How many unread books do you have in your collection?

Not many. Several are ones I've picked up several times and not got on with. Well reviewed, classics, that kind of thing. Mean to try again. Recently got rid of a lot. Picked them up and said to myself Will I ever read this? If it was a no out it went. Hugely liberating.

About 100, I then give them away after reading them

Noparadiseflapjack 4. I went to a Nicci French talk, ended up wining the raffle with some books, I’ve even picked them up

Far too many I must have well over a thousand books - majority are second hand from Charity shops but some are brand new. Obviously have read some of them especially the ones collected from earlier on in life - I am 65 now retiring in a couple of years time so will be able to read more then. I also read loads from the library, and Kindle unlimited/Audible/Kindle books. My friend and I also swap books as well.

Too many but around 1000 read

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None! I've read every damn one.

Why buy a book to abandon it unread?

A lot (hundreds) of ours are for reference on various subjects rather than for reading cover to cover.

Not many really as I tend to pass on books that I can't "get into".

Have too many books to count after moving down to about 3-400! All ones, non fic & fic, that I cannot bear to let go as I know I will want to read again & again! Hoping I live long enough!

20?

Back in the day it would have been about 6, but I got a new mattress, and found I didnt need to read to get to sleeep.

I blame the mattress!

Easily 100. In the spare room. I am trying to get on top of them so have not bought any books for ages and each one I read now goes to charity book stall. I also no longer carry on with books that I am not enjoying after a few chapters. I used to try and finish but don’t any more.

I have over 600 books on my kindle and there must be about 200 of them unread. Most of the unread ones were free or only 99p but we are told to stockpile these days so these are part of my stockpile .
I would hate if anyone bought me a book as a present unless I had actually told them the name of it . Same with book clubs I refuse to read a book that I would not normally want to read.

About 2000 maybe more, i read on my kindle so when i see a book I think might be interesting I download it and store it on a hard drive

So many I could open a bookshop…

Nearly 400 fiction and about 100 non-fiction.
1 pass them on after reading. My shelf doesn't get any spaces as I'm often tempted to look in 2 nearby book swap kiosks, and often find authors I enjoy. Can't resist, and the same happens in charity shops. I get through about 100 books each year.

Hundreds. I can’t resist buying them from our local charity shop, 3 for £1, and have lots that people have passed on. I’ve bookshelves everywhere and like having books around the house. I did have a massive clear out a couple of years ago and got rid of all the ones I knew I’d never read. I usually have three on the go at once, but one’s an ebook for night time, one an audiobook for walks, and then a “proper” one.

About 6. When I see one in the RSPCA stall or the swap pile in my local hall, that I like I will pick it up so the number varies.

I read at least one a week.

Very few unread books, but it's so long since I read most of them that I'd be happy to read them again.

I have two - both in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series. Having read the first one, I had absolutely no wish to read the others, but they were given as gifts. I have a lot of books, including a good many on my iPad. I will read - or have read - them all at least twice. Some I will go back to again and again. I have just started re-reading Manda Scott’s Boudicca series. Magic!

Around 40 (fiction) in the bookcase beside my chair, another 10 perhaps in my bedroom. Many started but I never got far, so I put them back for another day. Some collections of short stories where I have read some, but not all. Lots of non-fiction that I haven’t read from cover to cover, only the relevant bits (gardening, travel, encyclopaedias, recipe books).

I though t when I retired I’d easily read a book a week, and certainly everything within arm’s reach where I sit. Four years later and I just keep adding g to them - my watch list on eBay is full of ~£2 books that I will definitely buy one day (none of them available on Borrowbox, and I really prefer a physical book anyway).

Must address this…

Hundreds of books here and I have read them all and I keep them because I reread many of them. My favourite of last year was In Memorium and as soon as I finished it I immediately reread it because I was so absorbed in their world I didn’t want to leave it.