I’ve given my total reading numbers for 2021—73 total—and my favorite fiction and nonfiction books, now it’s time to look at some stats.
Here are my numbers for 2021:
- 58% POC books.
- 55% female/nonbinary authors.
I’ve given my total reading numbers for 2021—73 total—and my favorite fiction and nonfiction books, now it’s time to look at some stats.
Here are my numbers for 2021:
I read 71 books last year and here are my favorite nonfiction reads of 2021.
I don’t get through much nonfiction these days, so when I do tackle one, it’s because I really want to read it.
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
And how about previous top non-fiction lists: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
I read 71 books last year and here are my favorite fiction reads of 2021:
(Really hard to order this year’s list. Ask me tomorrow and I’d probably put them in a different order.)
Hard to choose which books to mention this year, and these are all worth a shoutout:
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
And how about previous top 10 fiction lists: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
I read 73 books in 2021. That just barely passes 2020 and hopefully doesn’t start a pattern of lower reading numbers.
Here are my top 10 fiction and top 5 non-fiction for 2021, as well as my reading stats for the year.
You can also check out my previous reading lists: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001.
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
Continue reading 2021 Reading ListI read 69 books in 2020.
It’s my lowest reading count since 2011—thanks 2020.
Here are my top 10 fiction and top 5 non-fiction for 2020, as well as my reading stats for the year.
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
You can also check out my previous reading lists: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001.
Continue reading 2020 Reading ListI’ve given my total reading numbers for 2019—107 total—and my favorite fiction and non-fiction books, now it’s time to look at some stats.
I’ve never really thought of myself as a data nerd. I can’t use Excel to save my life. But here I am: I ruthlessly track my reading.
Why? It holds me accountable to exposing myself to a wider range of views. It helps me spot trends, and figure out where I might be doing things wrong (or right).
Here are my numbers for 2019:
Here’s how that compares to previous years:
Continue reading 2019 Reading StatsI read 107 books in 2019, and about a quarter were non-fiction. I often have a hard time getting through non-fiction, with a top five or seven list at the end of the year, but this year I had a bunch of favorites and went for a top 10.
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
And how about previous top 10 non-fiction lists: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
I read 107 books this year and found a few winners. Here’s my list of top fiction. I’ve done a top 10 the past few years, but this year I went with 15. The top five are probably a few steps above the others, but they’re all worthy reads.
Let’s give an honorable mention to Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer. As much as I like stories, I have a hard time with short story collections. I often can’t even finish them. But this one I devoured. Kritzer’s latest novel is in my Christmas stack, and I can’t wait to read it.
If you want to read more, check out my booklet 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading Again.
And how about previous top 10 fiction lists: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
I read 107 books in 2019.
It’s nowhere near my record, but it is up slightly from last year.
My reading still hasn’t returned to 2012-2016 levels, but I suspect that has a lot to do with continued rejection of YA and middle grade stories (only 11% this year, last year it was 25%). Sci-fi amounted to 37%, pushing up from a third or less in previous years.
Here are my top 15 fiction books of 2019, top 10 non-fiction of 2019, and my diversity stats for the year.
Continue reading 2019 Reading ListI’ve given my total reading numbers for 2018 and my favorite fiction and non-fiction books, now it’s time to look at some stats.
I’ve been tracking my reading stats for a while. It’s a good way to actually gauge my progress and encourage diversity in the books I read.
Counting these numbers can be hard, but here’s how I do it: I base gender 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 my numbers for 2018:
Here’s how that compares to previous years:
It’s also helpful to compare it to my total reading:
It’s encouraging to see these numbers stay high. POC books slipped a bit from last year, but having it over 50% is good. The percentage of female authors hit a new high. That might not seem like a number worth paying attention to in the 21st century, but I’ve had years when J.K. Rowling was the only female author I read. Continue reading 2018 Reading Statistics