Check out my previous goals and reading reflections
I have finally returned to my normal average reading! 24% over my goal isn’t too shabby. I’m very pleased.
As always, Goodreads sends their year-end graphics a few days before the end of the year based on data from almost 2 weeks prior.
Last year I was going to play a “slow and steady wins the race” game and make my challenge 48 books this year and 52 next year. But, since I’ve read 52 books several years in a row now, I’ve decided to skip straight there.
What books did I read in 2025? Storygraph has a graphic for that!
My most read genre is SFF, which is good since I consider adult science fiction my home genre. There’s more fantasy out there for reading and getting recommended, which is why I read more of it.
After genre, we can look at the types of books I read all year. I’m a mood reader. My reading started relatively dark supposedly and ended a bit lighter.
But I have to disagree that The Kaiju Preservation Society is a darker read than Into the Midnight Wood.
This year, my compared to friends mood line was darker the whole time. If it weren’t for the lines crossing last year, I’d assume that just meant they separated the lines.
Again I wish I could compare my personal yearly mood maps.
As for what I liked best, I’m not sure how I’ll mix and match these to get good 2026 reads. What I will be doing is reading a bunch of debuts for 2026.
31 new-to-me authors out of 52 reads is excellent. Since 2026 will include many debut authors, I will have another year of many new-to-me authors. However, my most-read author was a favorite. I did a lot of catch-up reading this summer on a couple of series I’d fallen off from.
My longest book of the year was Strange the Dreamer.
Clearly Goodreads and Storygraph don’t agree on my shortest book or average length book. But that’s fine.
Goodreads and Storygraph don’t quite agree on my 5-star reads this year, but that’s fine.
I have two reads competing for my favorite this year:
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
It’s a good thing they won’t be in the same categories for awards.
I’m looking forward to my planned reading next year! (I usually am every year.) One book per week! Let’s goooo!!!!!!