I’ve been perusing the old jotter that I use to write down the details of books I’ve read, as I finish them. It looks like I’ve read:
38 books by male authors
65 books by female authors
21 by Scottish authors
34 historical fiction books
9 non-fiction books
8 vintage crime books
3 books in translation
35 classics
18 children’s/YA books
1 poetry book
20 ish on my Kindle
I was surprised to see that there’s such a difference between the male and female writers, in previous years it has been fairly 50 – 50. I have read quite a few aimed at children or young adults and most of them have been by women I think. I must have missed some out though as according to Goodreads I read 115 books in 2022 so my stats don’t quite add up correctly. I was also surprised to see that I had read only eight vintage crime books as that is one of my favourite genres. In 2023 I hope to read more vintage crime, classics, books in translation and non-fiction. That’s the plan anyway!
21 by Scottish authors is great, although I must say I’m surprised it’s not even higher – I’m always impressed by how many Scottish writers you read!
FictionFan,
There are so many good Scottish writers to choose from!
I am impressed that you read so many books by female authors. I have never done that well (percentage wise). And 35 classics is great.
tracybham,
The 35 classics are not what I would strictly call classics, but everyone else seems to list Heyers and Thirkells as classics and I decided that the British Library reprints should probably be seen as classics too.