2019 End of Year Reading Stats and Wrap Up!!!

TL;DR

Megan shares her 2019 reading statistics and goals for 2020, including her Goodreads goal, genre breakdown, author ratio, most read authors, and books she didn't finish.

Transcript

hey there my name is Megan and welcome back to my channel so today I'm going to be going through my 20 and 19 reading statistics and kind of end-of-year wrap up with you guys so this is the first year that I'm doing this video and I'm super excited I have never really looked at the statistics of things that I've read so it's a lot of fun for me to ... Read More

Key Insights

• 📔 Megan read 107 books in 2019, surpassing her goal of 100 books.
• 🧑 Young adult fantasy was her most read genre, but she wants to focus more on adult fantasy in 2020.
• 🕵️‍♀️ The female to male author ratio of her reads was nearly split 50-50.
• 🫠 Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, and Brent Weeks were her most read authors in 2019.

Questions & Answers

Q: How many books did Megan read in 2019?

Megan read 107 books in 2019, surpassing her Goodreads goal of 100 books.

Q: What was the shortest book she read in 2019?

The shortest book Megan read was "Opal" by Maggie Stiefvater, a 38-page short story.

Q: What was her highest-rated book on Goodreads?

Megan's highest-rated book on Goodreads was "Crooked Kingdom" by Leigh Bardugo, with a rating of 4.69.

Q: What genres did Megan read in 2019?

Megan read various genres, including young adult fantasy, adult fantasy, young adult sci-fi/dystopian, adult sci-fi/dystopian, contemporary, romance, middle grade, classics, nonfiction, plays, historical fiction, and others.

Q: How many female and male authors did Megan read in 2019?

Megan read 37 female authors and 34 male authors, almost evenly split between genders.

Q: Which authors were her most read in 2019?

Cassandra Clare was her most read author with 8 books, followed by Holly Black with 6 books and Brent Weeks with 4 books.

Q: Which books did Megan not finish in 2019?

The books she did not finish in 2019 were "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, "Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating" by Christina Lauren, "Thron" by Timothy Zahn, "Clean Shadow" by E.K. Johnston, "Nexus" by Ramez Naam, "Autonomous" by Annalee Newitz, "Stained" by A.G. Howard, "Ship of Smoke and Steel" by Django Wexler, "Slayer" by Kirsten White, "9th House" by Leigh Bardugo, and "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Megan exceeded her Goodreads goal of 100 books, reading 107 books in 2019.

• She read mostly young adult fantasy, but wants to focus more on adult fantasy in 2020.

• The female to male author ratio of her reads was nearly split 50-50.

• Cassandra Clare was her most read author in 2019, followed by Holly Black and Brent Weeks.

• Megan listed the books she did not finish in 2019.