Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Here are the results from our 2023 reading survey!



Of the people that completed the survey:
- 77% completed the entire 2023 ATY challenge
- Nearly 9% completed a rejects challenge
- 10% completed the challenge in order (or nearly in order)

The favorite book of the year was a tie between Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
Other notable favorites included:
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (the third year it is on this list!)
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (the second time it is on this list!)

The top three favorite prompts of 2023 were:
- Three books, each of which is set in a different century
- A book where books are important
- A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com

The three least favorite prompts of 2023 were:
- A western
- A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
- A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"

Hope you enjoyed this look back at 2023!

The first line has a typo: 2021.

I usually read about 40-ish books a year and was quite proud of myself for reading 85 last year. Looking at the stats though, more than 50% have read 101 books or more! These members are amazing.

Great look back! And thank you, mods, for all you do. :)

Thanks for this! I'm curious, how many actually took the survey?

So I wasn't a big fan of the literature map prompt, but I loved the spice girls prompt. I am glad I was not alone in my love for The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Thanks for doing the survey.

Gail W wrote: "Thanks for this! I'm curious, how many actually took the survey?"

Oohh I'm curious about this too.

150 people!