2016 on Goodreads

Top 10 Reads of 20161) [b:Babylon's Ashes 25877663 Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) James S.A. Corey https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442247299s/25877663.jpg 45754030] - 5 Stars - (My Review)2) [b:The Guns of Empire 25845201 The Guns of Empire (The Shadow Campaigns, #4) Django Wexler https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1446499764s/25845201.jpg 45878017] - 5 Stars - (My Review)3) [b:Morning Star 18966806 Morning Star (Red Rising, #3) Pierce Brown https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1461354277s/18966806.jpg 26984941] - 5 Stars - (My Review)4) [b:Age of Myth 26863057 Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1) Michael J. Sullivan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1455375200s/26863057.jpg 24657657] - 5 Stars - (My Review)5) [b:City of Blades 23909755 City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) Robert Jackson Bennett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1426255519s/23909755.jpg 43516764] - 5 Stars - (My Review)6) [b:Rat Queens, Vol. 3: Demons 28762820 Rat Queens, Vol. 3 Demons Kurtis J. Wiebe https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1454881534s/28762820.jpg 48893668] - 5 Stars - (My Review)7) [b:The Spider's War 20404905 The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin, #5) Daniel Abraham https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1410969828s/20404905.jpg 28929652] - 4.5 Stars - (My Review)8) [b:Guards! Guards! 64216 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1) Terry Pratchett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1431127356s/64216.jpg 1128601]- 4.5 Stars - (My Review)9) [b:The Bands of Mourning 18739426 The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6) Brandon Sanderson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1450134973s/18739426.jpg 26616838] - 4.5 Stars - (My Review)10) [b:Golden Son 18966819 Golden Son (Red Rising, #2) Pierce Brown https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1394684475s/18966819.jpg 26984955] - 4 Stars - (My Review)For the rest of my review here's the report generated by my GoodReads Parser Application and some general comments about the numbers. ^_^***** Yearly Report ****Year: 2016Total Books: 90Rereads: 8Number of Books: 36Total Pages: 12364Longest Book (Pages): 726Average Pages: 343.44Number of Books (Excluding Graphic Novels): 27Total Pages (Excluding Graphic Novels): 10908Average Pages (Excluding Graphic Novels): 404Number of Audiobooks: 54Total Audio Hours: 914Longest Book (Hours): 42Average Hours: 16.93Overall my reading was down again (both in terms of number of books and their total length) from the last 3 years, but still a pretty good year for me and far better than I was before I joined Goodreads.*** Ratings **Average Rating: 3.69Total 2 Count: 5 (5.56%)Total 3 Count: 25 (27.78%)Total 4 Count: 53 (58.89%)Total 5 Count: 7 (7.78%)As far as book selection, I'm hovering just under a 4 star rating for the year, so I'm doing pretty well. Of the five 2 star rating books, 4 were book picks made by someone else and the other was a recommendation that just didn't work for me.For those of you doing the math (and know I'm stingy and never round up to 5 stars) and wondering why I have Ten 7 star books, and my top 10 contains only 6, the missing book was a reread. Sadly for books 7-9, Goodreads doesn't allow for half stars.**** Genre Breakdown ****Total FANTASY Count: 42 (46.67%)Total HISTORICAL Count: 5 (5.56%)Total HORROR Count: 1 (1.11%)Total HUMOR Count: 2 (2.22%)Total MYSTERY Count: 3 (3.33%)Total NONFICTION Count: 7 (7.78%)Total STEAMPUNK Count: 2 (2.22%)Total SCIFI Count: 24 (26.67%)Total THRILLER Count: 4 (4.44%)As usual, I'm mostly reading fantasy. However my percentage is down about 10% from last year. That said, 7 of my top 10 this year were fantasy and the other 3 were Sci-Fi. While SFF made up nearly 74% of my total reading, that's down from last year's 87%, and I read more stuff from other genres (which had been a goal of mine).******* Format Breakdown ****Total AUDIO_BOOK Count: 54 (60.00%)Total BOOK Count: 11 (12.22%)Total EBOOK Count: 16 (17.78%)Total GRAPHIC_NOVEL Count: 9 (10.00%)I was consistent with my ebook reading from last year, and I did a better job with avoiding constantly buying more daily deals than in the past, but I still picked up a few I didn't read right away again. My audio is up percentage wise, while being down overall like all of my reading this year. ****** Author Gender Breakdown ******Total MALE Count: 73 (81.11%)Total FEMALE Count: 15 (16.67%)This is a new addition. I don't necessarily strive to read more books by women, but I do find it interesting to look at. The ratio is pretty awful though. Compared to previous years this is on par with 2015 and better than 2013 and 2014.***** Years Published ****Total 1950 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1958 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1971 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1973 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1977 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1985 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1987 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1989 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 1990 Count: 4 (4.44%)Total 1991 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 1992 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 1993 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 1994 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1995 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 1996 Count: 3 (3.33%)Total 1999 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 2001 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 2004 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 2005 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 2006 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 2007 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 2009 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 2010 Count: 1 (1.11%)Total 2011 Count: 3 (3.33%)Total 2012 Count: 3 (3.33%)Total 2013 Count: 3 (3.33%)Total 2014 Count: 4 (4.44%)Total 2015 Count: 12 (13.33%)Total 2016 Count: 30 (33.33%)**** Decade Published ******Total 1950 Count: 2 (2.22%)Total 1970 Count: 3 (3.33%)Total 1980 Count: 4 (4.44%)Total 1990 Count: 16 (17.78%)Total 2000 Count: 9 (10.00%)Total 2010 Count: 56 (62.22%)This was another new addition. Most of my reading comes from books published in the last 15 years, and a good number (30) of my total were published in 2016. Only 5.5% of the books I read were published before I was born.Overall, a pretty good year for me. Hopefully 2017 will be too.