Books 2020 + Book Stats

The books I read this year were mostly non-fiction (65 percent), mostly Adult (58 percent), mostly first-time reads (90 percent), and mostly standalone books (64 percent) instead of part of a series. There were five books that I started and did not finish, but read enough of to include here.

Of the 93 (!!!! - the most I’ve read in a year since I started keeping track!) books I read this year, 64 (70%) were written by women. Jeremy and I read six of the same books this year. Miriam and I read twelve of the same books this year.

Slightly more than three-fourths of the books I read this year were on a Kindle or the Kindle app on my phone. The rest were mostly hard copy (only one audiobook this year). I bought, was gifted, or already owned five of the books I read this year. The rest I checked out from the library.

Here’s how the reading distribution shook out this year (see if you can spot when the pandemic hit):