April 2025 in Review
30 Apr, 2025
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April 2025
22 works reviewed. 12 by women (55%), 9 by men (41%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 9 by POC (41%).
2025 to Date
87 works reviewed. 44 by women (51%), 37 by men (43%), 2 by non-binary authors (2%), 4 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 36 by POC (41%).
Grand Total to Date
2878 works reviewed. 1599 by women (56%), 1205 by men (42%), 46 by non-binary authors (2%), 28 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 913.25 by POC (31%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed April 2025
22 books reviewed. 6 fantasies (27%), 2 mainstream (9%), 0 mystery (0%), 0 non-fiction (0%), 0 roleplaying game (0%), 14 science fiction (64%), of which 8 were series books (36%) and 14 were not (64%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD
87 books reviewed. 30 fantasies (34%), 7 mainstream (8%), 3 mysteries (3%), 3 non-fiction (3%), 1 roleplaying game (1%), 43 science fiction (49%), of which 39 were series books (45%) and 48 were not (55%).
Genre Count, Books Received March 2025
41 books new to me. Mostly novels (89%) but there was 1 magazine (2%) and 4 ttrpg supplements (10%). Genre breakdown: 27.5 fantasy (67%), 1 Mainstream (2%), 5 Mystery (12%), and 7.5 Science Fiction (18%): 10 appear to be series (24%), while 31 (76%) don’t seem to be.
Genre Count, Books Received 2025 TD
122 books received, but I am going redo this section when I have time and energy.
| 2025 April | 2024 April | 2023 April | 2022 April | 2021 April | 2020 April | 2019 April | 2018 April | 2017 April | 2016 April | 2015 April | 2014 April | |
| Women | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11.5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11.5 | 15 | 18 | 2 |
| Non-Binary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 2 |
| % Women | 55 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 48 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 71 | 69 | 100 |
| % Non-Binary | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 41 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 33 | 40 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 TD | 2024 TD | 2023 TD | 2022 TD | 2021 TD | 2020 TD | 2019 TD | 2018 TD | 2017 TD | 2016 TD | 2015 TD | 2014 TD | |
| Women | 44 | 46 | 48 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 45.25 | 46 | 46 | 51 | 63 | 2 |
| Non-Binary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 36 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 33.75 | 36.5 | 28.5 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 87 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 104 | 2 |
| % Women | 51 | 53 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 100 |
| % Non-Binary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 41 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 1 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 0 |