 1A/1B favorites.) A lot is probably closer to 200-300 just by nature of what’s available though.
Audiobooks at 2x speed 40 hours of work, plus driving, showers, stuff like yard work and other more physical projects all add up. It’s not really an “achievement” as much as it is just valuing that content over music/radio/podcasts, and having a job where not having the stimulation of a book would make my head explode. (I do also have ereaders and use them, but most of the sheer volume is audiobooks.)
Edit: I kind of use goodreads? the goal is nonsense and I am really inconsistent with adding stuff. I try to do it in batches from my 50 apps eventually. It doesn’t count any programming books, and I don’t track multiple reads (so the several series I read again that I read in previous years don’t count). But if you’re curious those are the books I read for the first time this year. Availability on Libby or Everand are big factors, because I clearly can’t afford to buy that many outright. I like a variety of different (author) voices, so I try to be open minded. I mostly prefer mysteries though.
My first thought was to pick the longest book I know of, which is Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky. I think the PDF version is 2000 pages. Not really sure I want to reread it, though. So maybe the book I’ve reread the most times, which would be 11/22/63 by Stephen King. What a fantastic book.
That’s the longest one you know?
If I had to pick just one book, it’d be “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson. It’s perfect for soft horror fans and really pulls you into its eerie atmosphere every time. Always a great read!
“The Winds of Winter” because that’d mean he fucking finished it.
That copy of One Piece that contains all the manga in one piece
https://www.jbe-books.com/products/onepiece-by-ilan-manouach?variant=40286439997463
Don’t you put that curse on me. I still have books in my to-read pile from five years ago.
Infinite Jest because I started it months ago and I’m not even close to a quarter of the way through.
damn footnotes
Kitchen Confidential. A great look into restaurants.
Letters From a Stoic, by Seneca
Three Easy pieces
Maybe The Shadow Rising or A Memory of Light, but I’d prefer if I could have the whole Wheel of Time series.
Forgot to add the why. Because they are incredible fantasy novels with rich characters, fascinating world building, and a well-defined magic with a system of deference that I really like.
Also, The Expanse is a competitor in my mind. Different stories by miles but similarly worth reading on a loop.
Complete Works of Shakespeare
Entire Wikipedia digital file
That’s what I installed on my old iPod classic, just in case the system collapses.
Entire Archive.org digital file.
Probably The Lord of the Rings. I read the entire thing almost ten years ago, and only remember bits and pieces. It’s so long that I could definitely read it multiple times and still learn new information every time I read it.
Agreed, but that is three books. If one book was a strict requirement, I would go for silmarillion.
Nonsense, LOTR has been sold as a single volume for a long time now. I have the 50th anniversary edition, which is a single physical book.
My scripture. Might as well.
At least someone will read it.
