I love to look at my reading stats over the year and see what trends I noticed, and where I changed my reading from year to year. For the last 2 years I’ve kept a very detailed spreadsheet on everything I’ve read, which comes from my Patreon membership for the Currently Reading podcast. Here are this year’s key stats:

Number of Books Read

• 2024 – 130
• 2023 – 113
• 2022 – 127
• 2021 – 146
• 2020 – 71

It is not my goal to read more than 100 books per year. However, I am a fast reader and I have finally expanded into being able to listen to fiction on audiobook. I usually have a paper book, an Kindle e-book, and an audiobook going at any point in time. Reading is truly one of my favorite hobbies and I LOVE it (in case you didn’t know)!

Genres Read

This year 20% of my books were nonfiction, which is a significant increase from only 7% last year. Last year 15% of the books I read were memoir, and that genre didn’t even make it into my top ten this year.

Nation of Origin of Authors

Each year I try to read books from countries that are new to me. Whether I’ve traveled to a place or not, I want to “travel” to all of the world through books as much as possible. In addition to what you can see in the visual below, some new-to-me countries on this list include: Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, and Uruguay.

Additional Fun Stats

• 14% of the books I read focused on Indigenous people and/or were written by Indigenous writers
• I read 44,597 pages in 2024.
• My average book rating was 4.2 out of 5 stars.
• The format I read on was: 52% print, 27% digital, and 20% audiobook
• 32% of the books I read were “Own Voices” stories
• 33% were published in 2024 and the rest were backlist
• 3 books on my list this year were rereads for me
• The longest book I read had 1,121 pages (11/22/63)!

Looking Ahead

As I begin my 2025 reading year, I am looking forward to the Secret Stuff Book Club I participate in with Laura Tremaine’s patreon. Some reading goals I have for myself:

• More Middle Grades and YA books
• Books from new-to-me countries
• Continue some mystery series that I started and enjoyed
• Don’t be afraid of a few BIG books this year!

What did your reading look like in 2024?

Books from my 2024 Superlatives: