How many unread books do you own?

In My Humble Opinion
41

I’ve got maybe 10 books that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet. Some were by authors that I want to read but require a good amount of time to do so, some are things that I bought really cheap on the off chance that it might interest me, and one was something that I was sure I would like but can’t get past the first 95 pages no matter how often I try to read it. (Autumn of the Patriarch)

I’ve moved 4 times in the last three years so I’ve pruned away just about all the excess from my book collection. I now prefer to go tp the library once every two weeks and check out a few books. My local library has a really good selection and you can go online and reserve soemthing new that you want to read.

My wife has aproximately the same number of unread books. She goes to a Russian language bookstore and buys them in large quantities and spends the next few months reading them. Luckily, she gets them pretty cheap. On average, she pays 4 bucks per book.

42

I’d venture to guess 70 to 100.

43

Forty-seven. I was down to zero, but I went to the used-book store yesterday. Now I have books but no money. Good exchange. It doesn’t take long to read money.

44

Most of you people have more unread books than I have read books.

Then again, I probably own more unread books than the number of books I’ve actually read.

I’m not much of a book reader, especially fiction. And non-fiction. Hrmm…

45

I was going to say none. When I buy a book it gets read within the first week. This doesn’t include gift books however. If I count all the the garage sale specials my mother drops by it adds up to about 40 - 50 before I find time to sort though and dispose of the ones I don’t want.

46

I went to the library today (three books on loan and bought one of their discards), then over to the mall for lunch. After that I dropped into Chapters and bought two more off the remainder table. Tomorrow I have to go out to another bookstore that’s holding a magazine for me, and have to try getting past their great selection of remainders.

Does that give you an idea how many unread books I have?

47

Probably about a hundred. Living overseas in a country where English books are overpriced, my book buying tends to be done in huge bursts. Either I spend a few months putting stuff in my Amazon cart before sending it over in one big shipment, or one of the local stores holds a clearance sale to free up space and I go nuts. Either way, I end up with a dozen or so new books at a time, some of which get read immediately, some of which sit for a while. Inevitably, some will still be left over when the next frenzy starts, and will be left unread until some random urge strikes.

48

I’m not sure. More than 20, less than 50.

49

I think I’ve read all of my books, including most of my dictionary. How can you have books and not read them?

50

ummm because it takes a minute to buy them and a week plus or minus to read them.

51

Over 500. My father is a book collecor and recently gave me about 20 boxes of books. Since I only read about 1 a month, I’m OK for a while.