James Nicoll Reviews

I will be sad to lose the Vermeer but I have an equally enticing header photo selected for 2024.

James Nicoll Reviews ended the year one review up over previous years. Not really sure why. Once again the number of books by non-binary authors is dismal. Something to work on.

On the political front, representative democracy made an unexpectedly strong finish but still came in second to oligarchy. I am sure there is no real-world relevance there. I am on the bubble about continuing tracking government types, as it adds just enough extra effort to the stats to make me worry about a repeat of the 2016 situation. 

December 2023

22 works reviewed. 13 by women (59%), 8 by men (36%), 0 by a non-binary author (0%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 9 by POC (41%).

2023 to Date

261 works reviewed. 145 by women (54%), 106 by men (41%), 6 by a non-binary author (2%), 4 by authors whose gender is unknown (2%), and 104 by POC (40%).

Grand Total to Date

2529 works reviewed. 1412 by women (56%), 1055 by men (42%), 40 by non-binary authors (2%), 22 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 771.75 by POC (30%).

Government Types December 2023

Total 22, Not Applicable 4 (84%), Unclear 0 (0%), Anarchy 0 (0%), Pure democracy 0 (0%), Representative democracy 11 (50%), Oligarchy 6 (27%), Autocracy 1 (5%).

Government Type 2023 TD

Total 261, Not Applicable 39 (15%), Unclear 12 (5%), Anarchy 4 (2%), Pure democracy 4 (2%), Representative democracy 96 (37%), Oligarchy 98 (38%), Autocracy 8 (3%).

	2023 December	2022 December	2021 December	2020 December	2019 December	2018 December	2017 December	2016 December	2015 December	2014 December
Women	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	19.5	16.5	12.5
Non-Binary	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
POC	9	9	8	7	8	5	6	5	4.5	3
Total	22	2	23	22	20	21	21	21	28	25
% Women	59	55	57	55	60	57	52	93	59	50
% Non-Binary	0	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
% Unknown	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0
% POC	41	41	35	32	40	24	30	24	16	12
	2023 TD	2022 TD	2021 TD	2020 TD	2019 TD	2018 TD	2017 TD	2016 TD	2015 TD	2014 TD
Women	145	143	141.5	139	135.5	144	138.5	161.5	195	69
Non-Binary	6	8	5	8	2	3	5	2	0	1
Unknown	4	0	3	3.5	1.5	7	2	0	0	0
POC	104	102	103	99.5	100.75	82.5	75.5	62.5	45.5	13.5
Total	261	260	260	256	244	259	255	255	329	150
% Women	54	55	54	54	56	56	54	63	59	46
% Non-Binary	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	1
% Unknown	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0
% POC	40	39	40	39	41	32	30	25	14	9

Month	December	November	October	September	August	July	June	May	April	March	February	January
Government Type
Not Applicable	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	6	1	2
Unclear	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	1
Anarchy	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pure democracy	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Representative democracy	11	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	9	6	11	5
Oligarchy	6	6	8	7	9	9	10	9	7	11	6	10
Autocracy	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	1	4
total	22	22	22	21	23	21	22	22	21	23	20	22
YTD
Not Applicable	39	35	32	29	25	21	18	16	12	9	3	2
Unclear	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	5	4	2	2	1
Anarchy	4	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pure Democracy	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Representative Democracy	96	85	76	67	59	51	43	38	31	24	16	5
Oligarchy	98	92	86	78	71	62	53	43	34	27	16	10
Autocracy	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4
total	261	239	217	195	174	151	130	108	86	65	42	22