December 31, 2004

Book Geek Statistics

Hi there,

I know, I still haven't fixed the site. It may take me a while to get around to it. In the meantime, Jessamyn West showed me a little statistics block that's been making the rounds, and I thought I'd post mine:

number of books read in 2004: 22
number of books read in 2003: 29
number of books read in 2002: 28
number of books read in 2001: 11
number of books read in 2000: 17
number of books read in 1999: 15
number of books read in 1998: 22
number of books read in 1997: 31
number of books read in 1996: 21
number of books read in 1995: 15
number of books read in 1994: 23
Total books read in the last 11 years: 234
average read per year: 21
average read per month: 1.8
average read per week: 0.4
number read in worst month (2004): 0 (September, December)
number read in best month (2004): 7 (April)
percentage by male authors: 79
percentage by female authors: 17
percentage by indeterminate gender (compilations, etc.): 4
fiction as percentage of total: 61
non-fiction as percentage of total: 39
percentage of total liked: 30
percentage of total ambivalent: 64
percentage of total disliked: 6

Books I read this year that I heartily recommend:

  • Reporting Civil Rights, Part One, from the Library of America
  • Reporting Civil Rights, Part Two, from the Library of America
  • The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain
  • Hope Dies Last, by Studs Terkel
  • The Confusion, by Neal Stephenson
  • The 9/11 Commission Report
  • Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays, 1852-1910, by Mark Twain

Posted by Brian at December 31, 2004 12:32 PM
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