BOOKMARK: THE COMPLEAT 2020 READING LIST

2007 - 100 Books (averaging 408.57 pages)   2008 - 80 Books (averaging 385.50 pages) 2009 - 67 Books (averaging 338.03 pages) 2010 - 129 Books (averaging 378.75 pages) 2011 - 133 Books (averaging 375.98 pages) 2012 - 144 Books (averaging 398.92 pages) 2013 - 130 Books (averaging 397.36 pages)

2014 - 130 Books (averaging 391.13 pages) 2015 - 122 Books (averaging 364.18 pages) 2016 - 100 Books (averaging 433.06 pages) 2017 - 104 Books (averaging 413.24 pages) 2018 - 108 Books (averaging 377.99 pages) 2019 - 125 Books (averaging 389.52 pages)

Cracked the first new book of 2020 today yesterday, so here we go with these stats, too! I know it's a little obsessive, but it's fascinating to me to look back at the patterns (not to mention keep track of what I haven't read, an important consideration with a personal library that, after intermittent culling, still numbers over 1600 works).

Total books bounced back up in 2019 from the last three years' lower counts, working out to a little better than ten books per month, for a total pagecount of 48,690. 125 books is no 144 (IDK how I had that much energy in 2012, but my fic output that year was insane too) but it's definitely respectable. Hopefully I manage to at least keep steady in 2020. :)

In other stats: 10 were non-fiction this time (same as last year); 19 were re-reads (compared to 27); and 7 were graphic novels (versus 10).

In additional analysis, 95 of the 115 fictional books were identified as part of a series or larger creative universe of some kind. In terms of genre: 51 were science fiction (10 of which were Star Wars tie-ins); 17 were fantasy of some variety (epic, urban, etc.); and 24 were mystery or thrillers or drama, often in a historical setting. 23 were romance (very unusual for me), fully 14 of which were Jane Austen variations (which may explain it). Only four were considered YA.

So, on to Year Fourteen of book tracking!

Book stats through 266 include 15 rereads, 17 nonfiction, 9 ya, 179 ebooks and 11 graphic novels.

( Books Read in 2020 )