Friday, January 01, 2021

 Here are a few reading stats from 2020


Books finished:  168.  The most was 193 in 2018
Pages read: 57,238.  The most I read was 69,137 pages last year
Average # of pages per book: 341 (the best year was 420 pages per book in 2013)

I read authors born in 29 different countries:  1. USA: 89, 2. England: 39, 3. Russia: 10, 4. Scotland and Canada:7 

I read authors both in 35 different USA States (incl DC):  1. Illinois: 12  2. New York: 11,  3. Pennsylvania: 9,  4. Texas: 8  5. Ohio and California: 7

I read books with titles starting with 24 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with Q and X.

I read authors with last names starting with 24 different letters.  I did not read X and Y

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (2), the Nobel Prize (7) and the Pulitzer Prize (3)

I read the most books published in 2017 (11) the newest book was published in 2020 and the oldest book I read was published in 1816.

My average rating of books was 3.8

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1614 which means an average of 101 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 508,108  pages at an average of 39,085 per year at an average of 346 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard

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