2017 on Goodreads

Top 10 Reads of 20171) [b:Assassin's Fate 30688013 Assassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) Robin Hobb https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492869860s/30688013.jpg 44600531] - 5 Stars - (My Review)2) [b:Oathbringer 34002132 Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) Brandon Sanderson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507307833s/34002132.jpg 23840254] - 5 Stars - (My Review)3) [b:Sins of Empire 28811016 Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1) Brian McClellan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1472056794s/28811016.jpg 49026464] - 5 Stars - (My Review)4) [b:Persepolis Rising 28335696 Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) James S.A. Corey https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481562381s/28335696.jpg 48382887] - 4.5 Stars - (My Review)5) [b:We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 32109569 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) Dennis E. Taylor https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474344826s/32109569.jpg 52752877] - 4 Stars - (My Review)6) [b:The Daylight War 9268487 The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3) Peter V. Brett https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360777092s/9268487.jpg 14150105] - 4 Stars - (My Review)7) [b:Six of Crows 23437156 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Leigh Bardugo https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1500689111s/23437156.jpg 42077459] - 4 Stars - (My Review)8) [b:The Collapsing Empire 30078567 The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) John Scalzi https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1464097677s/30078567.jpg 50498420] - 4 Stars - (My Review)9) [b:The Stone Sky 31817749 The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) N.K. Jemisin https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478547421s/31817749.jpg 52472813] - 4 Stars - (My Review)10) [b:Going Rogue 32064513 Going Rogue (Spells, Swords, & Stealth, #3) Drew Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474117787s/32064513.jpg 52708667] - 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: 2017Total Books: 81Rereads: 6Overall my reading continues to drop (both in terms of number of books and their total length) from the last 4 years. I've been gaming more than I have in past years, and I took off more time from my bike riding than I probably should have which reduced my audio consumption a bit. Additionally there were several stretches throughout the year that I simply wasn't reading any books, even slowly like I have since joining goodreads.****** Format Breakdown ******Total AUDIO_BOOK Count: 53 (65.43%)Total BOOK Count: 10 (12.35%)Total EBOOK Count: 7 (8.64%)Total GRAPHIC_NOVEL Count: 11 (13.58%)As my reading continues to drop from previous years, the percentage of my books that I consume through audio continues to increase, even though my audio is down as well (but only slightly)******* Genre Breakdown ******Total FANTASY Count: 47 (58.02%)Total HISTORICAL Count: 3 (3.70%)Total NONFICTION Count: 3 (3.70%)Total SCIFI Count: 26 (32.10%)Total THRILLER Count: 2 (2.47%)Hey look I read a lot of fantasy and a fair bit of Sci-Fi. Then again if you read my reviews that's not a surprise. Last year I made an effort to read more stuff from other genres, but my efforts in that regard this year have reverted a bit. SFF accounts for over 90% of my reading this year.******** Author Gender Breakdown ********Total MALE Count: 61 (75.31%)Total FEMALE Count: 18 (22.22%)I'm happy to see this has improved slightly (up from 17%/15 books last year), although I'd like to see it continue to rise. In the last few years I've added a few new female authors to my favorites, so hopefully they keep putting out more books for me to enjoy while I hopefully find a few new favorites to add. I'm not striving for a 50/50% ratio here, but I'd like make sure I'm not missing out on great books due to gender bias, especially since 3 of my top 10 reads this year were written by woman.** Ratings ****Average Rating: 3.75Total 2 Count: 4 (4.94%)Total 3 Count: 17 (20.99%)Total 4 Count: 55 (67.90%)Total 5 Count: 5 (6.17%)As far as book selection, my average is up a bit this year. It's once again hovering just under a 4 star rating for the year, so I'm doing pretty well. Of the four 2 star rating books, three were book picks made by someone else and the other was a reread of [b:Crossroads of Twilight 113435 Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time, #10) Robert Jordan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408325146s/113435.jpg 195579], which I knew going in I wouldn't like, but I was too stubborn to skip on my Wheel of Time reread.I didn't add too many 5 star books to my shelf this year. Of the five books I gave 5 stars to, two of them were rereads. However the number of 4 star reads is up from the last few years, so overall I made good use of my reading time.Years Published:Total 1969 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1977 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1982 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1986 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 1988 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 1990 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1991 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1992 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1993 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1998 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2000 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2001 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2003 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2004 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2005 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2006 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2008 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2009 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2010 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2011 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 2012 Count: 3 (3.70%)Total 2013 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2014 Count: 2 (2.47%)Total 2015 Count: 6 (7.41%)Total 2016 Count: 10 (12.35%)Total 2017 Count: 32 (39.51%)Decade Published:Total 1960 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1970 Count: 1 (1.23%)Total 1980 Count: 5 (6.17%)Total 1990 Count: 5 (6.17%)Total 2000 Count: 11 (13.58%)Total 2010 Count: 58 (71.60%)Most of my reading comes from books published since 2010, and a good number (32) of my total were published in 2017. Only about 4% of the books I read were published before I was born.Additional Stats:Number of Books: 28Total Pages: 9396Longest Book: [b:Oathbringer 34002132 Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) Brandon Sanderson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507307833s/34002132.jpg 23840254] - 1243 pagesShortest Book: [b:Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim 30312555 Lumberjanes, Vol. 6 Sink or Swim Shannon Watters https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1471401688s/30312555.jpg 50799351] - 112 pagesAverage Pages: 335.57Number of Books (Excluding Graphic Novels): 17Total Pages (Excluding Graphic Novels): 7804Average Pages (Excluding Graphic Novels): 459.06Number of Audiobooks: 53Total Audio Hours: 926Longest Book: [b:A Memory of Light 7743175 A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14) Robert Jordan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1336055749s/7743175.jpg 10558806] - 42 hoursShortest Book: [b:The Dispatcher 26082188 The Dispatcher John Scalzi https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1474569919s/26082188.jpg 46020966] - 2 hoursAverage Hours: 17.47Overall I think it was a good year for me, but I hope I don't have so many reading funks next year as I did this year.