31 December 2015 - 125 Books read in 2015
In 2015 I went to Europe twice, both times on business. For each of these trips I brought Sherlock Holmes with me, and managed to finish the series - and another 118 books besides. Breaking those down, it was 86 fiction books, of which 42 were series fiction. This year I also tracked audio books, and found that they comprise just under 30% of my total. These were read while walking the dog, commuting to work, and driving across the state to visit friends or relatives.
I read 39 non fiction books this year. According to the Dewey Decimal system, my non-fiction reading was from:
- 3 - 000 Information & general works
- 1 - 100 Philosophy and psychology
- 1 - 200 Religion
- 4 - 300 Social sciences
- 0 - 400 Language
- 5 - 500 Science and mathematics
- 6 - 600 Technology
- 7 - 700 Arts and recreation (6 from 79x - Performing Arts)
- 2 - 800 Literature
- 3 - 900 History, geography
- 7 - Biography
The earliest published book I read this year was Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Scarlet (1887). The most recently published book read this year was Goodbye Stranger (August 2015).
Finally, according to goodreads I read 37,636 pages in 2015. That works out to an average of 300 pages per book, and 100 pages per day. Whew!
If you want to connect with me on goodreads, use this link: http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM2MDQxNTI1ODQ6MzYz
And if you want to see “My Year in Books” take a look at this link - I don’t know how long it will stick around though. https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015/2945070
(editor's note - it stuck around a long time, in fact you can scroll backward and forward, from 2009 up to 2020)