Roundup of Reading for 2025

 

Here are the numbers.

Total books read was 180.

Total pages read was 56,266.

Audience

Adult            169

Teen                  3

Children's         8

Genre/Subject (Note that some books have more than one genre

Fiction                164     of which 69 were part of a series

Mystery                  55

Romance                56

Literary                  21

Historical                26

Fantasy                   16

Science Fiction        2

Horror                      5

Western                    1

Nonfiction                    14

Biography/Memoir        9

Essays                            2

Travel                             1

History                           3

Social History                2

True Crime                     1

Science/Social Science   2

Arts and Crafts                1

Translated from another language to English: 12

From French        3

From Arabic         1

From Japanese     1

From Dutch          1

From German       2

From Italian          1

From Chinese       1

From Hindi           1

From Spanish        1

Setting (some books will have multiple settings)

Other world                    5

Other real world             4

Canada                         20 

United States                93

Europe                          61

Asia                              13

Latin America                9

Africa                             6

Australia / Pacific          6

Where I got the books

Library                        75

Owned                        94    of which 44 of the print ones got gifted elsewhere

Borrowed                      3

Temporary (Netgalley) 8 

Author Gender

Male                            35

Female                       140

Unclear                          1

Both                               2

Format

Graphic Novel                1

Large Print                     2

Regular Print

ebook                            58

2024 Reading Wrap-Up

Well, 2024 has come to an end and I've put together my reading wrap-up. I had hoped to read 175 books and actually read 176, so I'm pretty pleased with that. In terms of pages read, I set a goal of 55,000 pages and read 56,924 pages, so a win there as well. 

I read primarily Fiction, 165 of the 176. 

Most were adult level books, with 8 being teen and 2 children's.

Translations: 8
2 Swedish
2 French
1 Japanese
1 Arabic
1 Norwegian
1 Italian

Setting 
8 took place in make-believe worlds
11 took place at least partly in Canada
93 took place at least partly in the United States
5 took place at least partly in Africa
3 took place at least partly in Australia/New Zealand
13 took place at least partly in Asia
4 took place at least partly in Latin America
60 took place at least partly in Europe

Where they were from
95 were from the library
71 I owned, of which 54 went on to new homes
2 were borrowed from family
7 were from Netgalley

Genre: This graph doesn't break them down exactly like I do, a few of what they call genre aren't genre, but an appeal element, like contemporary. I also don't know how they determined 'mystery,' 'thriller,' and 'crime.' Some books cross genres. 

My categories came up as:
Nonfiction: 11 total, with some in more than one category
1 Poetry
3 Essays
2 Travel
3 History
2 Science / Social Science
1 Arts and Crafts
6 Biography / Memoir

Fiction: 165 total, with some in more than one category
70 Mystery / Thriller
29 Historical
26 Fantasy

2 Science Fiction

1 Short Stories

59 Romance

2 Western

Pace:

                                          

Mood:

Authors by gender identity

31 Male

142 Female

3 had multiple authors including both genders

Format

1 Graphic Novel

3 Large Print

30 ebook

142 Print

Series: 63 were part of a series

Length:

Recap of 2023 Reading Year

 I'm a little late on putting this together. I met my overall reading goals for the year, but only completed one of the challenges I engaged with, the 16th Canadian Reading Challenge. For my challenge activity see my 2023 Reading Challenge page. 

Of the books I read, 158 were for adult readers, 8 for teen readers, and 9 for children.

My reading had a flow to it, with an upsurge at the end of my teaching term, and another in late summer / early August as I was first away from work, and then reading as an escape. 

I read much less nonfiction than most years.

My Genre reading was what I expected, with my two most read genres being mystery and romance

Books in Translation

For translated works, I read 9 this year, 3 from German, 3 from French, 2 from Italian, and 1 from Swedish. 

Origin

85 of the books were ones I owned, with 63 of them leaving to go to other readers. 87 were borrowed from my local public libraries (I use 2 regularly), 4 were borrowed from friends or family, and 9 were e-galleys that I had temporary access to. 

Setting

Of the setting of the books, one was set in a fantasy world, 20 in Canada, 80 in the United States, 1 in Africa, 3 in Asia, 2 in Latin America, and 66 in Europe. Some, of course, weren't the kind of book that had a setting. 

Publication Date

These ranged from 1929 through 2024, with a few in the 1960s, and most in the last 10 years. 

Authors

28 of the authors identified as male, and 141 as female, with 2 books with multiple authors that included both. 

Format

Most of my reads were physical books, with 28 ebooks, and 7 of those from Netgalley. 

Series

71 of the books were part of a series

Mood

This is an interesting statistic that Storygraph provided. 

as is this one, 

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Summary of 2022 Reading

I always keep statistics on my reading and one of the sites I track it on gave me some additional information that I will share.
Total books read was 102, much less than the previous few years. I would have to go back more than 20 years to get a number lower than that of 2022. 

Total pages read was 29,073.

Audience

Children    10

Teen            5

Adult         87

Genre 
(there is some overlap with multigenre books so the numbers won't necessarily add up)

Fiction                                            86

    Fantasy                                         6

    Historical Fiction                       10

    Mystery/Thriller                         33

    Romance                                    26

    Science Fiction                            2

    Short Stories                                6

    Western                                        1

Nonfiction                                     16

    Essays                                         0

    History                                        2

    Memoir/Biography                     6

    Poetry                                          2

    Science/Social Science               4

    

Setting (some books had multiple settings, some didn't have one, or it wasn't named)

Canada                                          9

United States                               52

Europe                                         30

Asia                                               4

Australasia                                    2

Africa                                            1

South and Central America           2

Fictional world                              1

Translations    3

    French                 1

    Portuguese          1

    Spanish               1

Source

Library                  11

My own                81

Borrowed                2

Temporary              9

* temporary were digital copies that expired, but not from the library

70 of the owned books left for new homes after I read them.

