2017 in Books

Number of books read: 55

Average rating: 4.2

Author stats:
- 58% female and 42% male
- 43% new authors and 12% authors I've read before
- 58% British, 20% American, and 22% other nationalities

Book stats:
- 5% rereads and 95% new reads
- 31% won in Goodreads giveaways, 22% gifts, 20% borrowed from the library, 15% borrowed from friends and family, and 12% bought
- 20% published in 2016, 18% published in 2017, 16% published before 1990, 13% published in the 2000s, 13% published in the 1990s, 9% published in 2015, 5% published in 2014, 4% published in 2013, and 2% published in 2012
- 36% with 300+ pages, 24% with 400+ pages, 20% with 200+ pages, 7% with 100+ pages, 4% with 500+ pages, 4% with less than 100 pages, and 2% with 600+ pages


Favourite Books of the Year:
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2016)




The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams, 1979)




To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960)




Democracy and Its Crisis (A.C. Grayling, 2017)




On Beauty (Zadie Smith, 2005)




The Last Days of Jack Sparks (Jason Arnopp, 2016)




Favourite New Authors: Raymond Chandler, Angela Marsons, Dylan Thomas, and Zadie Smith

Favourite Book Covers:










What books did you read this year? And what were your favourites?