/lit/ - Literature

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This Year In Reading
174 items, ~48k pages
90 novels
35 light novels
26 novellas
9 short fiction
8 collections
6 magazine issues
0 anthologies
0 nonfiction

Average Page Count: 275
Average Rating: 3.1

Author Estimates
Male: 52
Female: 16
POC: 14
LGBT: 6
Non-"Western" (arguable): 1-8

Published Years
Pre-70: 23
71-99: 22
01-09: 22
10-14: 26
15-20: 81

Of those 174, only 9 weren't some speculative fiction in some way, and those were almost all thrillers.
What an outlier of an year. It seems unlikely that I'll read this much again, but I have way of surprising myself, since I have no idea how this happened either.
The light novels binges were certainly ill-advised, and I think I've more or less burned myself out on them as a result, which would be for the better.
Surprisingly I didn't read any anthologies, and unsurprisingly no non-fiction either.

Most Enjoyed of Published in 2020:
There weren't any 5 stars among these, and indeed all had their own disappointments.
I'll give the slight edge to The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) - Joe Abercrombie as first among 3.5s.

There were a lot of disappointments this year. The biggest being having multiple authors I thought I really liked, but when I looked at more of their work, I realized that I didn't overall at all. In the case of one author, probably a one hit wonder, which makes me wonder how much I enjoyed that single work.

As for 2021, the most significant change will probably be that I'll attempt to read more nonfiction, as it appears that I haven't for a few years at least.

I could blog a lot more, but eh. Replies as you will or won't.