I have what I like to call "aspirational reading stacks" which seems very similar to your piles of books. I feel like competitions like the Goodreads Reading Challenges actually do not benefit readers who like to read deeply so this year I am foregoing coming up with a higher number and instead I will just try to enjoy the 40-50 books I usually read in a year. I like your idea of having categories of books to encourage well-rounded knowledge building.
I have what I like to call "aspirational reading stacks" which seems very similar to your piles of books. I feel like competitions like the Goodreads Reading Challenges actually do not benefit readers who like to read deeply so this year I am foregoing coming up with a higher number and instead I will just try to enjoy the 40-50 books I usually read in a year. I like your idea of having categories of books to encourage well-rounded knowledge building.