I can't read 100 enormous books in a year - not without making serious life changes. But I can read 20 or 30 really big, impactful books (examples from this yea

I can't read 100 enormous books in a year - not without making serious life changes. But I can read 20 or 30 really big, impactful books (examples from this year: Godel, Escher, Bach; A Secular Age; Anna Karenina; Chernow's life of Washington) and 70 other books that may not be as impressive, but provide significant value for a shorter investment of time. I'd put books like Cal Newport's "Deep Work" in this category. It's not an either/or proposition. You can read for quantity and quality.