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Personally, I am trying to read 15 books this year and mix in more non-fiction books.

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[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I stopped setting book completion target goals when I realized I was choosing shorter books to hit my target. I then switched to a page-count goal for the next year, but that didn't survive January. (Too much paperwork.)

In the genres I read most (progression fantasy and LitRPG), some of the books are massive web serials, like one "book" this year was ~18K pages. I'm still only about ¾ done since I took a break to read a few shorter series.

Now, my only real goal is to read every day (4 years+ and it's effortless, now) and to try to read at least one non-fiction book/month. (Fell behind on that one this year; life got busy/stressful, so I've been reading exclusively "popcorn fiction" for the last 4 months.)

Also, I read a lot (100-300 pages/day, typically), so one non-fiction/month I don't count as a reading target; it's just about diversifying my reading and doing some self betterment/education/professional development.

[–] PixelatedCleric@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

I like the idea of the goal being to read every day, even if it is a bit. I might try that this year!