I read 114 books in 2015. 78% were books by women and 43% were books by authors I hadn't read before. I read slightly more books than last year in the categories of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Disability Rep, and books in translation. I still would like to read more in these categories going forward. I primarily read physical books (60%) and 19% of the books were rereads. Below is a chart of the different genres/category of books I read.
Since I read so much fantasy (again), I started parsing out the different fantasy sections and landed on eight categories: comedy, contemporary/urban, cozy, folk tale/fairytale, historical,
portal/alt world, romance, sword/sorcery/epic. Those sections are portioned out about equally except for portal/alt world and sword/sorcery/epic which are about 20% each of fantasy I read.
Favorite books in no particular order:
Jane Austen's Bookshelf
Lolly Willowes
The Ghostwriter
Bat Eater and Other Names
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafy
Dead Silence
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series
portal/alt world, romance, sword/sorcery/epic. Those sections are portioned out about equally except for portal/alt world and sword/sorcery/epic which are about 20% each of fantasy I read.
Favorite books in no particular order:
Jane Austen's Bookshelf
Lolly Willowes
The Ghostwriter
Bat Eater and Other Names
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafy
Dead Silence
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series
