I have my books divided into two sections. The books I’ve read and those I’ve not yet read (or that I have read but desire to re-read). The latter currently tak

I have my books divided into two sections. The books I’ve read and those I’ve not yet read (or that I have read but desire to re-read). The latter currently takes up a bit less than 18 80cm Billy bookcase shelves. Allowing for incoming books,¹ I estimate I can clear a shelf a year, so I should get this down to zero before I die. I also keep a list of books that I plan to check out from the library, which currently has 1,255 books on it. This would be 25 years of reading if I never add anything to it, but if books go on at the same rate that they go onto my to-read shelves, it’s more like 50 years, and I doubt that I have 50 years of reading life ahead of me. ⸻ 1. Barring sudden influxes of books which does happen on occasion. Moving most of the books off of my Amazon wishlist into a wishlist at my local indie’s website² has reduced the chances of this happening at Christmas or my birthday which has happened in the past. 2. Which has about 130 books on it right now.