I read widely. Always have.

My bias is toward fantasy and science fiction novels, but I love short stories, self-help, thrillers, literary classics, philosophy, mythology, ancient civilizations and much more.

Each year I read about 50 books.

This isn’t a lot compared to some readers I see on Goodreads setting goals to read 100+ books in 2023.

But 50 books is still orders of magnitude more than the average American.

According to the Pew Research Center (2016 study), the average Ame...