I'm currently
behind on reviews , so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.
Stats!
(also check the graph !)
I couldn't resist the temptation to generate something like reading statistics from the data I use to build this site. These statistics are as inaccurate as they are fun, for a multitude of reasons.
For example, I didn't start tracking the books I read until I joined Goodreads in April 2015. I tried to reconstruct as much of my childhood reading as I could manage, but I failed miserably. Across long stretches in school I read more than a book per day – our school library only allowed us to check out six book at once, and it was only open three days per week, which did **not** work for me! Many of those books were re-reads, or me tearing through series after series of generic YA, so not much is to be mourned – but I may still add books retroactively, if and when they come up.
Or: of course there's no such thing as a book. To put it differently: what even is a book? These stats include everything from short stories to multi-thousand pages book collections – basically everything I wanted to log or note or have an opinion on.
But still, it's nice to look at, and I'm tempted to add more ridiculous charts, like mapping publication years against length, or temperature against ratings, or …
Rating and books over time
Pygal 2.8 2.8 3 3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4 4 4.2 4.2 5 35 65 95 125 155 185 215 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 5 46.523782252544166 517.2101178071036 1999 7 71.98943148551571 514.8189475907046 2000 24 97.45508071848725 494.494000751313 2001 16 122.92072995145878 504.0586816169091 2002 27 148.38637918443035 490.9072454267146 2003 25 173.8520284174019 493.2984156431136 2004 26 199.31767765037344 492.10283053491406 2005 33 224.783326883345 483.7337347775176 2006 31 250.24897611631656 486.1249049939166 2007 35 275.7146253492881 481.34256456111854 2008 27 301.1802745822596 490.9072454267146 2009 22 326.64592381523113 496.8851709677121 2010 14 352.1115730482027 506.44985183330806 2011 11 377.5772222811742 510.0366071579066 2012 9 403.0428715141458 512.4277773743056 2013 31 428.5085207471173 486.1249049939166 2014 21 453.97416998008885 498.0807560759116 2015 51 479.43981921306045 462.21320282992656 2016 84 504.90546844603193 422.75889425934304 2017 182 530.3711176790036 305.5915536557921 2018 118 555.8367669119752 382.10900058056006 2019 154 581.3024161449467 339.0679366853781 2020 119 606.7680653779183 380.91341547236055 2021 167 632.2337146108899 323.5253302787846 2022 32 657.6993638438613 484.92931988571706 2023 3.4 12.732824616485772 296.9833408767557 1999 3.714285714 38.198473849457315 184.2567449608028 2000 3.708333333 63.66412308242886 186.3917183683019 2001 3.1875 89.12977231540039 373.20189152447375 2002 3.222222222 114.59542154837195 360.74787998072895 2003 3.32 140.0610707813435 325.6773834735437 2004 3.307692308 165.52672001431503 330.0918515653573 2005 3.333333333 190.9923692472866 320.8950430407456 2006 3.387096774 216.45801848025815 301.61141226333433 2007 3.2 241.92366771322966 368.7184473687256 2008 3.444444444 267.3893169462012 281.04220610076226 2009 3.409090909 292.8549661791727 293.7226542180297 2010 3.142857143 318.32061541214426 389.2141920807171 2011 3.727272727 343.7862646451158 179.59862116262303 2012 3.111111111 369.2519138780874 400.6007169207123 2013 3.322580645 394.7175631110589 324.7517691962279 2014 3.619047619 420.18321234403044 218.41631948078856 2015 3.078431373 445.64886157700204 412.3221395501191 2016 3.44047619 471.1145108099735 282.46552170576166 2017 3.472527473 496.5801600429451 270.96951104999727 2018 3.211864407 522.0458092759167 364.46297494971054 2019 3.201298701 547.5114585088882 368.25263498890763 2020 3.117647059 572.9771077418598 398.25643239483094 2021 3.011976048 598.4427569748314 436.1580385018951 2022 3.15625 623.9084062078027 384.4105019138441 2023
