James Nicoll Reviews

February 2025

21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 9 by men (43%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 8 by POC (38%).

2025 to Date

44 works reviewed. 23 by women (52%), 19 by men (43%), 1 by non-binary authors (2%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (2%), and 18 by POC (41%).

Grand Total to Date

2835 works reviewed. 1578 by women (56%), 1187 by men (42%), 45 by non-binary authors (2%), 25 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 895.25 by POC (31%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed January 2025

21 books reviewed. 11 fantasies (52%), 0 non-fiction (0%), 9 science fiction (43%), 1 mainstream (5%), and 0 mysteries (0%), of which 9 were series books (43%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD

44 books reviewed. 17 fantasies (39%), 2 non-fiction (5%), 20 science fiction (45%), 3 mainstream (7%), and 2 mysteries (5%), of which 21 were series books (48%).

Genre Count, Books Received February 2025

Netgalley instituted changes that basically make them useless to me, so the flood of new books is going to be closed off. Alas. I don’t know if this section even makes sense any more.

12 books received, 6.5 fantasy (54%), 1 horror (8%), 0 mainstream (0%), 0 mystery (0%), 2 non-fiction (17%), 1 roleplaying game-related (8%), 1.5 science fiction (13%), of which 2 were series (17%), 10 non-series (83%), and 0 hard to classify (0%).

Genre Count, Books Received 2025 TD

52 books received, 31.5 fantasy (61%), 3 horror (6%), 1 mainstream (2%), 1 mystery (2%), 3 non-fiction (6%), 6 roleplaying game-related (12%), 6.5 science fiction (13%), of which 22 were series (42%), 25 non-series (48%), and 5 hard to classify (10%).

	2025 February	2024 February	2023 February	2022 February	2021 February	2020 February	2019 February	2018 February	2017 February	2016 February	2015 February	2014 February
Women	11	12	11	12	12.5	12	12	11.5	11	12	14	n/a
Non-Binary	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	n/a
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	n/a
POC	8	7	9	7	0	8	8	15	14.5	8	2	n/a
Total	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	20	19	18	24	n/a
% Women	52	57	55	60	63	60	57	58	58	67	58	n/a
% Non-Binary	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	n/a
% Unknown	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	n/a
% POC	38	33	45	33	40	40	38	75	76	44	8	n/a
	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	23	25	23	23	24.5	23.5	22.75	23.5	23	24	26	n/a
Non-Binary	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	n/a
Unknown	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	1	3	0	0	0	n/a
POC	18	16	17	15	17	17	17.75	23	20.5	11	2	n/a
Total	44	43	43	41	42	43	41	43	42	40	49	n/a
% Women	52	58	55	56	58	55	55	55	55	60	53	n/a
% Non-Binary	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	3	0	n/a
% Unknown	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	7	0	0	0	n/a
% POC	41	37	40	37	40	40	43	53	49	28	4	n/a