July 2025 in Review
31 Jul, 2025
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I see my 3000th review on this site will be live in a bit over 11 weeks. Friday, October 17, 2025? I should probably plan ahead for that.
July 2025
23 works reviewed. 12 by women (52%), 10 by men (43%),1 by non-binary authors (4%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 11 by POC (48%).
2025 to Date
153 works reviewed. 79 by women (52%), 65 by men (42%), 4 by non-binary authors (3%), 5 by authors whose gender is unknown (4%), and 64 by POC (42%).
Grand Total to Date
2944 works reviewed. 1634 by women (56%), 1233 by men (42%), 48 by non-binary authors (2%), 29 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 941.25 by POC (31%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed June 2025
23 books reviewed. 6 fantasies (26%), 0 horror (0%), 0 mainstream (0%), 0 mystery (0%), 1 non-fiction (4%), 1 roleplaying game (4%), 15 science fiction (65%), of which 9 were series books (39%) and 14 were not (61%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD
153 books reviewed. 48 fantasies (32%), 1 horror (1%), 8 mainstream (6%), 4 mysteries (3%), 5 non-fiction (3%), 2 roleplaying game (1%), 85 science fiction (54%), of which 62 were series books (41%) and 91 were not (59%).
Genre Count, Books Received July 2025
20 books new to me. Genre breakdown: 10 fantasy (53%), 1 Horror (6%) , 0 Mainstream (0%), 1 Mystery (6%), 1 Non-fiction (6%), and 7 Science Fiction (31%).
I think 7 are stand-alone, 4 series, and one hard to classify.
| 2025 July | 2024 July | 2023 July | 2022 July | 2021 July | 2020 July | 2019 July | 2018 July | 2017 July | 2016 July | 2015 July | 2014 July | |
| Women | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12.5 | 13 | 11.5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 3 |
| Non-Binary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7.5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 11 |
| % Women | 52 | 57 | 52 | 57 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 59 | 55 | 64 | 61 | 27 |
| % Non-Binary | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 48 | 35 | 33 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 20 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
| 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 | 79 | 86 | 85 | 84.5 | 82.5 | 78.5 | 144 | 82.5 | 79 | 87 | 110 | 12 |
| Non-Binary | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 64 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 58.25 | 52 | 46.5 | 34 | 15.5 | 1 |
| Total | 153 | 153 | 151 | 151 | 150 | 147 | 144 | 151 | 146 | 147 | 188 | 25 |
| % Women | 52 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 59 | 59 | 48 |
| % Non-Binary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 42 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 |