It’s been year, honestly. I read a LOT more romance than I have in the past; I blame my co-workers, but I haven’t really minded. I read a lot less YA and Middle Grade than usual, but maybe times and seasons. Even so, ending the year at 130 books is nothing to sneeze at.

By the numbers:

Middle Grade: 28
Young Adult: 10
Graphic Novels: 21
Adult Fiction: 54
Non-Fiction: 17
Total: 130

Number that were Speculative fiction (not including graphic novels):
Number that were by BIPOC authors: 28 (21% this year, and most of it was by Asian authors, though I did read 4 books by Indigenous authors, which is a lot for me.)
Number by Latine authors: 5
Number I reread: 9 (well, 8 Amulet books and one other book)
Number I abandoned: not sure, actually…. probably more than I think.

And the way I read books?

The top three I turned in at work:

(And the bonus three best that were new to me this year, but not new out this year):

My genres:

(The Horror there isn’t really a horror book…)

The authors I read most this year?

(I reread the entire Amulet series, which is why Kazu is up there on number #1!)

And it’s been such a middling reading year for me…

So my personal top ten would probably be these (I’m not counting re-reads), not in any particular order:

So not a bad year, in all.

Here’s to 2025!

(A plug for the Cybils finalists announcement dropping tomorrow; I’m excited to read for the Elementary/Middle-Grade Fiction category!)