Ask HN: How many hours a day/week to you read books?
I try to always read a chapter of my book before bed every night. Most of the time I enjoy it, sometimes it feels like a chore, very occasionally I'm just too tired and it doesn't happen.
I used to read more. The most obvious culprit is devices; I watch too much tv, play too many games. Work also has an impact, after a day of hard concentration it's just easier to watch mindless tv.
I also read before bed every night. No goal, I just use reading as part of my sleep ritual. Reading fiction pushes out the stress of the day and lets me fall asleep rather easily. There's something about the pace of reading a novel that relaxes me.
I'll also add that I only read on my phone. Haven't read a physical book in a decade or more.
Personally, I try to read physical books 30-60min a day on average and most of the time do so (more on weekends and holidays).
I haven't read much literature until I was ~24 years old. As a struggling young adult self-help literature somehow guided me towards ancient philosophy. The logic and simplicity of language in Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" blew my mind and from then on I started reading more and more primary source philosophy and related articles online, which then also lead me to "philosophical" literature from great authors like Dostoyevsky, Huxley, Orwell, Steinbeck etc.
I am now 27 and low-key addicted to reading great minds. Being occupied in science, reading great non-technical books vastly expanded my horizon and has been having a significant impact on my worldview.
4-5 hours/week if the weather is nice (I like to sit in a park nearby and read). Half that during colder months. Not because I don't want to read, but I usually fall asleep after a few chapters when I'm in my recliner with a blanket on.
About two hours a day. Also once every month I spend a whole Sunday reading books, for like about ten hours. So I'd say in average 60-70hrs/monthly.
Usually 30-60 minutes day during the week, and more on the weekends. I've become more disciplined over the last few years. Prior to the pandemic, I was involved in several reading groups (reading a wide range of subjects, from theology to fiction), and that required a different approach to the material to keep track of what I was reading, and get the readings done "on time." Prior to that, I was still reading multiple days per week, but I tended to read in fits and bursts, rather than consistently, over the course of a year.
I read about 70+ books in a year (mostly fantasy and sci-fi novels). I usually finish a book around weekend and spend about 2 hours during weekdays. If a series is short and good, I'd usually just binge them together (am self-employed with not so strict timeline, so not an issue to take a few days off).
I've started listening to audiobooks while playing American Truck Simulator weekends and evenings. It's like going on a road trip without leaving the house.
I did this too during lockdown. But now I realized that going for a walk while listening to audiobooks is better for my body.
haha this is pretty next-level - having to listen to audio-books to cope with the boredom of something you do by choice. Just get your CDL and do short routes locally if you actually enjoy this. Probably far-fetched, but this is beyond amusing.
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I'm not sure why, I've never enjoyed long reads. If there's something interesting suggested to me I often find decent summaries in blog post/audio or video format.
It depends on the mood, one hour a day seems a good pace for me.
I read to sleep, so it depends on how tired I am. Usually it's in the 1h±30m range.
1 hour a day, between when kids go to bed and I go to bed. It’s more time than before I had kids, as I have to be much more intentional and defensive with my time.
Audiobooks or informative podcasts in the car.
Between listening and reading physical books, probably average 1.5 hours a day. It has increased from about zero in the last 2 years since I've taken my reading interests more seriously.
I try to read 20 min a day. With kids it becomes a challenge to dedicate any more time than that.
zero, lately. guess what my new years resolution was.
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