Off Topic: How Many Books Do You Read Per Month?

I read IPVM... Does that count? If so make it one!

Are we talking books in relation to the field, or books in general? The former, zero, generally. The latter, 1-3.

My wife and I are avid readers. We both have Kindles. I read 1-2 books a month and she reads at least 4-5.

When I first got in business, I used to read alot of books to get motvated and learn stuff. Now most of my time is spent working at night on the computer so no more reading. But I do like to read a good book on business here and there. I hate fiction books and would much rather watch a movie :)

Last book I read was Entreleadership by Dave Ramsey. Totally recommend it if you run a business.

I read a lot of everything; fiction, non-fiction, true-crime, biographies, social commentaries, etc..... whatever looks interesting (I love the public library, but I also possess a Nook), and I average at least 3-4 titles a month.

Fiction writers I read: Ridley Pearson, John Sandford, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, with my all-time favorite - Nelson DeMille (he writes like 700 page big fat books) :)

Opposite of Sean, for fiction, I would almost always choose a book over the same movie if given a choice between the two. Almost all movie versions of books I've read previously have sucked in comparison. And most leadership/positive thinking/motivational non-fiction just annoys me.

Note to Sean: I am a Dave Ramsey fan too! :)

You and Ari are abnormal, and I have statistics (above) to prove it!

I'd probably be averaging more, but it's summer, so when I'm not working, I'm doing active outsidey things. I probably average 4-5 in the winter months.

But yeah, still abnormal.

I have four year old kid who 'reads' more books on a daily basis that y'all do in a month. The library allows a maximum of 30 books to be checked out at a time; he regularly pegs that out. His knowledge on Monster Trucks cannot be topped.

I'm not bragging, I'm genuinely afraid he may never 'learn' social norms. I frequently tell him to put down the books and go outside. He just stares in silent disgust. ...and then reads books outside.

The velocity of learning on the internet ruined me on books. I can learn something from the web very quickly, with nearly complete context and firsthand experience, rather than spend hours waiting for an author, in love with the sound of his own writing, to explain something over thirty pages.

If I was a kid again, I would still read a lot of books. When I was a kid, I must have easily read 10 books a month. I had a year long phase where I read 200+ pages a day, every day, while taking independent study courses in philosophy and politics.

For me, books are clearly better for learning fundamentals - knowledge that is old and vetted. It's highly polished, both in terms of structure and language. The Internet cannot match that for most things.

On the other hand, the Internet is far better on topics that are changing or are very advanced. At this stage of my life/career, that's my focus.

I have never read for 'fun' so I can't comment on that aspect!

I had a particular fondness for this series as a kid:

Ethan, first and foremost, graphic novels don't count. Second I would say I'm a 1-2 book a month reader, but if I'm traveling extensively in a month and spending too much time on a plane, I can easily absorb 3-4 a month.

haha. In that case People and Glamour are in?

I don't. Occasionally did. Those occasions were when there was nothing else to do. On a bunk in the barracks. Foxholes count. On ship etc. Having said that. I do have the Firefox Epub add-on. Went looking for material. Ran across this.

Playboy [braille]

No I haven't. :-) Anyone?

I found this amusing because, as a father of 4 children all under 10 years of age, I read very many books per month. I wonder if Green Eggs and Ham was quite what the survey intended, though?

I read less than 5 adult books per year. I discussed this with my wife who also reads almost no adult books now, yet we both used to read a great deal. For example, when I left the bachelor pad, I cleared out a whole pickup truck load of paperbacks. I also recall my wife was always reading some book or other. Between raising a family, and now with each of us managing our businesses, we no longer have that luxury.

Professionally I remain current with a wide range of technology. Like most IPVM readers, I spend some time reading professional material on the internet. Also, I read about 10 monthluy professional journals and magazines which fill non-internet dead time (usually travel time). Otherwise, the simple answer is, we're well below the median as the question was asked.