If you read 50+ books a year, how do you do it?

I can read 4-5 books a day, or I did when trapped in hospital for two months.

iReading has kept me sane. There are some wonderful authors. For example Dianna Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Barry Huggart, Dionne Lister, Fiona McIntosh, Lindsay Davies, Terry Pratchet, Emily Rhoda and J K Rowling.

I have audiobook playing while doing housework, on public transport, driving.
So read loads that way..

I’ve just finished my 21st book since Christmas. I do read quickly, I can read a book in an hour or two (if I don’t have any interruptions).
Have the kindle app on my phone so read for a bit each morning (dog wakes me very early most days) and a bit every night before going to sleep. But also whenever im parked in car at pickup or waiting for appointments. Have been known to be making dinner with one hand whilst reading 😂
After my divorce I had about a year where I read nothing because my mind wouldn’t just stop and let me read. It took me a few years to get the knack back.

This is me.

i don’t buy a handbag unless it’s big enough to fit a book in it. Always, always have a book with me.

i have a new electric car - charged it for the first time a few days ago and sat in it reading for an hour while it charged.

in London for the weekend - two books plus of course always have kindle app in my phone. Read book on the train and reading a bit this morning as the shop I want to go to doesn’t open until 12.

I once counted the number of books I read a year and it averaged at about 140 ( I don’t have children!) it depends on the books really - it took me a week to get through war and peace (never again!) but a lot of modern fluffy books you can get through in a day. I do read quickly, but nowadays I get through about 70 a year.

when one of my siblings told me you don’t get much time to read when you have kids, I immediately thought stuff that, I’m not having kids. Reading is too important.

I'm not really into watching TV, so I spend a good couple of hours reading every evening. I read over breakfast and lunch, and listen to audiobooks when walking the dog and doing chores. I read/listened to over 100 books last year, but it's my main passion in life and I'm quite a fast reader as well.

My mum probably read that amount per year, but she lived on her own and reading was her main pastime, not a tv person, in winter she would sometimes read two books a week as she didn’t go out as much, less in summer

you turn the TV off. I also read really quickly and I read 72 last year.

I read very quickly which helps. I read for an hour before bed every day and sometimes for longer in the evening if DH is watching something I have no interest in. I also read when on public transport as it is easier than having signal dip in or out or when waiting for DC to finish appointments.

And I should add: I have two kids and a very busy job!

It does depend on reading speed but if it’s your main hobby and passion, it’s really not that hard to read a book a week. I read on Kindle so I know it takes me about 5 or 6 hours to read a shortish book. That’s less than an hour a day - I have a train commute so I read a bit then and then a bit more in bed at night before going to sleep.

I read about this many.

I read every day. Before I go to sleep and usually when I wake up as well. I always have a book on me for when I need to wait for something. I usually have more than one on the go.

I have family and caring responsibilities and work more than full time hours. Reading is my time for myself.

I take a book EVERYWHERE.
But basically I have a health condition where I need to rest a lot and I spend most of that time reading. I also can't look at screens for long - I was amazed how much spare time that freed up.
In the evening I'll often lock myself in the bathroom with a book and have a good soak. No phone.
Sometimes if I'm struggling with a book I will set myself a goal: "no doing anything else until I've read 30 pages".
But my kids are older so I have so much more opportunity than the average mum.

Re your goal: Work out how fast you read, eg average of 30 pages an hour or whatever, then how long would you need to read per day to finish a book of 300 to 400 pages in two weeks. Set that time aside and if necessary, log it somewhere to keep on track.

Good luck OP, i hope you can do it!