I want to buy new books at the book fair and bookstore. But someone asked me “Have you finished the old books you bought last time?” What is a logical response to this or how can I justify buying new books even though I still have many unread ones (1000+ books) ?

In Japanese, there's a word for people who buy books but don’t read them “Tsundoku” (積ん読). In Thai “กองดอง” (Kong Dong) refers to a pile or collection of things that are accumulated but not used or processed. In French, “Bibliomanie” refers to an obsession with collecting books, sometimes to the point of hoarding them without actually reading them. In German, “Lesestapel” is a term for a pile of books meant to be read but it often implies they might not be. In English I think sometimes the word "Lazy" fits me.

I buy books all the time. At book fairs, in bookstores and even online, I’m always finding something interesting something that calls out to me. Sometimes I read and finish them. Sometimes I start and stop halfway and sometimes I don’t even take the book out of the bag. By now I probably own more than 1000+ unread books. So how do I justify buying more books when I still have so many unread ones?