2023: A Year in Reading

  As I mentioned in last Friday's link round-up, I have to cut back on the amount of time I sit here at the computer, so this year's reading statistics will be graph-less. However, there's plenty of information to share, so I'm going to get started! Best of 2023 List   I read 120 books in 2023, and twelve were listed as Best Reads. Here they are in the order in which I read them. I've provided links to my reviews.   Out of Bounds by Val McDermid Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne Better the Blood by Michael Bennett The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey Desperate Creed by Alex Kava Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Blessing of the Lost Girls by J.A. Jance   Kinglake-350 by Adrian Hyland     I like to keep track of the physical locations of the books I read on Zee Maps, and you're more than welcome to take a look . You can zoom in and out, and the markers are the titles of the books I read. The most visited countries or locations were: "At Sea" (I boarded a few ships in my reading), Australia, England, France, and Italy. In the United States, I most often found myself in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Washington, DC. Other Stats     Series, 73. Standalones 47 . About the same as last year. Male Authors, 57. Female Authors, 76 . While evenly divided last year, I read more female authors this year. The Genres I dived into the most were: Non-Fiction, Police Procedurals, Historical Mysteries, Thrillers, and Short Stories/Novellas. This is much the same as 2022, although there was a big drop in the number of cozy mysteries I read. Advance Reading Copies, 42 v. Owned Books, 78 . I read fewer ARCs in 2023, which was one of my (un)official goals.   Publication dates . As usual, the vast majority of books I read were published between the years 2016 to 2023.  (108 v. 12) And as far as the formats that I read, 93 were eBooks, 5 were audiobooks, and 22 were physical books. This was a drop in audiobooks and an increase in physical books and eBooks.      Hopefully, next year I'll be back with all my pretty graphs for my 2024 recap. Keep your fingers crossed! © Cathy G. Cole of Kittling: Books All rights reserved. If you're reading this on a site other than Kittling: Books or Cathy's feed , be aware that this post has been stolen and is used without permission.