Last year I started tracking diversity in the books I read. It wasn’t exactly good news.

It became apparent that race and gender diversity only happen when you’re intentional about it.

I tracked both the gender and race this year. I base gender simply on the author, counting a book if any contributor is a woman. For race I count a book if a contributor or main character is a person of color.

Here are the results for 2015:

• 54% POC books
• 56% female authors.

Here’s how diverse my reading has been since 2001:

And here are the actual numbers:

If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.