/lit/ - Literature

>>16933146
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>>16933146
I typically only read one novel at a time, but I often read multiple non-fiction books at a time.

>>16933146
Sometimes I read multiple books at once, sometimes I read one at a time.

yeah, it's a bad habit, i often have over a dozen i flit between, means i rarely finish anything but the shortest books

Yes but I never let more than a day or two pass without picking up each book I'm reading. Because of this the amount of books I read at a time is directly tied to how much free time I have

>>16933146
that bed looks incredibly uncomfortable

>>16933146
Always one at a time. Sometimes I alternate back and forth between two different books but I've never been able to read two books at the same time, let alone three.

>>16933146
I read multiple books one at a time.

I read multiple at a time, usually too many. But I tend to only be reading at maximum maybe 2 fiction at a time, but non fiction it can be a dozen. I feel like with nonfiction its easy to read a certian amount and have it in your head to mull over, but with fiction you have to stay absorbed

>one non fiction
>two books of essays
>one fiction
plz help

>>16933146
Usually 1 at a time. I like to highlight and take notes to fully ingest what I'm reading. Or I'm reading some pulp fiction book I'll finish in a day.

>>16933146
that looks cool but i would always be worried of the shelves collapsing on my head while i was asleep

I dont read

>>16933146
Usually about 3 at a time. One nonfiction, one fiction and either poetry or fiction in a different language.

>>16935433
All the more reason to sleep there

1 non fiction
1 fiction
and a few chapters of the bible every night before bed

>>16933146
I only read one novel at a time but if it's a long novel I will usually pick up a collection of short stories and read them here and there during. And I'm usually reading a book about history and a philosophical work at the same time.

daily lit routine: work on memorizing creeds and prayers from bible, read 30 minutes laser focused on a nonfiction/history/philosophy book, read fiction on my phone whenever i have free time, read fiction for 45+ minutes before bed to calm my mind and relax. usually rotate my 'stack' and read like 10-15 different books 'at a time'. i lose interest in things quickly so this method works great for me. i end up reading much more than the average person but less than when i was in college. less nonfiction more poetry and fiction as well. i don't think one is better than the other necessarily. some people probably would understand better if they read one at a time. others (like me) understand better this way.

>>16933146

I focus on one, since the shorter the amount of time you spend on a book, and the more focused you are on it, the better the experience.

>>16933146
I like reading fiction alongside non-fiction.

My December stack:
>Man and His Symbols by Jung
>Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
>Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Mishima
>The Unabomber Manifesto
>Demons by Dostoyevsky
>Neurosis and Human Growth by Karen Horney

Meditations will be read immediately after my morning meditation session as part of a routine.

My first non-fiction book will be Unabomber's manifesto; short and easy dopamine kick on completion. As for fiction, -- Mishima, because it's shorter than Demons.

Then, my next nonfiction will be Jung's book, which I'll spend most of my time with as I wanted to read it closely. My plan is to read it out loud. The last nonfiction book will be Neurosis -- I already read half of it years ago, and it was life changing. This time I'll skim the first half and read it again to see how my perspective has changed.

The last nonfiction book shall be Demons. A risky choice because of how thicc it is, but I've read Notes From the Underground and enjoyed it.

Lads, is pic related a good choice?

>>16933146
No, I've learned that once i read more than one at a time I will never finish them. Short stories and the like are obvious exceptions

I try to read non-fiction during the day and fiction at night. I have been keeping it down to one or two non-fiction books and only one fiction book at any given time.
I also have a few collections of short stories that I have been reading one at a time for a while, wouldn't really add those towards a count.