Hello, friends! Today is one of my favourite posts, my 2022 reading wrap-up! I love statistics and numbers and categorizing things, and this post is just an excuse to do that.
According to Goodreads, I read 35 books and 10,502 pages, which I think is pretty good! My goal was 35, so I’m glad I hit that. So let’s take a look at the books I read!
Key
- (π) = owned prior to 2022
- (π¨π¦) = Canadian author
- (πΎ) = Indigenous author
- (π) = LGBTQ2S+ author or representation
- (π) = on TBR prior to 2022
- (πΆ) = audiobook
- (π) = from the library
- (π) = translated book
- (β¨) = favourite
Books read
- Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (π, π¨π¦, πΎ, π): 4 stars
- The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (π, π, π): 4 stars
- Fault Lines by Emily Itami (π, π): 4 stars
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia (π, π¨π¦, π): 2.5 stars
- The Project by Courtney Summers (π, π¨π¦, π): 4 stars
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (π, π): 4 stars
- The Memory Police by YΕko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder (π, π, π, β¨): 4.5 stars
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (π¨π¦, π, β¨): 5 stars
- Looker by Laura Sims (π, π): 3 stars
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (π, π, π): 4 stars
- Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (π, πΆ, π, β¨): 4.5 stars
- The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang (π, π): 4 stars
- Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (π, π): 4 stars
- Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales (π, π, π): 4 stars
- Disfigured by Amanda Leduc (π¨π¦, π, πΆ, π): 4.5 stars
- The Mad Womenβs Ball by Victoria Mas, translated by Frank Wynne (π, π, π): 3 stars
- An Unauthorized Fan Treatise by Lauren James (π, β¨): 5 stars
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (π, π): 4 stars
- And I Do Not Forgive You by Amber Sparks (π, π): 3.5 stars
- Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour (π, π, π, β¨): 4 stars
- Talking to Strangers by Marianne Boucher (π¨π¦, π, π): 4 stars
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (π, π): 4.5 stars
- How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (π, π, β¨): 5 stars
- Every Summer After by Carley Fortune (π¨π¦, π): 3 stars
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (π, π): 3.5 stars
- Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (π, π): 4 stars
- Luster by Raven Leilani (π, π): 3.5 stars
- Gutter Child by Jael Richardson (π¨π¦): 3.5 stars
- Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (π, π, β¨): 5 stars
- How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa (π¨π¦, π, π): 4 stars
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (π, π , β¨): 4.5 stars
- Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker (π, πΆ, π): 4 stars
- Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (π, πΆ, π): 3 stars
- Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley (π¨π¦, β¨): 5 stars
- A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett (π¨π¦, π, π, π): 4 stars
Statistics
Format
- 18 were ebooks
- 13 were physical books
- Four were audiobooks
My goal was to read 15 physical books from my TBR, and I was so close with 13!!! This is also significantly fewer audiobooks than usual, probably because I started listening to albums on my commute rather than audiobooks.
Age
- Adult: 28
- YA: seven
This ratio is about right for me. I’ve definitely been moving away from YA over the years, and throughout this year too.
Rating
- β ββββ:Β none
- β β βββ:Β one 2.5 stars
- β β β ββ:Β eight, including four 3.5 stars
- β β β β β:Β 21, including five 4.5 stars
- β β β β β :Β five
This is actually super interesting! I felt like I rated a bunch of books five stars, but I only have five. I think a lot of my 4.5 stars got rounded up on Goodreads. My Goodreads average for this year was 4.1, which makes sense based on these numbers. Overall, I’d say this was a fairly strong year!
Source
- 21 were from the library
- 13 were books I owned
- Four of which I bought in 2022
- One was an online ebook
This ratio also makes sense! I went through phases of only reading physical books and only reading library books. I also did a pretty good job not buying books this year honestly!
TBR status
- 29 were on my TBR prior to 2022
- Six were added to my TBR in 2022
This is really good! I’m actually pretty impressed lol. I guess I do a pretty good job of reading my TBR, but not my physical TBR.
Publication
- Seven were published in 2022
- 12 were published in 2021
- Eight were published in 2020
- Six were published in 2019, one of which was only translated to English in 2021
- One was published in 2017
- One was published in 1994, but was only translated to English in 2019
This is super interesting! There are a lot more 2021 releases than I expected, and significantly fewer older books. I tend to read books either 10 years after they’re published or two years after they’re published, so this breakdown is super interesting.
Genres
- Eight were contemporary, three of which were a short story collection
- Seven were nonfiction, two of which were a memoir
- Seven were romance, one of which was YA
- Six were thrillers/horror/mystery, three of which were YA
- Four were sci-fi
- Two were historical fiction
- One was fantasy
Of these:
- Two were graphic novels
- Three were short story collections
- One was part of a series
I get this genre breakdown from what Goodreads users classify the books as. This genre distribution is also super interesting! I read more thrillers/horror/mystery than I think I do, and less SFF than I think I do. I also only read one book that was part of a series this year. I always say I’m not really a series reader, and I think this is proof of that.
Others
- 11 were by Canadian authors (31%)
- Two were translated
This is, percentage-wise, more Canadian authors than I read last year! I’m also fairly happy with the percentages of non-white and queer authors, but I’m not going to write those because it feels weird (I calculate it for myself so I know any weak spots I have, but I don’t like publishing it because it feels tokenizing).
So there’s my 2022 reading wrap-up! How was your year of reading? What was your average rating? What genre do you typically read the most of? Let me know!
Ally xx
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Of my gosh I love the icons! And have the same hang ups on statistical analysis of demographics. Partly because it’s always based on assumptions.
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Love the way you broke down your stats. Congratulations on a fantastic reading year.
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Thank you! I hope your reading year was great too!
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Thank you! I’m looking for so good books to read for my 2023 reading goal.
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Oooh I hope you find some!
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Oh yes I have 12 good ones so far ππππ
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