Books read in 2023

In 2023, I read 314 books, an increase from 263 the year before. There was a good dose of Percy Jackson and other children's fantasy in the mix. (This probably helped contribute to the large number of books read.) A whopping 25 books were tagged as good, but none were great. There were a few that stood out as good audiobooks. Most of the books were from the past few years, though there was a long tail of oldeer books. It was generally one per year, but there were two children's books from 1964.

 Total Books: 314

Great Books (3)

Good Books (25)

Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1)
The China Study, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Shelter
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Dinosaurs
The Speed of Dark: A Novel
Star Splitter
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1
Every Last Word
Click'd
Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
The Anomaly: A Novel
Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages
The Sense of Wonder
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
Stuff They Don't Want You to Know
Rendezvous with Rama
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Novel
The House of Broken Angels
Sea of Tranquility: A Novel
Illuminae: The Illuminae Files, Book 1

Good Audiobooks (2)

The Hope Of Elantris [Dramatized Adaptation]: Elantris
The Weight of Blood

By month read

January: 22
February: 28
March: 35
April: 19
May: 19
June: 23
July: 31
August: 35
September: 21
October: 28
November: 26
December: 27

Books by year written

1353: 1
1620: 1
1839: 1
1845: 1
1852: 1
1874: 1
1877: 1
1880: 1
1891: 1
1892: 1
1900: 1
1902: 1
1922: 1
1923: 1
1924: 1
1938: 1
1939: 1
1942: 1
1948: 1
1952: 1
1957: 1
1960: 1
1964: 2
1967: 1
1969: 1
1973: 1
1981: 1
1987: 2
1989: 1
1994: 2
1995: 1
1996: 3
1998: 2
1999: 1
2000: 3
2001: 1
2002: 1
2003: 1
2004: 1
2005: 5
2006: 6
2007: 8
2008: 9
2009: 11
2010: 9
2011: 8
2012: 9
2013: 13
2014: 11
2015: 17
2016: 10
2017: 21
2018: 14
2019: 14
2020: 16
2021: 19
2022: 42
2023: 25

Stats on years written

mean: 2004
median: 2015
mode: 2022

Most popular tags (other than year and book)

childrens books: 91
fantasy: 63
history: 25
good books: 25
Greek: 25
Rick Riordan: 25
science fiction: 23
young adult fiction: 18
percy jackson: 17
business: 16
science: 12
israel: 11
psychology: 11
linguistics: 11
brandon mull: 11
fablehaven: 11
politics: 10
Keeper of the Lost Cities: 10
Shannon Messenger: 10
autobiography: 9
Audiobooks: 250
Books: 312 (includes audiobooks also available in book form)