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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