My Year in Books

Last year I found another website, that like Goodreads, also gives you a year in books: myyearinbooks.com. You just have to submit the link to your Goodreads profile/shelf and it'll gather all the info for you. Let's see what it can tell me about my 2024 reading year... 

In 2024, you read:

249 Books which adds up to 67,521 pages and 114,786 minutes

that’s bananas! You should feel proud of yourself.

Based on our data from last year, this puts you in the

top 3.0% of readers

You read 126 genres Your top genres were:

Contemporary 71

Romance 68

Mystery 46

Historical Fiction 46

Young Adult 44

Fantasy 43

Nonfiction 29

Children's 27

Middle Grade 27

Biography 26

Though you read a total of 249 books, you read the most in December

when you read 29 books.

Your reads spanned 75 publication years:

1949, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2009, 

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,  2023, 2024

Fun fact, 8+ of the books you read were published in 2018!

And throughout 2024, one author stood above them all for you...drum roll please...

Jessica Beck

You read 3 books and 884 pages by them!

I was surprised by some of the results. I mean, 29 books in December! Last year it was 30 in December. I wonder why I get so many in December. Probably because I was rushing to finish the reading categories that remained among my various challenges. And I had a lot of short reads, such as picture books, that month.  And all publications from the 1900s? I know I read a few "classics," so why didn't those get counted? Though I'm guessing that they were reissues from the 20th century. And more than eight books published in 2018? Who knew, until now?

Try this to see what your "year in books" results are. See if it surprises you, too 🙂

My Year in Reading

 

It's the end! I got all my year-long challenge completed today. I'm taking a break from reading until tomorrow. Here are my Goodreads highlights for the year.

I was surprised to have gotten a lot fewer books this year (249) than last year (261). I was worried over not being able to find book that fit some categories, but it all worked out in the end. I was rushing to finishing what remained before the year was over. 

I'm excited to start over beginning tomorrow. The library won't be open again until Thursday, but I have some e-books planned And some physical ones at home for the first of the year. 

I'm also still waiting for some challenges to come out. From what I read on Professional Book Needs site (I don't listen to podcasts), this year was their last reading challenge, so that's one fewer challenge for me. I haven't found very many I want to do other than those I have already signed up for on my blog. There are some I'm considering, but am not too sure about. Trying to decide.

More on my reading year to come...

New Year's Eve Fun

A lot of old ones here, but I still love them! But there are some new ones too.

2025 Linz The Bookworm and Logophile Reading Challenge

 Another I have been waiting for!

Level 1: Book of the Month Club

1 Read a book you got for free: The Mammoth Hunters--Jean M. Auel
2 Read a book that is under 350 pages: It's the End of the World and I'm in 
        My Bathing Suit--Justin A. Reynolds
3 Read or reread a book you consider an 'easy read.': 

        Invisible Emmie--Terri Liberson
4 Read a book with a green cover: Prodigal Summer--Barbara Kingslover
5 Read a cozy mystery: Sinister Sprinkles--Jessica Beck
6 Read a book that was recommended to you on social media/by a friend: 

        Pieces of Happiness--Anne Ostby
7 Read a book with a person's name in the title: 
        Martin McLean, Middle School Queen--Alyssa Zaczek
8 Read a book that takes place in the future
9 Read a book published in 2020 (5 years ago): 
        The Girls With No Names--Serena Burdick
10 A book suggested by https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
11 Read a book by Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days
12 Free Space! Pick any book: The Rom-Commers--Katherine Center

Level 2: Casual Reader Club

13 Read a book listed on The Greatest Books of All Time List 
        https://thegreatestbooks.org: The Master and Margarita--Mikhail Bulgakov
14 Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest
15 Read a Young Adult novel: Tweet Cute--Emma Lord
16 Read a book with a three-word title: Tiny Beautiful Things--Cheryl Strayed
17 Read a book with a cantankerous main character
18 Read a book that has books on the cover: 

        The Reading List--Sara Nisha Adams

19 Read a book by an author who shares your initials: 

        The Beach House--Jane Green
20 Read a Standalone Novel: The Blackbirds--Eric Jerome Dickey
21 Read a book involving a detective or police officer: 

        Whiskers in the Dark--Rita Mae Brown
22 Read a self-published book: The Beach House--Rachel Hanna
23 Read a book that takes place somewhere warm: 

