It’s time for my 2023 reading wrapup! All of these stats and graphs are from StoryGraph. Read to the end to find out my Book of the Year!

First off, I beat my 2023 reading goal of 100 books by reading 161 books!

My reading goal for 2024 is to read 150 or more books. Considering this year, I think that’s very doable.

It took me 1,555.8 hours or over 68 days to listen to all those books!

I listened the most hours in February and read the most books in August. I read quite a lot during the Magical Readathon!

I mostly read adventurous, mysterious, and lighthearted books that are fast, 300-499 page reads.

I read audiobooks almost exclusively. My 5 top read genres are fantasy, mystery, romance, historical, and young adult with LGBTQ+ a close 6th. I’m a bit surprised that romance ranked third! On the other hand, I have developed a new appreciation for LGBTQ+ romance this year.

My most-read authors were Elizabeth Peters, Dorothy Gilman, Molly Harper, Katharine Kerr, David Eddings, Gigi Pandian, and AJ Sherwood. I gave what I read an average rating of 3.46 stars, which I think is pretty balanced considering that I generally DNF anything that gets under a 3. I only DNF’d 30 books or 16% of books I started.

My Book of the Year, with 5 well-earned stars, is The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi! This rollicking, magical pirate adventure is delightful from beginning to end!