For those of you who have been around for a while, or who know me in person, it should come as ZERO surprise that I love statistics and charts. Side note: for those who are Harry Potter fans...yes...I am (appropriately) a Ravenclaw.
In 2019, I went all in on the statistics nerdery and built myself a spreadsheet after scouring the bookternet and picking up pieces of ideas from several similarly nerdy readers. Spreadsheet lovers, UNITE! Today's post is a culmination is all of that tracking and graphing fun. So...let's take a look at my reading year in numbers and graphs.
3, 2, 1...GO!
Books by the Quantity
Total Books Read: 116
ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies): 50
Books in Translation: 7
Rereads: 4
I more than DOUBLED my prior highest tracked reading year. That's insane. I attribute a good portion of this to the addition of audiobooks into my repertoire.
Best reading month: October (14 books)
Slowest reading month: February (4 books)
Series Reads: 32
Standalones: 79
Uncertain: 5 (These books may end up with sequels in the future. The authors have been noncommittal.)
Started the series: 22 (Why do I do this to myself?)
Series finished this year: 1
Apparently I really need to focus on finishing series. I already have the knack for starting them...
Authors Read
Total Authors Read: 105
Most Read Author: Rick Riordan (3 books). 10 authors had 2 books represented in my 2019 reads.
New to Me Authors: 83
Pages Read / Minutes Listened
Total Pages Read: 37,008
Most Read: August (4,078)
Least Read: February (1,394)
Most Prolific : August (131.5 pages per day)
Least Prolific: February (49.8 pages per day)
Average Pages per Book: 319
Longest Book: The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia (543 pages)
Shortest Book: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (97 pages)
Total Time Listened: 284:58:11
Most Listened: September (39:55:44)
Least Listened (after audio usage was started): May (20:28:00)
Average Days per Book: 6
Average Days per Physical Read: 5
Average Days per Audiobook: 7
Ratings
Average Rating: 3.86
Highest Rating Month: April (4.32)
Lowest Rating Month: March (3.42)
(I'll share the full list of 4, 4.5, and 5 star books in a later post.)
Successful Books: 102
Average Year Published: 2004
Most Read Genre: Contemporary
Highest sources: (1) Borrowed (Library), (2) NetGalley
Diversity
And there you have it! The basic numbers and distribution of everything I read in 2019. I'm sure it will be interesting for a few, boring for some, and just a colorful mess for everyone else.
I'll be doing additional evaluations of my 2019 reading with upcoming posts. Coming soon: my 2019 Reading Challenge Success & Progress, the 2019 Book of the Year Bracket, and my results to Perpetual Page Turner's End of the Year Survey.
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