Rating and books per page count
Pygal 2.8 2.8 3 3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4 4 4.2 4.2 5 35 65 95 125 155 185 215 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-400 400-500 500-750 750-1000 1000-2000 2000+ 81 70.77123605864467 398.00825185690894 0-50 48 116.68399346462364 434.84019888797457 50-100 71 162.5967508706026 409.16944792692885 100-150 82 208.50950827658153 396.8921322499069 150-200 116 254.42226568256046 358.94406561183933 200-250 141 300.33502308853946 331.04107543678964 250-300 137 346.2477804945184 335.50555386479766 300-350 159 392.16053790049733 310.95092251075386 350-400 179 438.07329530647627 288.6285303707141 400-500 145 483.9860527124552 326.5765970087817 500-750 31 529.8988101184341 453.81423220700833 750-1000 22 575.811567524413 463.8593086700263 1000-2000 11 621.7243249303921 476.13662434704815 2000+ 3.3 11.937316925554525 310.7276985893535 0-50 3.2 57.85007433153348 344.21128679941296 50-100 3.2 103.76283173751241 344.21128679941296 100-150 3.4 149.67558914349138 277.24411037929383 150-200 3.2 195.58834654947032 344.21128679941296 200-250 3.1 241.50110395544925 377.69487500947264 250-300 3.3 287.41386136142825 310.7276985893535 300-350 3.3 333.3266187674071 310.7276985893535 350-400 3.2 379.2393761733861 344.21128679941296 400-500 3.3 425.152133579365 310.7276985893535 500-750 3.1 471.064890985344 377.69487500947264 750-1000 3 516.9776483913229 411.1784632195324 1000-2000 3.181818182 562.8904057973019 350.29921192851486 2000+
Ratings and books per publication year
Pygal 2.8 2.8 3 3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4 4 4.2 4.2 5 35 65 95 125 155 185 215 0-1900 1900-25 1925-50 1950-75 1975-85 1985-90 1990-95 1995-00 2000-05 2005-10 2010-15 2015-20 2020+ 51 72.65772572571021 443.7803851721518 0-1900 17 119.79434111773723 482.8091826265055 1900-25 56 166.9309565097642 438.04085613474683 1925-50 125 214.06757190179127 358.83535541855827 1950-75 62 261.2041872938183 431.1534212898609 1975-85 49 308.34080268584523 446.07619678711376 1985-90 63 355.4774180778723 430.00551548237985 1990-95 74 402.6140334698993 417.37855160008894 1995-00 114 449.7506488619263 371.46231930084923 2000-05 136 496.88726425395333 346.20839153626736 2005-10 183 544.0238796459803 292.25681858466066 2010-15 211 591.1604950380073 260.11545597519284 2015-20 81 638.2971104300343 409.34321094772196 2020+ 3.04 12.255520001927025 409.1136297862257 0-1900 3.18 59.39213539395404 360.901585872024 1900-25 3.38 106.52875078598105 292.0272374231645 1925-50 3.32 153.6653661780081 312.68954195782237 1950-75 3.21 200.8019815700351 350.57043360469515 1975-85 3.55 247.9385969620621 233.48404124163386 1985-90 3.43 295.0752123540891 274.80865031094953 1990-95 3.3 342.2118277461161 319.5769768027084 1995-00 3.34 389.3484431381431 305.8021071129364 2000-05 3.21 436.48505853017014 350.57043360469515 2005-10 3.19 483.62167392219715 357.45786844958104 2010-15 3.13 530.7582893142242 378.120172984239 2015-20 3.135802469 577.8949047062512 376.1219665786238 2020+
When a measure becomes a target,
it ceases to be a good measure.
Total books
1223
Total pages
446468
Books without review
-
Books per week
0.9
Median publication year
2004
Median length
320
Average rating
3.2
Percent female/male authors
33.9% / 63.5%