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Books I Have Read or Am Reading

Books I Have Read or Am Reading

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Robert Lindsay
Dec 05, 2024
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I prefer novels of course, so where there is no notation after the title, it refers to a novel. Short story collections, poetry, plays, and nonfiction are labeled, and some of the nonfiction is labeled further by category.

I dip into a lot of books that I own or have read in real life and then put them down. These are 1-9 pages. Those are listed as “bits.” Longer excursions into books I own or have read in real life of 10-29 pages are listed as “some.” Beyond that I just list the number of pages for any book, including excerpts.

“Excerpts” are where I did not have a physical copy of the book but instead read a bit of the book on the web. These are usually 4-9 pages. When they are 10-29 pages, they are listed as “some.” Where they are less than one page, they are not listed.

Technically I’m probably reading ~200 books at once, but of course I’m not reading all of them at the same time. How many am I reading at the same time? Perhaps two or three. Or even one! However, even if I am readi…

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