#MinaReadThisIn2023
These are the books I read in 2023, 47 in all. Considerably less than what I’d been reading per year in past years, but I also edited/helped publish 6 books (including one of mine) and I can’t read while I’m editing apparently. I’ll consider that a fair trade for having participated in publishing new books.
My reading year, by the numbers that I keep track of:
Books read: 47
Does not include the books I helped publish.
How they were published: self-published 45%, small press 8%, corporate or traditional publisher 47%
I would have wanted to round out the year with more self-published and small press books read (even though combined they’d number higher than trad), but I also read a lot of audio and that space is still mostly dominated by the traditional and corporate publishers. I should make an effort to intentionally look for indie and small press audio.
How many authors of color: 81%
How much of the year was romance: 55%
How many white love interests/main characters: 27%
I can do better. If you know what I mean.
Formats: audio 38%, ebook 36%, print 26%
Filipino authors: 45%
Bonus! Books I helped publish this year (that I read multiple times, and affected my reading total lol):
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