Thursday, January 30, 2020

One More Stats Post: Reading 2013-2019

One last stats post, at least until I write up my end of January reading wrap up. Anyway, I wanted to see how my reading looks since I started tracking this stuff regularly, back in 2013.

Reading Through the Years: 2013 - 2019

Total books read
369

Year with most/fewest books
2019 (58 books) / 2016 & 2018 (48 books each)

Total pages read
123,420
Year with most/fewest pages
2013 (21,681) / 2018 (13,525)

Fiction
61%

POC author
17%
Black: 8%
Asian: 8%
Latinx: 1%
Female authors
55%

Top authors countries
US: 70%
UK: 17%
Canada: 2%
Australia: 2%
Japan: 2%

Translations
3%

Rereads
19%

Book format
ebook: 42%
paperback: 34%
audiobook: 19%
hardback: 5%

Where'd I get the book
Kindle/Audible: 43%
Indie: 22%
Gift: 11%
Netgalley: 7%
Library: 6%
Chain bookstore: 4%
Just the Right Book: 3%
Review book (not Netgalley): 2%
Borrow (not library): 2%

Top Decades published
2010s: 66%
2000s: 18%
1990s: 8%
Everything else: 8%

Top genres
Lit Fic: 11%
Horror: 11%
Memoir: 8%
Humor: 7%
Mystery: 5%
Essays: 5%
Fantasy: 5%

Resolution books
46%

So there are some areas for improvement, sure but overall I'm pretty happy. Let's see what 2020 has in store.