(Shhh. I’m not really here.)
As you know, Squiders, every year I take a look at the books I read over the last year and run stats. Because I am a giant nerd and I like to keep track of such things.
Here’s the stats for 2017:
Books Read in 2017: 51
Change from 2016: +1
Of those*:
14 were Fantasy
13 were Mystery
10 were Science Fiction
6 were Nonfiction
3 were General Literature
1 was an Essay Collection
1 was Magical Realism
1 was Romance
1 was Science Fantasy
1 was a Short Story Collection
*Some genre consolidation was done here. YA titles went into the general genre. All subgenres of fantasy or romance, for example, also went into the general genre.
Hm. Little less broad on the genres than usual this year. And LOTS of mysteries.
New genre(s)**: essay collection, magical realism
Genres I read last year that I did not read this year: steampunk, superhero tie-in, paranormal, historical fiction, Gothic, chick lit
**This means I didn’t read them last year, not that I’ve never read them.
Genres that went up: science fiction, nonfiction, mystery
Genres that went down: fantasy, romance
26 were my books
23 were library books
2 book was borrowed from friends/family
36 were physical books
15 were ebooks
Lots of library books this year.
Average rating: 3.46/5 (Same as last year! Ha!)
Top rated:
A Man Called Ove (5 – general literature)
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection (4.2 – mystery collection)
Creature of Dreams (4 – magical realism)
Not a lot of exemplary books this year, though there’s a bunch hanging out at 3.7/3.8 (such as The Doomsday Book, American Gods, Meddling Kids) including some self-published ones I reviewed (Into the Between, Entromancy, Icarus).
Most recent publication year: 2017
Oldest publication year: 1896
Average publication year: 1997
Books older than 1900: 1
Books newer than (and including) 2012: 26
My average year’s back in the ’90s, har har. (Last year it was 2004.) Even though more than half the books I read this year were published in the last 5 years.
See you Thursday, Squiders!
