The correct number is somewhere between yours. I remember encountering the number 3,000 for serious readers at some point when I was in my twenties and being ra

The correct number is somewhere between yours. I remember encountering the number 3,000 for serious readers at some point when I was in my twenties and being rather depressed at how low it is. Goodreads is my sole social network these days and it's interesting to see the range of numbers that my friends pick for their challenge goal each year from as low as single digits to one friend who routinely reads 200+ books a year. Since I've started tracking my reading about 26 years ago (probably around the time that I encountered that 3,000 books number), I've read 1,840 books (with my annual totals varying from a low of 27 to a high of 129). Probably the most important thing towards this was something my Latin professor told us, saying that if you read just ten pages just for yourself each night before you go to bed, that becomes 3,650 pages over the course of the year which is nearly the entirety of À la recherche du temps perdu. It also helps that I've done things like commute by public transportation (extra reading time) and I value reading as a means of entertainment.