200 books a year is insane. One book in less than 2 days, on average, all year.

Approx. 150-200 books in 9 months is what a PhD program in English requires for exams. Not really a stretch for writers, but good for them challenging each other.

Ok but that's a PhD program where your "job" is to learn. These people already have full time jobs

My record is 350 during the summer of junior year high school. I might hit 50 this year.

How many pages per book is that, usually? I find that crazy, as someone with two kids and sports hobbies. 😅

My current performance? I dunno, normal novel length, 350 pages maybe?

My record summer? Apparently 43k pages total.

I have children too, but I read quickly and I don't really have other hobbies. I prefer paper, but keep a few eBooks around for waiting in line.

43000 pages over, say, 90 days (one "summer") comes to about 1 page per minute if you read 8h per day, every single day. That's insane. Mind blowing. Never heard of such a feat.

It's possible that was my year total, but I remember it having been the summer. That was 20 years ago, though, so who knows!

I've always been a very fast reader.