        Sunrise on Half Moon Bay--Robyn Carr
24 Free Space! Pick any book: The Beach Club--Elin Hilderbrand

Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

25 Read book 1 in a trilogy: Ace of Shades--Amanda Foody
26 Read book 2 in the same trilogy
27 Read book 3 in the same trilogy
28 Read a book you meant to read on last year's challenge
29 Read a book by an author named Joe/Joseph/Josephine or a variant: 
        The Two Lives of Lydia Bird--Josie Silver
30 Read a romance novel: It Happened One Summer--Tessa Bailey
31 A book that you judged by its cover (either positively or negatively): 
        Sunrise Canyon--Janet Dailey
32 Read a book set in a country you've been to
33 Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "N.": 
         Nightcrawling--Leila Mottley
34 Read a book that has a war or battle in it: 

        Dream When You're Feeling Blue--Elizabeth Berg
35 A book from Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2024
        https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2024
36 Free Space! Pick any book: Yellow Wife--Sadeqa Johnson

Level 4: Speed Reader Club

37 A book with the word "song" in the title
38 The Great Taylor Swift Category - read a book about Taylor Swift *or* 
        a book with the same title as one of her songs 
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_by_Taylor_Swift
39 Read a book by an author you've met or spoken to online
40 Read a book with an animal in the title: 

        The Diary of a Goose Girl--Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
41 Read a book written from the villain/antagonist's perspective: 

        Cold Hearted--Serena Valentino
42 Read a reluctant hero story: Maya and the Rising Dark--Rena Barron
43 Read a book by an author using a pseudonym
44 Read a book that references a TV show or movie
45 Read a book that involves a game (board, card, video game): 

        Don't Read the Comments--Eric Smith
46 Read a Fantasy novel
47 Read a book with a secret society trope: Ninth House--Leigh Bardugo
48 Free Space! Pick any book: The Berry Pickers--Amanda Peters

Level 5: Overachiever Club

49 Read a book that is over 500 pages long: East of Eden--John Steinbeck
50 Read a book published in 1985 (40 years ago): 

        The Great Boy Chase--Janet Quin-Harkin
51 Read a book that has the word "begin" or the word "end" in the title
52 Read a book with a mask on the cover
53 Read a book by Lawrence Block (or one of his pseudonyms) 
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Block_bibliography
54 Read a book with a title that contains the letter "X."
55 Read a book that involves amnesia or memory manipulation
56 Read a cursed object story
57 Read a book by an author named Pat/Patrick/Patricia or a variant
58 A book that takes place in a school setting: Popcorn--Rob Harrell
59 Read a book with a bear on the cover
60    Free Space! Pick any book

2025 Feminist Reading Challenge

Hosted once again at the host's Instagram. I will fill as many categories as possible.

1. By a writer from Sudan

2. A book about women in history: The Small and the Mighty--Sharon McMahon 

3. Poetry by a writer (from a country other than your own): Sonnets From the Portuguese--Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

4. Translated short story collection

5. Debut by a writer under 30 

6. Books about AI/technology/robots: Tweet Cute--Emma Lord

7. Fantasy by a Latinx writer: Gods of Jade and Shadow--Silvia Moreno-Garcia

8. A book featuring/about witches: Beautiful Creatures--Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

9. A reissued/rediscovered book from the archives

10. Gothic fiction/horror by a writer of color: Everyone Knows You Go Home--Natalia Sylvester 

11. Memoir by an Asian writer 

12. Fiction by a woman of color published prior to 1980

13. A book featuring food/with food on the cover: Be Ready When the Luck Happens--Ina Garten

14. Queer mythology/folktales 

15. A book you picked based on the cover: Sunrise Canyon--Janet Dailey 

16. A book featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism

17. About sex/sexuality: The Fountains of Silence--Ruta Sepetys 

18. Fiction translated by a woman

19. A book a disabled MC/by a disabled writer 

20. A climate fiction book: The Mammoth Hunters--Jean M. Auel 

21. A book from the library: Nightcrawling--Leila Mottley 

22. A book with asexual rep/about asexuality 

23. Non-fiction title from an indie press: The Only Woman in the Room--Eileen Pollack

24. Protagonist older than 50: Pieces of Happiness--Anne Ostby

Bonus authors 

A book by Han Kang

A book by Annie Ernaux