Books I bought to read, but haven't yet

[daikin013]

10-50 percent - working on the backlog

[Daniel]

The poll is still very young, but there are a good number of people whose responses indicate large numbers of book purchases where the books have not been read.

My question is, what is the thought process? Why do you buy books, and presumably continue to buy books that you do not and possibly will not read?

As someone who buys one book at a time and no more until I've finished my most recent purchase, I'm trying to understand.

[Rocke]

I bought a lot of books, most are references in Islamic theology / thoughts, jurisprudence, and history... and I took my time since they're mostly references.

[frankie]

ATM, I got almost 10 books hasn't read yet.