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How many unread books do you have in your collection?

(70 Posts)
Noparadiseflapjack Wed 14-Oct-26 15:55:13

As in you have never read them.

JamesandJon33 Wed 14-Oct-26 16:17:25

Just. two, ‘ I’m proud to say.. Approx 500 books on our living room book shelves. Four more bookshelves around the house.

shysal Wed 14-Oct-26 16:22:25

I recently bought ten Freida McFadden books in an Ebay job lot, so haven't read them yet. I enjoy them but like to alternate with something different. A local village has a bus shelter book swap, so anything I have read goes there.

eddiecat78 Wed 14-Oct-26 17:36:18

I've got my mum's old bible - haven't read that

Cossy Wed 14-Oct-26 17:42:30

Too many!

GrannyGravy13 Wed 14-Oct-26 18:31:18

Probably the same amount of unread books as shoes, and I am afraid to count my shoes…

Rocketstop2 Wed 14-Oct-26 18:33:54

Hardly any !

valdali Wed 14-Oct-26 18:45:25

Quite a lot as I have DS one's collection & they're heavy going.

I don't have that many of my own though, being a library reader, & they're all in good nick & shelved & I can always find something readable amongst them if I'm flat out of reading fodder.

Sar53 Wed 14-Oct-26 18:46:06

Lots and lots and lots !!!

TerriBull Wed 14-Oct-26 19:00:34

Quite a few, but I do intend to read them at some stage.

Visgir1 Wed 14-Oct-26 19:36:45

A few that have been given to me as gifts, but I prefer my Kindle not so cumbersome.
So after a while they go to the charity shop unread.

Jaxjacky Wed 14-Oct-26 19:47:47

Four library books picked up today.

Hellsbelles Sun 18-Oct-26 13:36:48

Physical books about 20 , but ebooks many more .

Oreo Sun 18-Oct-26 13:37:44

None 😇

Cabowich Sun 18-Oct-26 13:41:36

98 non-fiction and 4 fiction (library books). It's a work in progress!

DamaskRose Sun 18-Oct-26 13:41:47

Too many and some of those were presents and I know I won’t read them.

Cabowich Sun 18-Oct-26 13:42:22

The 98 non-fiction aren't library books, they're books I've purchased over the years.

Moth62 Sun 18-Oct-26 13:43:05

War and Peace parts 1&2, quite a few of the Dickens. I collected the classics at one per week when I was a Saturday girl in Sainsbury’s. Maybe one day, I’m only 69… 🤔

pluckyluckyme Sun 18-Oct-26 13:47:08

I must have about 60 physical books and another 30 or so ebooks. A mix of fiction and non fiction and I love having physical books far more. Ebooks are just cheaper and more convenient. I loved to read from childhood and would devour books until I became ill and reading was difficult. Now I am gradually getting back into it.

Blackcat3 Sun 18-Oct-26 13:48:16

Lost count, but over a 100! Buying books and reading books are two completely different hobbies! I try to read one a week but somehow the TBR stacks never get smaller….

Lupatria Sun 18-Oct-26 13:53:42

none! I read a avidly and every book I buy i read at once.
then they go into my book store and, depending on how much I liked reading them, I'll reread them.
i currently have something like 500 paperbacks. i've been weeding my collection out and recently donated around 150 (not from my 500 collection) to my local library for a book sale and will continue to weed my book store out over the next few months ...... every book has to be reread to see if I can donate it!
i've also got a collection of hardback books - mainly cookery and gardening books plus some general interest. but every book has to be read before they go on the shelves. these books also need sorting as i'm running out of space!

Humbertbear Sun 18-Oct-26 13:59:10

I used to have loads of I was horrified at how many unread books were on my kindle and I have worked my way through them

Sueinkent Sun 18-Oct-26 13:59:50

Don’t ask.

knspol Sun 18-Oct-26 14:05:59

Loads! Since I got a Kindle I read reviews etc and order the books and then end up reading the latest one ordered as that's the only review I can remember. Also since getting a new Kindle it has transferred the library over to the new machine but doesn't note which books have been read. Some I definitely know I've read others I don't without reading a few pages and realising - a real pain in the backside.

Aldom Sun 18-Oct-26 14:10:20

I have seven books waiting to be read.
I shall read them all as that was the intention when I recently bought each one.
I'm currently reading two books (not from the seven I mentioned).
Entitled, by Andrew Lownie, is one that I dip into as it is rather a bore reading about such entitled people as The former Duke and Duchess of York.
The second book, which is extremely interesting and funny is, This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes.