According to Martin Amis in The Information, the last person to have read every book ever published was Coleridge.
If you are talking about all the books in history, then the answer is no. There are simply too many to read, and even assuming you read at a pace of 20 words a second, and tried to cut down on sleep as much as possible, fatigue would eventually cut in, you would get slower, and you would never finish every book.
Chandra Mohan Jain (better known as Acharya Rajneesh or simply OSHO), a Indian spiritual leader active in 1970's and 80's, claimed to have read over 150,000 books. By modest estimates, if we assume he read continuously for 48 years (he lived for 58), it comes out to be 3,000 books a year.
“Old enough to know better” springs to mind. Surprisingly, the name most often cited as the last person to have read every book existing in his day is the English poet SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772 – 1834).
A bibliophile or bookworm is an individual who loves and frequently reads and/or collects books.
Reading 100 books in a year is an accomplishment. For most people, it will stretch their horizons and stretch their brain to its limit. But it won't make you smarter unless what you read actually starts to impact the way that you live.
It can reduce stress, improve your mental health, and help you live longer. Reading also allows you to learn new things to help you succeed in your work and relationships. The best part? You can get all these benefits of reading books while enjoying some fantastic entertainment.
An avid lifelong learner himself, Bill Gates knows a thing or two about studying. He reportedly reads roughly 50 books per year, nearly one per week, and takes steps to ensure that he actually absorbs all the material he's read. Based on interviews with Gates, here are his five rules for reading. 1: Take notes.
Through the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, Haleema Arana got the idea to start counting the number of books Daliyah read. She was about 3 years old at the time, and had likely already read about 1,000 books with the help of her mother.
The oldest extant printed book is a work of the Diamond Sutra and dates back to 868 CE, during the Tang Dynasty.
However, we do have figures from surveys taken between 2008 and 2015 across 18 European countries. At the top of the list for time spent reading per day is Estonia. The average 20 to 74 year old Estonian spends around 13 minutes reading every day. Also hitting figures over 10 minutes were Finland, Poland and Hungary.
The Bible. Easily the most read book in the world is the Bible for obvious reasons. It is estimated to have sold over 40 million copies in the last 60 years. You can even find it at most hotels.
The most read book in the world is the Bible. Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.
The average person can read about 33 books a year and a speedy reader is able to read 55 books in a year. That might sound like a lot but it is not. That is a little more than one book per week.
The average reader will complete 12 books in a year. If the life expectancy is 86 for females and 82 for males, and the proper reading age 25 years, Literary Hub notes that the average number of books read in a lifetime is 735 for females and 684 for males.
After the first year, you'll have 12 books published. To make $100k with those 12 books, you'd need to sell 348 copies of each book each month. After the second year, you'll have 24 books published. To make $100k with those 24books, you'd need to sell 174 copies of each book each month.
“Those who read seven or more books per year are more than 122 percent more likely to be millionaires as opposed to those who never read or only read one to three [books].” Take the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, who reads 50 books a year, or Warren Buffett, who spends as much as 80% of his day reading.
To hit a big goal, you've got to baby-step it out. 150 books is just under 3 books a week, or, just under 13 books a month. To a heavy reader like me, 3 books a week seems manageable. Especially with my Kindle and by listening to books via audiobook.
The Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, the top three richest man in the world said that he spends about 5 to 6 hours a day reading at least 5 newspapers and also read through pages and pages of financial documents every single day.
A 90,000-word book is about 360 pages. A 100,000-word book is about 400 pages.
How much reading is too much? Even though we are all different, the official recommendation for the average person is to not read more than one hour in one sitting or four hours overall in a single day.
Enhanced productivity. Reading allows your brain to process information more efficiently. It improves your ability to focus and concentrate on the task at hand. It increases your attention span, so you can get more work done without getting distracted.
An addiction to reading is usually not as serious as the others that come to mind. After all, reading is an incredibly beneficial activity that can help you become a much better version of yourself. The problem appears when your love for books starts to take over your desire to be connected to the real world.