How to Read 52 Books a Year: A Realistic Guide | Chapterly Blog
How to Read 52 Books a Year: A Realistic Guide A book a week. Fifty-two books a year. For someone currently reading four or five books a year, this number sounds absurd. For someone who has not finished a book in months, it sounds like a fantasy. But reading 52 books a year is more achievable than it appears, and it does not require speed reading, sacrificing your social life, or reading nothing but 100-page novellas. What it requires is a strategic approach to how you read, when you read, and what you read. This guide is not about speed-reading gimmicks or unrealistic commitments. It is a practical system for reading more books while actually enjoying and retaining what you read. The Math Behind 52 Books Before diving into strategies, let us look at the actual numbers. The average adult reads about 200 to 250 words per minute. The average nonfiction book is about 60,000 to 80,000 words. That means the average book takes about four to six hours to read. At five hours per book, reading 52 books requires 260 hours per year, or about 45 minutes per day. That is less time than the average American spends on...