I kept the 12,000 page goal that I had used the last couple years; it seems about right for my current needs. Like last year, I read a lot more short stories from podcasts and other audiobooks in general this year. I was way behind until August when I finally got on track by rereading several books. In October I had a long, solo, trip and managed to read three long books to wrap up my goal. I didn't even realize it till a few days later.
Page Goal:: Read
12,000 Pages in 2023.
Status as of
December 31:
15,244 pages read,
65 books/short stories completed.
As usual, I like to look at what years I've been reading. I have completed books from 143 different years, 42 different years read this year of which 6 were new to me. I've included a couple different charts showing who they are distributed.
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The New Authors chart is also interesting - my "legacy" authors (authors I started reading before 2011) are holding steady at around 25% of the books I read. My "was new authors" (authors first read after 2011 but not this year) is slowly growing, and my "new authors" is slowly shrinking. Although this is by percentage - I've been between 45% and 60% since 2013 - so 3 really high years (>70%) then levelled off afterwards. This shows how quickly I'm finding new "favorite" authors and adding them to my group of "will re-read" and "must read" authors.
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The last chart I thought I'd include is a chart showing the percentage I read of several genres. As shown, I mostly read science fiction and fantasy (fairly even distribution) and then everything else is about 1/3 of what I read. It's been consistent this way since the first couple years I started tracking. Before I started tracking, I was probably 60% Fantasy, 30% Thrillers (like Clancy or WEB Griffin), and 10% everything else. I hadn't really gotten into Science Fiction yet.
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Totals- 2023 Books Read: 65
- 2023 Pages Read: 15,244
- 2023 Audio Books complete (total duration): 35 (134h 46m)
- 2023 Books Abandoned or in progress: 6
- Total books since 2011: 1,082
- Total pages since 2011: 321,889
- Total words since 2011: 93,793,673
- Total hours since 2011: 38 days 10 hrs 2 min listened
Formats- Audio books: 35 books/short stories, 134 hrs 46 min listened
- Library Books: 23, 98 hrs 47 min listened
Authors- New Authors: 26
- Authors Read: 58
- Total Authors Read since 2011: 497
Publication Dates- New Years Read: 6 (1846, 1866, 1909, 1914, 1928, 2023)
- Years Read: 42
- Total Years Read since 2011: 143
Miscellaneous- Most Read Genre: Science Fiction (19)
- Number of Genres: 29
- Most Read Author: Jim Butcher & Tom Clancy (5)
My
favorite books from 2023 are listed here:
link
Completed Books:
Novels/Novellas (>50 pages)
Short Stories (< 50 pages)
Audiobooks
- DUST (Silo 3) - Hugh Howey
- The Long Earth (Long Earth 1) - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter - Read by Michael Fenton Stevens
- The Foster Portfolio - Kurt Vonnegut - Read by LeVar Burton
- Without Fail (Jack Reacher 6) - Lee Child
- Wok Hei St - Guan Un - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
- The Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) - Brandon Sanderson
- First Aid for Dora - P.G. Wodehouse - Read by B.J. Harrison
- The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library - Tobi Ogundiran - Read by LeVar Burton
- The Golden Hour - Jeffrey Ford - Read by LeVar Burton
- Mister Dawn, How Can You Be So Cruel? - Violet Allen - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
- The Destination Star - Gregory Marlow - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
- D.P. - Kurt Vonnegut - Read by LeVar Burton
- The Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison
- The Last Orphan (Orphan X 8) - Gregg Hurwitz
- An Equal Share of the Bone - Karen Osborne - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
- Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea 4.5) - Ursula K. Le Guin - Read by Jenny Sterlin
- The I-5 Killer - Ann Rule - Read by Andy Stack
- What if? 2 - Randall Munroe - Read by Wil Wheaton
- Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes - Rob Wilkins
- Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey - Read by B.J. Harrison
- The Derelict - William Hope Hodgson - Read by B.J. Harrison
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Narnia 1) - C.S. Lewis - Read by Michael York
- Kangaroo Too (Kangaroo 2) - Curtis C. Chen - Read by P.J. Ochlan
- The Crystal Cave (Merlin 1) - Mary Stewart - Read by Derek Perkins
- On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington 1) - David Weber
- The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington 2) - David Weber
- The Treasure in the Forest - H.G. Wells - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link)
- Araby - James Joyce - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link)
- The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft - Read by Full cast (Link)
- The Short Victorious War (Honor Harrington 3) - David Weber
- The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan 4) - Tom Clancy
- The Names of the Dead - Kevin Wignall
- Contact Procedures - R. Meacker (Link)
- Oath of Gold (Paksenarrion 3) - Elizabeth Moon
- Let's Get Together - Isaac Asimov - Read by B.J. Harrison
- Without Remorse (Jack Ryan 1) - Tom Clancy
- The Signal Man - Charles Dickens - Read by B.J. Harrison
- Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan 6) - Tom Clancy
- Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 1) - Patricia Wrede - Read by Full cast
- The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe - Read by B.J. Harrison
- All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries 1) - Martha Wells
- The Tin Man - Lilliam Rivera - Read by LeVar Burton
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse 1) - Dennis E. Taylor
- Mr. McCaslin - Peter S. Beagle - Read by LeVar Burton
- The Monkey's Paw - W.W. Jacobs - Read by BJ Harrison
- Warriorborn (Cinder Spires 1.5) - Jim Butcher
- The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan 7) - Tom Clancy
- Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 2) - Patricia Wrede - Read by Full cast
- Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera 1) - Jim Butcher
- Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan 8) - Tom Clancy
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Narnia 3) - C.S. Lewis - Read by Derek Jacobi
- Dark One: Forgotten - Dan Wells - Read by Full Cast
- The Law (Dresden 17.4) - Jim Butcher
- Wayward Galaxy (Wayward Galaxy 1) - Jason Anspach & J.N. Chaney
- The Cold Equations - Tom Godwin (Link)
- Wooden Feathers - Ursula Vernon (Link)
- Valor's Choice (Confederation 1) - Tanya Huff - Read by Marguerite Gavin
- Working for Bigfoot (Dresden 11.5) - Jim Butcher - Read by James Marsters
- Christmas in Red Butte - Lucy Maud Montgomery - Read by B.J. Harrison
- The Caballero's Way - O. Henry - Read by B.J. Harrison - Note: This is not included in the charts. It made very little difference and I didn't want to re-build them.
Books in progress:- The Olympian Affair (Cinder Spires 2) - Jim Butcher
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