Since 2009, I have been keeping track of all the books I read. It’s been interesting to see rereading trends, or series- or author-binges. And my reading has been strongly influenced by the required reading I had to do in graduate school, of course.
But lately I was curious about what types of books I’ve been reading, and their relative proportions to each other. Hence a pie chart.
It’s strange to see Drama as a category on my reading list at all, but I assisted a Shakespeare class in Fall 2010, so that accounts for those. Fantasy and Science Fiction appear in appropriate proportions, to each other and to the relative whole. Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Stories are probably so large because of said graduate school, although the category Short Stories can also include genre short story collections. I also read mainstream/literary fiction for fun, of course.
What is not represented on this list are the hundred-odd articles I read each semester for required reading and for research for papers and such. Nor the reading that I do online, or in magazines or journals, or books that I read less than ten percent of. As well, I did not create a Young Adult category, sorting those books instead into their respective genres. So while the pie chart is reasonably accurate, it isn’t perfect. Nevertheless: fun!
Tune in tomorrow for 2010 books!
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