How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die? | Literary Hub

My to-read list is tantalizingly endless, and I often find myself thinking about the fact that my reading time/life is finite when I'm trying to get through a book that I know I should like but is boring (or annoying) me. As Hari Kunzru put it recently in the New York Times Book Review: "I used to force myself to finish everything I started, which I think is quite good discipline when you're young, but once you've established your taste, and the penny drops that there are only a certain number of books you'll get to read before you die, reading bad ones becomes almost nauseating."