# How many books do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148 "2001-01-21T19:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148/61 "2001-01-25T06:30:17Z")
I dunno - 400 to 500 I suppose. I haven’t counted in years. I used to think it was a lot, but now I’m starting to wonder. Oh yes - no cookbooks. The only one that would do me any good starts with “open the can, making sure not to cut yourself.” ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148/62 "2001-01-25T07:00:14Z")
I think my family collectively owns several thousand. I took about 70 to school with me. Choosing was so hard… My best friend’s dad is a librarian. He is considered an expert on science fiction. Their house _is_ books. It’s in the ten thousands. I want to live there. ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148/63 "2001-01-25T23:31:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > **[li]Over 1,000 cookbooks[/li]** 1000 COOKING BOOKS? WTF? Dude, are you a chef or something? That is positively astounding to me, especially since, cooking-wise at least, I am your antithesis. I have never even read ONE single recipe. Well, one actually. Do brownies count? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148/64 "2001-01-25T23:48:53Z")
1500 (Estimated) of these aprox. 400 are cookbooks at least half the rest are non-fiction Mrs. Bandersnatch is forever after me to get rid of some. I am always thinking of ways to distract her off this task. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-own/51148.md?page=3)