2011: A Year in Review

To start off, some stats:

Total number of books read: 151

Total number of fantasy books reads: 52

Total number of sci-fi books read: 56

Total number of non fiction books read: 16

Total number of crime and thriller books read: 14

Total number of literary books read: 13

 

This represents about 20 books more than I read in 2010, which is pretty good. I’m aiming to hit 160 by the end of next year, a small challenge but one that I think I should be able to reach.

 

Number of 5 star books read: 10

Number of 4 star books read: 59

Number of 3 star books read: 80

Number of 2 star books read: 3

 

According to Goodreads, the longest book I read was The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

 

My Top Ten for 2011:

1. 11 / 22 / 63

2. A Dance with Dragons

3. The Passage

4. The Night Circus

5. A Rising Thunder

6. Kushiel’s Mercy

7. Kushiel’s Justice

8. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

9. Stone's Fall

10. Ghost Story

 

I have a handful of the books I read in 2011 I will be reviewing over the next few weeks. First up will be The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.