Well. That was a year. Covid, take 2. A new job. A new baby. I didn’t quite make my 200 books this year (I didn’t quite even make it to 1/2 days), but that’s okay. I still read a giant pile. :D
Some stats:
- 179 books read: 1 every 2.04 days (almost!)
- 47,236 pages read: roughly 130 pages/day
- 29 audiobooks, 96 graphic novels, 18 children’s chapter books, 18 non-fiction
- 56 unique authors (top were Hajime Isayama, Patricia Briggs, Warren Ellis, and Neil Gaiman)
- 19 series (top were Attack on Titan, Mercy Thompson/Alpha & Omega, Sandman, and Runelords)
Shortest: The Shepherd's Tale with 56 pages, longest: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition with over 1000. That feels like cheating though, so let’s go with Rhythm of War at 1270 / Crafting Interpreters at 865. 😄
The most read book I read this year was 1984 with 5 million others reading it (on Goodreads alone; I was working on my earliest backlog). Least popular: Tales of Nezura: Book 1: The Zevolra with only 39. It … wasn’t bad. Give it a try?
Overall, I gave 119 five-star ratings, 45 four-star, 7 three-star, and less than 10 other ratings. I’ve come to the realization over the last year that I tend to like just about everything. Books in particular, they’re only on my list if I think I’d find them interesting, so of course, they’ll be rated highly…
Not bad.
All together, I read:
Graphic Novels
- Attack on Titan
- Serenity
- The Sandman
- White Sand
Children’s Chapter Books
- Chronicles of Narnia
- The Borrowers
Novels († audiobooks, ‡ in progress)
- Alpha & Omega
- Books of the Ancestor
- Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (only read 1)
- Gemma Doyle
- Lady Astronaut
- Mercy Thompson †
- Runelords †‡
- The Broken Earth †
- The Infernal Devices
- The Locked Tomb ‡
- The Risen Kingdoms
- The Stormlight Arshive
- The Warlord Chronicles
There were a lot of good books in there!
I’m still working on my 2021 Book Bingo, so that will be my main driver for books starting this year (and I won’t be making an overall list), but this year I really do want to hit 200. Let’s DO IT!
If you really want to dig into it, here’s the full list of this year’s posts (in order):
Posts in 2021 Book Reviews:
- The Boys, Volume 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker [The Boys #10]
- The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men [The Boys #11]
- The Boys, Volume 12: The Bloody Doors Off [The Boys #12]
- The Horse and His Boy [Chronicles of Narnia #5]
- Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
- The Relentless Moon [Lady Astronaut #3]
- Preludes & Nocturnes [The Sandman #1]
- Rhythm of War [The Stormlight Archive #4]
- 1984
- Animal Farm
- A Clockwork Orange
- The Magician's Nephew [Chronicles of Narnia #6]
- The Doll's House [The Sandman #2]
- Dream Country [The Sandman #3]
- Dracula
- Season of Mists [The Sandman #4]
- A Game of You [The Sandman #5]
- Fables & Reflections [The Sandman #6]
- Brief Lives [The Sandman #7]
- Ra
- Worlds' End [The Sandman #8]
- The Kindly Ones [The Sandman #9]
- The Wake [The Sandman #10]
- Clockwork Angel [The Infernal Devices #1]
- White Sand, Volume 1 [White Sand #1]
- White Sand, Volume 2 [White Sand #2]
- White Sand, Volume 3 [White Sand #3]
- Little Robot
- The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
- The Last Battle [Chronicles of Narnia #7]
- The Stone Sky [The Broken Earth #3]
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- Those Left Behind [Serenity #1]
- Clockwork Prince [The Infernal Devices #2]
- The Borrowers [The Borrowers #1]
- Better Days and Other Stories [Serenity #2]
- Clockwork Princess [The Infernal Devices #3]
- Leaves on the Wind [Serenity #4]
- The Shepherd's Tale [Serenity #3]
- Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse [Serenity #5]
- Hex11 Vol. 1: The Magic Age Rises [Hex11 #1]
- Hex11 Vol. 2 [Hex11 #2]
- Fantastic Voyage
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 [Attack on Titan #1]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 2 [Attack on Titan #2]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 3 [Attack on Titan #3]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 4 [Attack on Titan #4]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 5 [Attack on Titan #5]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 6 [Attack on Titan #6]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 7 [Attack on Titan #7]
- 2021 Book Bingo
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 8 [Attack on Titan #8]
- The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 9 [Attack on Titan #9]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 10 [Attack on Titan #10]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 11 [Attack on Titan #11]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 12 [Attack on Titan #12]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 13 [Attack on Titan #13]
- A Great and Terrible Beauty [Gemma Doyle #1]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 14 [Attack on Titan #14]
- Wild Sign [Alpha & Omega #6]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 15 [Attack on Titan #15]
- The Midnight Library
- The Borrowers Afield [The Borrowers #2]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 16 [Attack on Titan #16]
- Tales of Nezura: Book 1: The Zevolra
- The Hiding Place
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 17 [Attack on Titan #17]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 18 [Attack on Titan #18]
- Rebel Angels [Gemma Doyle #2]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 19 [Attack on Titan #19]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 20 [Attack on Titan #20]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 21 [Attack on Titan #21]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 22 [Attack on Titan #22]
