I finished reading:

  

"Friday" written by Michel Tournier.   235 pages.   Three stars.

The nineteenth book of the year.   5166 pages at an average of 272 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"I,Q Book Two: The White House" written by Roland Smith.   256 pages.   Three stars.

The eighteenth book of the year.   4,931 pages at an average of 274 pages per book.

-Richard

  I finished reading:

"Legends and Lattes" written by Travis Baldree.  254 pages.  Five stars.

The seventeenth book of the year.   4,675 pages at an average of 275 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything:  How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World" written by Peter Brannon.   448 pages.   Four stars and "I,Q Book One: Independence Hall" written by Roland Smith.   293 pages three stars.

The fifteenth and sixteenth book of the year.  4,421 pages at an average of 276 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Hot Pursuit" written by Stuart Woods.  389 pages, three stars and "The Hit" written by David Baldacci.  390 pages, four stars and "Good Soil:  The Education of an Accidental Farmhand" written by Jeff Chu.   314 pages, four stars and "Selected Poems" written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.   89 pages four stars and "Night of the Avenging Blowfish" written by John Welter.  313 pages, two stars.

The tenth through fourteenth books of the year.  3,680 pages at an average of 263 pages per book.

-Richard

#newyearsathon Day 15, January 15th and final stats:

Pages read today:  105

Books finished today:  0

Final total pages read:  2278

Final books finished:  9

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 14, January 14th:

Pages read today:  207

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  2173

Total books finished:  9

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Just Mercy:  A Story of Justice and Redemption" written by Bryan Stevenson.   316 pages.  Five stars.

The ninth book of the year.   2,185 pages at an average of 243 pages per book.

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 13, January 13th:

Pages read today: 56 pages

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1966

Total books finished:  8

-Richard

 #newyearsathon day 12, January 12th:

Pages read today:  136

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1910

Total books finished:  8

-Richard

 #newyearsathon day 11,  January 11th:

Pages read today:  245

Books finished today:  2

Total pages read:  1774

Total books finished:  8

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" edited by Harold Bloom.   204 pages.   Four stars and "Kingdom of Shadows" written by Alan Furst.   239 pages.  Three stars.

The seventh and eighth books of the year.  1,869 pages at an average of 234 pages per book.

-Richard

 #newyearsathon day10 - January 10th;

Pages read today:  72

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  1529

Total books finished:  6

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 9, January 9th:

Pages read today:  103

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1457

Total books finished: 6

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Incendiary Art" written by Patricia Smith.  129 pages.  Four stars.

The sixth book of the year.  1,426 pages at an average of 238 pages per book.

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 8 - January 8th:

Pages read today:  51

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1354

Total books finished:  5

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 7. January 7th:

Pages read today:  107

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1303

Total books finished:  5

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Baby Driver" written by Jan Karouac.   251 pages.  Three stars.

The fifth book of the year.  1,297 pages at an average of 259 pages per book.

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 6, January 6th:

Pages read today:  158

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1,195

Books finished:  4

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 5. January 5th:

Pages read today:  101

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1037

Total books finished:  4

-Richard

 #newyearsreadathon Day 4, January 4th:

Pages read today:  481

Books finished today:  2

Total pages read:  936

Total books finished: 4

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Fortune and Glory:  Tantalizing Twenty-Seven" written by Janet Evanovich.  304 pages.  Three stars and "Saga:  Volume 12' written by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan.  154 pages.  Four stars.

The third and fourth books of the year.   1,046 pages at an average of 261 pages per book.

-Richard

#newyearsathon Day 3, January 3rd:

Pages read today:  259

Books finished today:  2

Total pages read:  455

Total books finished:  2

-Richard 

 I finished reading:

"House of Music:  Raising the Kanneh-Masons" written by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.  331 pages. Five stars and "The World at Night" written by Alan Furst.  257 pages.  Three stars.

The first and second books of the year.  588 pages at an average of 294 pages per book.

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day2, January 2nd:

Pages read today:  69

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  196

Total books finished:  0

-Richard

 #newyearsathon Day 1, January 1st:

Pages read today:  127

Books finished today: 0

-Richard

This year, like last year we will be participating in #newyearsathon.  This is from January 1st - 15th.  I will post daily updates.

