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You people can afford buying books. I have ~20 books from my 19 years of existence.
But I'll probably be able to afford more books when I'm permanently employed, but will probably never have time to read them until retirement (if thaf hypothetically ever happens).
I often go to what are called little libraries. They're just small book cases outside that are freely accessible to anyone. You can borrow books, sometimes keep the books and donate books. There a lot of bad books in them, but also a lot of wonderful titles to be found. You can find more info, including a map with locations, here.
I don't know your situation, but I only buy thrifted books, and I've never spent more than like £15 for a book and that's usually the art books only, you can get real good stuff for less than a fiver.