This year, I shared posts consisting of my favorite books that I read each month all year long. Each month, I chose a favorite of that month. However, there were times that I had a second favorite in one month that I liked better than a favorite in another month, so it is hard to narrow down my favorite books of the year just by looking at the top books of each month. Therefore, I also decided to take a look at my favorite books of each genre that I read a lot of.
Since December is not over, I don’t have complete book stats for the year yet, but here is a general idea. Yes, I know I read a lot.
Reading Stats:
At the time of this writing, I have read almost 300 books this year – less than last year, but yes, a lot.
My most read month was July, with 29 books
My least read month was November, with 19 books (December is pretty low as of now too)
Like every year, my highest read genre was Contemporary Fiction.
My second most read was Rom Com, followed by Thrillers.
I read 72% of my books in print. My audio reading stayed at 21% and my digital reading went down to 6.5%.
My average days per book is 3.2.
I read 88% fiction and 12% non-fiction.
I read the exact same percentage of adult vs YA / MG as I did last year: 71% adult.
21% of the books I read were by authors of color.
These are the books that I labeled my top books each month:
January – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
February – The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
March – Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
April – True Biz by Sara Novic
May – The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
June – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt / The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
July – Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer
August – Scandalized by Ivy Owens
September – Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
October – Spells For Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
November – Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
December – undecided as of yet!
Now, here are the images I created to share my favorites by genre. They may be missing some December reads, because I made them before I finished December reading!
Middle Grade Favorites
YA Favorites
Rom Com Favorites
Contemporary Favorites
Non Fiction Favorites
Historical Fiction and Thrillers Favorites
What book favorites do you have this year?
