My Year in Books - 2016 - Smiling Shelves

My Year in Books - 2016

12/30/2016

Here we are at the end of another year, which means it's time to gather all the statistics! Half of the fun of this yearly wrap-up post is charts and graphs, but I just don't have time to make that happen this year, unfortunately. Ah, well. Here are the numbers in all their glory, with my top reads of the year below!

Books read: 137
Pages read: 33,597
Audiobooks: 12%
Fiction: 68%
Nonfiction: 32%
Male authors: 35%
Female authors: 65%
Books I owned: 26%
Books from the library: 74%
Set in the United States: 41%
Set in Europe: 22%
Set elsewhere in the world: 21%
Set in a fictional place: 15%

My Top Finds of 2016

Favorite fiction books: The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter
Favorite nonfiction book: Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom by Deborah Yaffe
Favorite children's book: Krakens and Lies by Tui & Kari Sutherland
Favorite young adult book: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Favorite series: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

8 Comments

LuAnn Braley link

12/30/2016 07:07:02 pm

I love how you've broken down the categories!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2017 02:29:36 pm

Thanks! I always have a lot of fun creating this post! :)

Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link

12/31/2016 09:15:03 pm

I keep meaning to check out the Penderwicks! I thought it was a Newbery for a second, but that medal is actually National Book Award -- ah well, it wouldn't count for your challenge, but I'll get around to it someday!

Great year of reading -- here's to a great 2017 as well -- happy new year!

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

1/5/2017 02:31:13 pm

You should definitely read the Penderwicks! It's one of those series that I wish existed when I was in middle school, but I'm enjoying them just as much as an adult! :)