-Richard

 Here are my final reading stats from 2025

Books finished:  190.  This was the joint fourth most with the record of 243 in 2022.   I read 59,398 pages which was the fifth most.   The record is 74,393 from 2022.   

Average # of pages per book: 313.   The highest average number of pages per book was 420 in 2013.

I read authors born in 43 different countries compared to 47 last year:  1. USA: 80, 2. England: 42, 3. Scotland: 12, 4. Russia: 9 and 5. India and Ukraine with 6.   

I read authors born in 26 different USA States (incl DC):  1. California  18, 2. New York 10, 3. New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: 6 and 5. Texas and Michigan: 5.   Last year was 26 different States.  

   
I read books with titles starting with 23 different letters of the alphabet.  I missed U, X, and Z.

I read authors with last names starting with 25 different letters.  I did not read X 

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (2), the Nobel Prize (4),  the Pulitzer Prize (8) and the Woman's Prize (1)

I read the most books published in 2024 (15) the newest book was published in 2025 and the oldest book I read was published in 1845.

My average rating of books was 3.7 (last year was 3.7)

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 2577 which means an average of 123 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 813,392 pages at an average of 44,188 per year at an average of 334 per book.

This years goal is 123 books.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"An Island" written by Karen Jennings.   210 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and ninetieth book of the year.  59,398 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov" 507 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and eighty ninth book of the year.   59,188 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line" written by Deepa Anappara.   338 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and eighty eighth book of the year.  58,681 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"From the Barrel of a Gun:  The United States and the War Against Zimbabwe, 1965-1980" written by Gerald Horne.   286 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and eighty seventh book of the year.   58,343 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Ginster" written by Siegfried Kracauer.   283 pages.   Three stars.

The one hundred and eighty-sixth book of the year.  58,057 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Bolt" written by Dick Francis.   312 pages.  Three stars and "The Polish Officer" written by Alan Furst.  287 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and eighty-fourth and eighty-fifth books of the year.  57,774 pages at an average of 312 page per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Nine Liars" written by Maureen Johnson.  445 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and eighty third book of the year.  57,175 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Woman's Orchestra of Auschwitz:  A Story of Survival" written by Anne Sebba.  340 pages.   Five stars.

The one hundred and eighty second book of the year.  56,730 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"In-N-Out Burger:  A Behind-The Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain that Breaks all the Rules" written by Stacy Perman.  288 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and eighty first book of the year.  56,390 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"To Siberia" written by Per Petterson.  245 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and eightieth book of the year.   56,102 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Bono:  In Conversation with Michka Assayas"  written by Michka Assayas.   373 pages.  Four stars.  

The one hundred and seventy ninth book of the year.  55,857 pages at an average of 312 pages per book

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Saint Petersburg and Its Environs" written by Abram Raskin.  144 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and seventy eighth book of the year.  55,484 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading"

"American Oracle:  The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era" written by David W. Blight.   257 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy seventh book of the year.   55,340 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:  

"Allies At War:  The Bitter Rivalry Among Churchill Roosevelt, and De Gaulle" written by Simon Berthon.   329 pages.   Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy sixth book of the year.   55,083 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 30th and final summary:

Pages read today:  101

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  4094

Total books finished:  14

-Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 29th:

Pages read today:  61

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  3993

Total books finished:  14

-Richard 

 Non-Fiction November, November 28th:

Pages read today:  307

Books finished today:  2

Total pages read:  3932

Total books finished:  14

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Chernobyl Children:  A Transnational History of a Nuclear Disaster" written by Melanie Arndt.   299 pages.   Five stars and "The American Dream:  A Journey on Route 66" written by Shing Yin Khor.   160 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and seventy fourth and seventy fifth books of the year.   54,425 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 27th:

Pages read today:  72

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  3625

Total books finished:   12

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 26th:

Pages read today:  135

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  3553

Total books finished:  12

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 25th:

Pages read today:  154

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  3418

Total books finished:  12

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Operation Kronstadt:  The True Story of Honour, Espionage, and the Rescue of Britain's Greatest Spy, The Man with a Hundred Faces" written by Harry Ferguson.  299 pages.  Four stars.