- The Book Thief
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 23 [Attack on Titan #23]
- Storm Cursed [Mercy Thompson #11]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 24 [Attack on Titan #24]
- Smoke Bitten [Mercy Thompson #12]
- The Borrowers Afloat [The Borrowers #3]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 25 [Attack on Titan #25]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 26 [Attack on Titan #26]
- Mexican Gothic
- Crafting Interpreters
- Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense
- Project Hail Mary
- Six Wakes
- The Sweet Far Thing [Gemma Doyle #3]
- Still Life [Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1]
- Annihilation [Southern Reach #1]
- Authority [Southern Reach #2]
- Gideon the Ninth [The Locked Tomb #1]
- The Borrowers Aloft
- The Magical World of Strega Nona: A Treasury
- The House in the Cerulean Sea
- The Runelords [The Runelords #1]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 27 [Attack on Titan #27]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 28 [Attack on Titan #28]
- Leroy Ninker Saddles Up [Tales from Deckawoo Drive #1]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 29 [Attack on Titan #29]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 30 [Attack on Titan #30]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 31 [Attack on Titan #31]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 32 [Attack on Titan #32]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 33 [Attack on Titan #33]
- Attack on Titan, Vol. 34 [Attack on Titan #34]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street [Transmetropolitan #1]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2: Lust for Life [Transmetropolitan #2]
- Brotherhood of the Wolf [The Runelords #2]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard [Transmetropolitan #3]
- Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride [Mercy Watson #2]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum [Transmetropolitan #4]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 5: Lonely City [Transmetropolitan #5]
- Harrow the Ninth [The Locked Tomb #2]
- Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes [Mercy Watson #6]
- The Borrowers Avenged [The Borrowers #5]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 6: Gouge Away [Transmetropolitan #6]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 7: Spider's Thrash [Transmetropolitan #7]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 8: Dirge [Transmetropolitan #8]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 9: The Cure [Transmetropolitan #9]
- Wizardborn [The Runelords #3]
- Transmetropolitan, Vol. 10: One More Time [Transmetropolitan #10]
- Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft [Locke & Key #1]
- Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games [Locke & Key #2]
- Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows [Locke & Key #3]
- Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom [Locke & Key #4]
- Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks [Locke & Key #5]
- A Lion to Guard Us
- Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega [Locke & Key #6]
- Darth Vader, Vol. 1: Vader [Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) #1]
- Darth Vader, Vol. 2: Shadows and Secrets [Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) #2]
- Red Sister [Book of the Ancestor #1]
- Darth Vader, Vol. 3: The Shu-Torun War [Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) #3]
- Darth Vader, Vol. 4: End of Games [Star Wars: Darth Vader (2015) #4]
- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 1: Imperial Machine [Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith #1]
- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 2: Legacy's End [Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith #2]
- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 3: The Burning Seas [Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith #3]
- Dark Lord of the Sith, Vol. 4: Fortress Vader [Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith #4]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins [Hellblazer #1]
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
- Grey Sister [Book of the Ancestor #2]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 2: The Devil You Know [Hellblazer #2]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 3: The Fear Machine [Hellblazer #3]
- Pippi Longstocking [Pippi Löngstrump #1]
- The Lair of Bones [The Runelords #4]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 4: The Family Man [Hellblazer #4]
- Sons of the Oak [The Runelords #5]
- Pippi Goes on Board [Pippi Löngstrump #2]
- Holy Sister [Book of the Ancestor #3]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 5: Dangerous Habits [Hellblazer #5]
- The Winter King [The Warlord Chronicles #1]
- Writing An Interpreter In Go
- Hellblazer, Vol. 6: Bloodlines [Hellblazer #6]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 7: Tainted Love [Hellblazer #7]
- An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors [The Risen Kingdoms #1]
- Hellblazer, Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell [Hellblazer #8]
- Pippi in the South Seas [Pippi Löngstrump #3]
- Worldbinder [The Runelords #6]
- Clap When You Land
- Hellblazer, Vol. 9: Critical Mass [Hellblazer #9]
- The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
- 2021 Reading Retrospective
- 2021 Book Bingo Retrospective
Pretty crazy looking at it that way. 😄