Author

Men            18

Women       76

Both             5

Format

Physical book        87

ebook                    15

Advanced copy     27

Netgalley                9

29 of the books were part of a series, and 77 of them were authors I hadn't read before.

Other insights

Storygraph analyzed some things that I hadn't before and I found it very interesting

One thing it looks at was the mood of the books. Lighter books moved the line up. My graph had a definite upward slant to it.

I could also see from another graph that I went through obvious cycles this year in reading and not reading, with the line undulating up and down.

My longest read this year was only 544 pages, while the shortest was 24 pages, and my average length came in at 287 pages.

My 2021 Book Pledge and a Roundup of Reading in 2021

 My Book Pledge 

I joined again for 2021, pledging to read 175 books.
I read 176 books in 2020 and earned 16 badges


For 2021 I read 187 books, fulfilling my pledge.

Here are my badges

     

Sadly, this site discontinued at the end of 2021, and wasn't being supported as strongly before then. I will miss it. I liked the visual aspect of it, the way that the shelves appeared and showed the covers. I also liked the badges. 

Here is a breakdown of the reading in various ways

Audience

Adult         166

Teen              7

Child           14

Genre (some books cross multiple genres)

Fiction                                                 154

    Mystery/Suspense/Thriller               42

    Historical Fiction                              41

    Romance                                           38

    Science Fiction                                   3

    Fantasy                                             13

    Horror                                                 1

    Short Stories                                       6

43 books were part of a series

Nonfiction                                         33

    Poetry                                              3

    Essays                                              3

    History                                             3

    Biography/Memoir                         12

    Science                                            6

    Arts / Crafts                                     6

Author Gender

Male                                                      45

Female                                                132

Both (multiple authors)                        10

Translations    13

Languages

French                5

German              2 

Dutch                 2 

Danish                1

Japanese             1

Norwegian          1

Serbo-Croatian   1

Format

Paper               175

ebook                11

eAudio                1

Setting (some books have multiple, some don't have one)

Canada                    26

United States           80 

Europe                     75

Asia                         12

Africa                        7

Latin America          11

Australasia                6

Otherworld                3

Source

My collection         149    of which 123 left to go to new homes after I read them.

Library                     27

Borrowed                   3

Temporary                 8

Reading Summary for 2019

Here's my look back at my reading for 2019.
It was definitely a year where I read less. I also completed less challenges than previously. I've been thinking about it and realize that I try to look at the books on my shelves and fit them into the challenges that I'm doing, which sometimes just doesn't work. Also, my shelves have become less organized over the last couple years, which makes books harder to locate. So I'll work on that over the next few months.
I read 141 books over the year.

Here are my stats:

Audience:
Adult: 124
Children's: 14
Teen: 3

Source and Fate
42 of the books I read were library books
84 of the books I read I owned (38 were advance copies)
3 were read for Netgalley
The rest were borrowed from others

78 of those I owned left my possession after I read them. (I also went through my mystery bookcase and gave away any that earned less than 4 stars)


Author Gender
28 books were written by men
109 were written by women
3 were written by teams that included both men and women
1 was written by an author under a pseudonym that didn't identify their genre

Category and Genre:
There are a couple of overlaps here with collections where they included both fiction and nonfiction in one book.
Fiction: 118. There are some genre overlaps where books fell into multiple genres
    2 of these were short stories or included short stories
    35 were mysteries or thrillers
    21 were historical fiction
    6 were fantasy
    1 was science fiction
    33 were romance
    1 was horror
    None were westerns this year.
    27 books were part of a series
   
Nonfiction: 24
    3 of these were poetry or included poetry
    3 of these were essays or included essays
    7 were history books
    1 was a science book
    9 were biographies or memoirs

8 Translated works:
    Italian               3
    Afrikaans          1
    Dutch                1
    French               1
    Japanese           1
    Norwegian        1

Setting:
25 were set in Canada
66 were set in the U.S.
39 were set in Europe
3 were set in Africa

Format:
3 were graphic novels
22 were audiobooks
3 were ebooks
The rest were print books

Summary of 2016 Reading

Well I set a goal to read 150 books for 2016 and read 153, so that was pretty good. I've decided to set the same goal for 2017.

Here are some numbers on my reading:
Audience
Adult books: 128
Teen books:12
Kid's books: 13

Genre (books may fit in more than one genre)
Fiction: 117
Nonfiction: 34
I read one play, 2 books of poetry, 3 books of essays, and 1 book of short stories.
Biography/Memoir: 12
Mystery: 45
Historical Fiction: 31
Fantasy: 11
Science Fiction: 4
Romance: 13
Western: 1

Author(s)
Male: 59
Female: 89
Mixed: 3

Language
I read only 8 books translated from another language into English this year.
The languages translated from were:
French: 4
Spanish: 2
Korean: 1
German: 1
Italian: 1

I read 28 books by Canadian writers, which is definitely a low for me.

Format
Graphic novels: 5
Audiobook: 27
Ebook: 4
31 were ARCs, and 18 were ones I signed up for on Netgalley (although mostly I ended up finding a paper copy rather than reading the netgalley edition)
41 books were parts of series

Where I got them:
Library Books: 56
Books I owned: 90
The rest were either borrowed from friends and family, or Netgalley ebooks.