How many books have you read in your life?

[Turtle]

The question is a bit flip, but you know what to do...the math.

[Jay-qu]

Ive gone conservative and voted under 100. Interesting question, its a hard one to try and grasp - and I only have to count back 13 years!

[pgrmdave]

Hmmm...What books count? If we count children's books (like Dr. Suess) then I'm sure I'm well over 1000.

[infamous]

Originally Posted by pgrmdave

Hmmm...What books count? If we count children's books (like Dr. Suess) then I'm sure I'm well over 1000.

Exactly.......maybe we should ask for a more focused count such as; How many science books have you read or some other field of interest. I couldn't even begin to give an accurate answer to this poll unless we limit the scope of subject matter.....................Infy

[InfiniteNow]

Either way, how the heck am I supposed to remember? I'm lucky I remember what I had for breakfast!

[Turtle]

Good questions all.
Here's some answers. Yes Dr. Seuss counts. All books count.
Yes, the question is meant to be hard.
We are supposed the heck to remember by going back in our memory and tabulating what we find there. The apparent circularlity is part of what makes this hard.
The only change I may have made is expanding the choices above the count I used.
No, I can't remeber, yet, how many books I have read. (let alone remeber how to type remmber. )

[infamous]

OK......I'll give you a tentative count with the understanding that I may amend it after thoughtful consideration and much effort devoted to recall. Counting the books which I have in my library which total 278 in all, I need to estimate and add to that the ones solicited from friends and also the public library. I would estimate that figure at least twice what I currently possess myself. Figuring 278 plus 556 generates 834. Taking into account my age which is 64, and going all the way back through my years of education one would need to add at least another one or two hundred.

Current estimate to be amended as memory serves me: If not a 1000, then very close to it........................Infy

[Janus]

It has to be over 900. Several years ago, before I was forced to thin it out, just the books that I had in my own bookcases numbered well over 600.

[Racoon]

tough to say.
I just boxed up a shelf of paperback classics. I read on average a classic a week taking the bus to work and back for about 2 years.

Plus tons of Library books, text books, wisdom, philosophy books, biographies

S'funny, but I gotta' have something to read while on the john. I've gone through a hundered misc. books right there including Almanacs and Atlases

Easily a conservative 500.

[Tormod]

I read about 1 book per week on average, slightly less now that I also have to read study material. But I put in at least 30-40 books a year, so I'm well past the 1000 mark. How far beyond I have no idea...