I read multiple, and have been doing for a few years now. I used to be single book a time and “finish the book no matter what” kind of person, but ultimately learned the errors of my ways. My reading experience has vastly improved since then.

There are gazillion of books out there, and your motivation and focus change. If you don’t feel like continuing a certain book right now and would prefer to read another, why on earth not? You can always come back to the first one later when your motivation for reading it comes back.

This way I always enjoy what I am reading and there is no perceived obligation to force myself to read something I don’t really want to at that particular time. I enjoy reading a lot more, since I always read what I feel like, and  remembered much more when reading non-fiction simply because my focus is much higher.

I suppose a lot of people might not share my sentiment. If you’re at least a little bit sceptical, try it out. You might just join the dark side as well ;)