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 2024 5 45.27226530306053 517.2101178071036 1999 7 69.75846648861008 514.8189475907046 2000 24 94.24466767415964 494.494000751313 2001 16 118.7308688597092 504.0586816169091 2002 27 143.21707004525877 490.9072454267146 2003 25 167.70327123080833 493.2984156431136 2004 26 192.18947241635792 492.10283053491406 2005 33 216.67567360190745 483.7337347775176 2006 31 241.16187478745704 486.1249049939166 2007 35 265.64807597300654 481.34256456111854 2008 27 290.13427715855613 490.9072454267146 2009 22 314.6204783441057 496.8851709677121 2010 14 339.1066795296553 506.44985183330806 2011 11 363.5928807152048 510.0366071579066 2012 9 388.0790819007544 512.4277773743056 2013 31 412.56528308630396 486.1249049939166 2014 21 437.05148427185355 498.0807560759116 2015 51 461.53768545740303 462.21320282992656 2016 84 486.0238866429526 422.75889425934304 2017 182 510.5100878285022 305.5915536557921 2018 118 534.9962890140519 382.10900058056006 2019 154 559.4824901996012 339.0679366853781 2020 119 583.968691385151 380.91341547236055 2021 167 608.4548925707004 323.5253302787846 2022 32 632.94109375625 484.92931988571706 2023 26 657.4272949417996 492.10283053491406 2024 3.4 12.732824616485772 296.9833408767557 1999 3.714285714 37.21902580203534 184.2567449608028 2000 3.708333333 61.70522698758489 186.3917183683019 2001 3.1875 86.19142817313445 373.20189152447375 2002 3.222222222 110.67762935868402 360.74787998072895 2003 3.32 135.16383054423358 325.6773834735437 2004 3.307692308 159.65003172978317 330.0918515653573 2005 3.333333333 184.1362329153327 320.8950430407456 2006 3.387096774 208.6224341008823 301.61141226333433 2007 3.2 233.10863528643182 368.7184473687256 2008 3.444444444 257.59483647198135 281.04220610076226 2009 3.409090909 282.08103765753094 293.7226542180297 2010 3.142857143 306.56723884308053 389.2141920807171 2011 3.727272727 331.05344002863006 179.59862116262303 2012 3.111111111 355.5396412141796 400.6007169207123 2013 3.322580645 380.0258423997292 324.7517691962279 2014 3.619047619 404.5120435852788 218.41631948078856 2015 3.078431373 428.9982447708283 412.3221395501191 2016 3.44047619 453.48444595637784 282.46552170576166 2017 3.445054945 477.97064714192743 280.82323446922385 2018 3.211864407 502.456848327477 364.46297494971054 2019 3.201298701 526.9430495130265 368.25263498890763 2020 3.117647059 551.4292506985762 398.25643239483094 2021 3.011976048 575.9154518841257 436.1580385018951 2022 3.125 600.4016530696753 395.61911230321437 2023 2.807692308 624.8878542552247 509.42961779528224 2024
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+ 82 70.77123605864467 396.8921322499069 0-50 48 116.68399346462364 434.84019888797457 50-100 72 162.5967508706026 408.05332831992683 100-150 87 208.50950827658153 391.311534214897 150-200 117 254.42226568256046 357.8279460048374 200-250 143 300.33502308853946 328.8088362227857 250-300 140 346.2477804945184 332.1571950437916 300-350 159 392.16053790049733 310.95092251075386 350-400 183 438.07329530647627 284.1640519427061 400-500 146 483.9860527124552 325.4604774017797 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 3.3 149.67558914349138 310.7276985893535 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 3.2 425.152133579365 344.21128679941296 500-750 3.1 471.064890985344 377.69487500947264 750-1000 3 516.9776483913229 411.1784632195324 1000-2000 3 562.8904057973019 411.1784632195324 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 1925-50 126 214.06757190179127 357.68744961107734 1950-75 63 261.2041872938183 430.00551548237985 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 2010-15 216 591.1604950380073 254.3759269377879 2015-20 92 638.2971104300343 396.71624706543105 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 3.31 153.6653661780081 316.1332593802653 1950-75 3.22 200.8019815700351 347.12671618225204 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 3.17 436.48505853017014 364.34530329446704 2005-10 3.19 483.62167392219715 357.45786844958104 2010-15 3.12 530.7582893142242 381.5638904066819 2015-20 3.076086957 577.8949047062512 396.68630169654017 2020+
When a measure becomes a target,
it ceases to be a good measure.
Total books
1241
Total pages
451448
Books without review
-
Books per week
0.9
Median publication year
2005
Median length
320
Average rating
3.2
Percent female/male authors
34.2% / 63.3%