The One Hundred and Seventy Third Book of the year.   53,966 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 24th:

Pages read today:  28

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  3264

Total books finished:  11

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 23rd:

Pages read today:  130

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  3236

Total books finished:  11

-Richard

Non-Fiction November,  November 22nd:

Pages read today:  171

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  3106

Total books finished:  11

-Richard 

  I finished reading:

"Six Red Months in Russia" written by Louise Bryant.  226 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy second book of the year.  53,667 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 21st:

Pages read today:  103

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2935

Total books finished:  10

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 20th:

Pages read today:  110

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2832

Total books finished:  10

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 19th:

Pages read today: 56

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  2722

Total books finished:  10

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Battle For Moscow" written by Albert Seaton.  275 pages.   Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy first book of the year.  53,441 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 18th:

Pages read today:   105

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2666

Total books finished:  9

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 17th:

Pages read today:  103

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2551

Total books finished:  9

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 16th:

Pages read today:  169

Books finished today: 2

Total pages read:  2448

Total books finished:  9

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Your Favorite Scary Movie:  How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror" written by Ashley Cullins.  320 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventieth book of the year.  53,166 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Field Notes for the Wilderness:  Practices for an Evolving Faith" written by Sarah Bessey.   222 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixty ninth book of the year.  52,846 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 15:

Pages read today:  267

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2279

Total books finished:  7

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 14th:

Pages read today:  9

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2012

Total books finished:  7

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 13th:

Pages read today:  108

Books finished today:  1

Total page read:  2003

Total books finished:  7

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Sven Goran Eriksson" written by Joe Lovejoy.   354 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and Sixty Eighth book of the year.  52,624 pages at an average 313 pages per book.

-Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 12th:

Pages read today:  363

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1895

Total books finished:  6

-Richard

 I finished reading:  

"The Boys In The Boat:  Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold the 1936 Berlin Olympics" written by Daniel James Brown.   370 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and sixty seventh book of the year.  52,270 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 11th:

Pages read today:  90

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1532

Total books finished:  5

 -Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 10th:

Pages read today:  55

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  1442

Total books finished: 5

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November,  November 9th:

Pages read today:  292

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1387

Total books finished: 5

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Solo:  A memoir of Hope" written by Hope Solo with Ann Killion.   281 pages.   Two stars.

The one hundred and sixty sixth book of the year.  51,900 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 8th:

Pages read today:  284

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1095

Total books finished:  4

-Richard 

 Non-Fiction November:  November 7th:

Pages read today:  72

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  811

Total books finished:   3

-Richard 

 I finished reading:

“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” written by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.  213 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixty fifth book of the year.  51,619 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard 

 I finished reading:

"The Forsaken:  An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia" written by Tim Tzouliadis.   362 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and sixty fourth book of the year.  51,406 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 6th:

Pages read today:  89

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read: 739

Total books finished:  2

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 5th:

Pages read today: 96

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  650

Total books finished: 2

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 4th:

Pages read today: 75

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  554

Total books finished:  2

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 3rd:

Pages read today:  70

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  479

Total books finished:  2

-Richard

 Non-fiction November, November 2nd:

Pages read today:  115

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  409

Total books finished:  2

-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, Nov 1st:

Pages read today:  294

Books finished today: 2

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Britons, To Arms!: The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier" written by Glenn A. Steppler.  155 pages.  Three stars and ""Velentin Berensky A Quartet for Life" compiled and edited by Maria Matalaev.  200 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixty second and sixty third books of the year.  51,044 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 It's November!!  My favourite reading month.   This month I will only read non-Fiction.   I will track the daily reading on here for the month.

All fiction put away for now!!

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Onward:  How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul" written by Howard Schultz.  328 pages.   Three stars.

The one hundred and sixty first book of the year.  50,689 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Elena: A Hand Made Life" written by Miriam Gold.  206 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixtieth book of the year.   50,361 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.

-Richard