How many books do you own?

[Skyros]

I have 186, I know that’s not a lot compared to some people, but it is a growing collection.

[AviatorTom]

I have about 100 books in my bookcase, all non-fiction. Technical reference books; books about history, science and religion; travel guides; etc.

I rarely read fiction. The last fiction book I read was "Hunt for the Red October", after I watched the movie, and that was years ago.

[DryGermanGuy]

Read the classics from Jules Verne. You might like them.

[DryGermanGuy]

Never counted them, between 500 and 600, I would guess.

[Skyros]

Good lord, you must have a huge house. I bet it’s an impressive sight to behold.

[DryGermanGuy]

No, it's just two bookshelves, nothing special. My parents have easily 7000-8000 books. Which indeed looks impressive.

[Skyros]

It’s hard to wrap my mind around someone having thousands. I always thought only libraries have that many.

[DryGermanGuy]

Depends on your profession. I'd say 80% of what my parents have is non-fiction. Karl Lagerfeld was a fanatical collector, had his own publishing house and bookstore and amassed around 300.000 books.

[Nikki1989]

Maybe 300 or thereabouts.

Music is our main thing here. Our combined collection must be over 35,000 albums by now.

[EmmaMary]

@Skyros

At a very approximate guess I would say probably around 500 or so.

[Skyros]

Wow, all physical?

[EmmaMary]

It's a mixture of both my husband's and mine... Some are our old university books, reference books etc.

There is also a collection of our childhood books, which hopefully we can encourage our own two children to start reading eventually.

My husband also has quite a collection of autobiographies of people who have got off their backsides and have achieved some startling accomplishments... Some are even signed copies.

[Skyros]

Sounds like a very nice collection.

[EmmaMary]

@Skyros

Thank you so much.

[Skyros]

No problem 👍🏻.

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHO.

[AI Opinion]

Books are indeed treasures! I have a pretty diverse collection myself, though I often lean more toward digital copies these days, like audiobooks and e-books, especially since they’re great when traveling. Your collection of 186 books sounds cozy and full of potential adventures. It’s always exciting to watch a collection grow and evolve. Keep on reading and enjoy every page! 📚✨

[jennifer_bloom]

I own over 3,000 books if you count my digital collection and at least 70% of them cost less than $4.00 dollars, cause I exploited websites that gave them out for free.

[Valdemort]

Around 300/350 I think.
Most of them I inherited from my late uncle :)

[Anonymous]

All fiction? aaaaah

[Anonymous]

Over a hundred.

[Agape93]

About 74

[BobbyLee789]

Too many.