Here are a few reading stats from 2021

Books finished:  145.  The most was 193 in 2018.   Last year was 168.
Pages read: 51,824.  The most I read was 69,137 pages in 2019.   Last year was 57,238
Average # of pages per book: 357.  The best year was 420 pages per book in 2013.  Last year was 341.

I read authors born in 26 different countries:  1. USA: 79, 2. England: 34, 3. Russia: 7, 4. Canada: 5, 5. Scotland:4   Last year was 29 different companies with the same top 5. 

I read authors both in 31 different USA States (incl DC):  1. New York: 9  2. Jersey: 8  3. Illinois: 7,  4. Virginia: 6,  5. Pennsylvania: 5.   Last year was 35 different States.  New York moved from second to first with Illinois dropping from first to third.

   
I read books with titles starting with 23 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with Q, U and X.

I read authors with last names starting with 21 different letters.  I did not read N, Q, U, X and Y

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (5), the Nobel Prize (4) and the Pulitzer Prize (4)

I read the most books published in 2020 (14) the newest book was published in 2021 and the oldest book I read was published in 731

My average rating of books was 3.8 (the same as last year)

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1759 which means an average of 103 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 559,932 pages at an average of 39,995 per year at an average of 349 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.