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Re: how many books do you own?

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My most recent count left me at 250 or so. It's so hard to stop buying.
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I own about 127 books (that I have in my room, more in storage, so probably near 300's range) and 240 on my kindle. I'm 20, so I figure by 40 I shall own a small library.
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I would say I own about 100 physical books and who knows how many are on my kindle. I am the type of person who reads a book once and doesn't mind returning it for others to read, so I don't have many books.
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Post by Eve-Olsen2005 »

I have over 1,000 on my Kindle. I think I own like 3 paperbacks though.
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I own around 275 books and I'm off to a large used book store on Saturday to buy a few more.
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Wow I really don't know. I have like a mini library with a variety a books on almost any subject and then there are the novels and scifi etc. It's amazing. I just keep getting more. Oh and on kindle I have almost two hundred. I guess I read too much. Lol.
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Post by luvnatalia555 »

Although I haven't counted, I would guess a few hundred or even thousand judging from my overflowing book shelves.
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Post by Mskitalj-07 »

Honestly, I only own about 25 books. I get a lot of books from the library, and usually just return them when I'm finished reading them. I'm sorry, but I don't like to usually keep books to reread, unless it's a super awesome book that I fell in love with. Some stuff can never get old! :)
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Approximately 200 books are on my three bookshelves... I have more laying around the house.
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Maybe not quite thousands like others have said, but definitely hundreds.
I moved to Japan a couple of years ago and left all of my books back in the US, so here with me now, I have only maybe 20 or so physical books (more if you count my boyfriend's massive number of mangas that are always lying around) that I have accumulated over the last couple of years. Others are pages and pages of ebooks stored safely in my kindle and up in the cloud.
I also kept all of my college textbooks because I can't stand the idea of parting with books...
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Over 100 books..
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I have around 150 books all piled on my really small bookshelf. Ive decided I need to buy a new shelf before I buy any more books!
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Post by ClassyPaperGirl »

I don`t have much - about 50... This is a bit shameful, but I`ve read most of the books from libraries :)
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Digital books around 1000 and counting thanks to Bookbub emails.
Paperbacks hmm maybe 20? I've converted mostly to digital due to all the times I've moved in the last five years. Plus I believe in supporting the local library so I do borrow books from the library as well.
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Post by han87 »

Over 1000 digital books. Maybe 20 paperbacks. I'm mostly a digital reader these days, plus I got rid of a lot of books over the past few years and moves due to space constraints.
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