Books Beside the Bed - the answer

And the people who guessed correctly - fluffy_cloud, severina_242 and phoenix_fancies, win an internets.

After I took out the 27 books I'd finished with, I had 17 left.

9 not yet started that I must get around to.
4 that I'd read some of and wanted to finish.
2 that I've been given and want to read (even though one is so large that it's a lethal weapon in itself)
2 that I'm keeping for research. Honest.

Since then I've finshed 2 and added 1. So sue me.