What else do you read that can be measured in number of books? You wouldn't do that for news articles, blog posts, or scientific papers. Cookbooks, textbooks and dictionaries are books, but you rarely read those from cover to cover, so you wouldn't see people talking about the number of books they've read in that context.

[–] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're trolling or if you just haven't visited a library or bookstore in a while, but non-fiction books come to mind?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm dumb. I do go to libraries quite often, but if I'm looking at the books, it's to find something specific. I never browse the shelves.

[–] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

Hey no worries, we all have those moments 😂

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you forget that non-fiction exists as a genre? Biographies and memoirs are very popular, for example.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Ah, right. Sorry about that. I'm just thinking through all the things I've read in the recent months and looking through my bookshelf. Seems our reading habits here are rather narrow.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 11 months ago

What else do you read that can be measured in number of books?

Non fiction obviously? You know, books about the world and stuff. Recently I read Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harrari for instance. That is not fiction and it is a book.