How many books have you read?

If you were asked how many books have you read, would you be able to answer?  with what degree of accuracy?

would you be able to list them down?  books should be differentiated from magazines or newspapers because their format and content differ, and particularly, the reasons for reading them.

i tend to read by authors, once i have discovered that i like an author's certain style.
for example, in grade school, i read all the fairy tales i could find, even if some of them were grim.  The Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Andersen fame is not a sweet or cute story.  The Little Mermaid dies, only to be born as one of the Daughters of the Air ... or the Little Match Girl, she too dies in the end.  The Disney story of the little mermaid is, of course, very upbeat, but not true to the book.  For example, i've read almost all of Neil Gaiman's books (that i can find, even his graphic novels) .... even philosophy books (St. Augustine, Descartes....)

whether good or bad, i can sometimes be a purist as i tend to prefer the original versions than revised ones.
you can read my post entitled "on a diet of books".

at any rate, when i tried listing the books i've read ... it is about a 1000 now although it is badly understated.  it doesnt cover the manuals i have read, textbooks i've read, or simply books whose titles i cant remember. i dont even remember the titles of some of the children's books i've read lately.

no adult should stop reading children's books because these books have a flavor all their own.

at any rate, see how 30,000 books look like ....

Click here to see Colossal's tower-of-babel-built-with-30000-books/