If you are proud of your reading speed, turn side to side: earlier this year, Dan Pelzer died with 92 years, leaving behind A manuscript list of books which had read since 1962. An enormous amount of readings that has generated an unusual interest among fans, since it raises a great diversity of issues on habits and reading records.
3,599 books. That is the amount of volume published in a document that has enabled the searchso you can locate your favorites there. Your goal to read such a amount: try to read a hundred daily pages. Pelzer began to maintain the list when he was destined in Nepal as a volunteer of the peace body, and kept it until 2023, when he had no choice but to leave the reading and after many years as a retiree.
Tars. Many of these books betray an indisputable interest in Christianityreligion that Pelzer practiced, according to his relatives, devoutly. There is also abundance of history books, which led him to read no less than ‘History of Civilization’ of Will and Ariel Durant, a huge work in twelve volumes, which if we attend to the registration dates, he took from the library apparently disorderly. However, Pelzer did not disgust authors of Best Self Like Stephen King, Ken Follett or John Grisham.
Why the list is interesting. Comments on articles like thisthat they break down the story of Pelzer, demonstrate to what extent in digital times this type of feats touch a fiber. Pelzer’s commitment to reading has its abundant critics (one states that “only about 15% of books are critical of the status quo or show the world from a non -homogeneous perspective. The guy read more than 3,500 books, but only to confirm their own beliefs “), but That vision has all the meaning of the world: His own son described the list in an interview as “a microcosm of his life.”
The importance of libraries. It is logical that Columbus Metropolitan Library will take the work of digitizing and visible the list as a tribute to one of its most voracious visitors. For many readersthis list actually hides a real tribute to public libraries as essential tools for democratization of access to knowledge. A 2022 PEW survey He talked about the Americans to read on average 14 books in the year, much less than Pelzer’s 60 annuals. And in a moderate income man, the library plays an essential role.
To read all. If you want to undertake the task of imitating the huge amount of Pelzer readings, remember that we have A list of tips to read 200 books a year. The methodology is simple: find a space of daily tranquility and click on it. Always carry a book on. Leave what you have to leave, do not become a torture. And yes, of course, turn off the mobile. Pelzer’s milestone is within your reach.
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