How many books do you usually have on the go

Usually three. Could be 6

I have no difficulty immersing myself. I mean, I’m only actually physically reading one at a time, I’m not reading one while listening to another audiobook, which would be a mindfuck, sure.

I seem to usually have about five. One will be a beloved reread classic, one will be contemporary fiction, something I’ve seen a review of or a recommendation from someone whose tastes match mine, one will be non-fiction, one will be something undemanding in the bath, one will be something vaguely work-related.

The current five are Eimear McBride’s The City Changes Its Face, William Dalrymple’s White Mughals, Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights, Hardy’s Winter Words, and Dorothy L Sayers’ Clouds of Witness. And Maud Gonne’s autobiography.

Several usually, but one main book. The others are subsidiaries in case I get caught in the wrong part of the house or in the car without anything to read.

Max 3. Typically a paperback for the commute/ day time breaks (currently North Woods), an audiobook (often an autobiography - Brittany Spears!) for runs/walks/housework and a hardback or thick paperback for the nightstand for books I want to read, but are too heavy in both weight and often topic for daytime (currently A Little Life).

Two at the most, otherwise I get confused and it’s usually one fiction and the other non fiction.

Just one. I can’t cope with more than one and doesn’t it just take ages to finish anything if you have multiple books on the go?

Usually only one at a time, although I've been known to have one that's a bit hard going and one that's an easy read on the go at the same time.

Unless a book is for book group I'll dump it if I'm not enjoying it. There are so many books I want to read that I don't have time to waste on ones that turn out to be crap. Life is short, books are plentiful!

If you put down a book and don't ever pick it up again there's usually a reason. Having said that some of my favourite books I took a few goes to get into.

Usually a short story collection on my phone. A fiction one which will be the main one and a non-fiction book they I usually dip into.

There are too many good books in the world to bother sticking with a book you’re not enjoying! It took me till I was about 45 to realise that!

I try to stick to one, unless I need a break from something very boring, but I have to finish all books... though I put Jane Eyre down for a rest several years ago, and never picked it up again.

Unfortunately, I keep buying new books and sometimes get distracted from the original book that I was reading!

One, of course. How can you properly immerse yourself if you’re just dipping in and out?

One to read and one to listen to. They need to be as different as possible. I don't like to start 2 new ones at the same time.

Currently I've got six books on the go. One is a monthly read, one a weekly read, three are daily reads (all just a few pages of non-fiction each), and a novel on my kindle. I may add an audiobook tomorrow to keep me company as I do jobs around the house.

Usually one kindle book and one audiobook at a time.

If I start something else I find I end up never going back to the original one, so I just keep it to one of each at a time.

I'm a one at a time person, but I read super fast.

I have two paperbacks and an e book on the go at the same time

I’m currently reading two on Kindle (Naomi Alderman’s “The Lessons” and Lottie Hazell’s “Piglet”), and two in hard copy - “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn and “Greengage Summer” by Rumer Godden.

Only one book I'm actually reading (as a paper book or on Kindle). Plus usually one non-fiction audiobook and one foreign fiction audiobook (in the foreign language). I would never be reading two fiction books at once.

Maximum of 3, a physical book, ebook and audio book

I have fiction a book I’m reading and a book on audible which is self development or psychology.

Usually two - one on kindle and one on audible.

I try to limit myself to four else it gets out of hand and I don't finish anything.

I usually have 2-3 on the go but I’m trying to read one at a time at the moment!

I try and restrict it to one. I’m one of those people who has to finish a book, even if they’re not enjoying it, so having two or three on the go stresses me out! Also, I have been following Harold Bloom’s famous list for years, and so when I don’t finish something he recommends I feel guilty. Unfortunately, if I’m not enjoying it, I tend to start something else and end up resentfully wading through the book I’m not enjoying while staring longingly at the one I’ve just started!

Last week I read Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders and found it a bit of a grind. Like so many novels it starts well then sags in the middle. I had several other books by my bedside that I have been meaning to read (Orbital, Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, etc) and began hating Moll Flanders for taking up my time. But it’s on Bloom’s list, and so must be finished🙄