James Nicoll Reviews

March 2025

21 works reviewed. 9 by women (43%), 9 by men (43%), 1 by non-binary authors (5%), 2 by authors whose gender is unknown (10%), and 9 by POC (43%).

The end of month report is getting rather long so I think I will put the cut up here.

2025 to Date

65 works reviewed. 32 by women (49%), 28 by men (43%), 2 by non-binary authors (3%), 3 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 27 by POC (42%).

Grand Total to Date

2856 works reviewed. 1587 by women (56%), 1196 by men (42%), 46 by non-binary authors (2%), 27 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 904.25 by POC (31%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed March 2025

21 books reviewed. 7 fantasies (33%), 2 mainstream (10%), 1 mystery (5%), 1 non-fiction (5%), 1 roleplaying game (5%), 9 science fiction (43%), of which 10 were series books (48%) and 11 were not (52%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD

65 books reviewed. 24 fantasies (39%), 5 mainstream (7%), 3 mysteries (5%), 3 non-fiction (5%), 1 roleplaying game (2%), 29 science fiction (45%), , of which 31 were series books (48%) and 34 were not (52%).

Genre Count, Books Received March 2025

29 books received, 18 fantasy (62%), 2 horror (7%), 0 mainstream (0%), 0 mystery (0%), 0 non-fiction (0%), 3 roleplaying game-related (10%), 6 science fiction (21%), of which 9 were series (31%), 17 non-series (59%), and 3 hard to classify (10%).

Genre Count, Books Received 2025 TD

81 books received, 49.5 fantasy (61%), 5 horror (6%), 1 mainstream (2%), 1 mystery (2%), 3 non-fiction (6%), 9 roleplaying game-related (12%), 12.5 science fiction (13%), of which 31 were series (38%), 42 non-series (52%), and 8 hard to classify (10%).

That is a much lower ratio of series to non-series than I expected.

Should I have a chart for the genres of books reviewed and books received? 

	2025 March	2024 March	2023 March	2022 March	2021 March	2020 March	2019 March	2018 March	2017 March	2016 March	2015 March	2014 March
Women	9	11	14	13	13	10	11.5	10.5	11.5	12	19	n/a
Non-Binary	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	n/a
Unknown	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	n/a
POC	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	7.5	4	6	3	n/a
Total	21	22	23	23	22	21	21	20	21	21	28	n/a
% Women	43	50	61	57	59	48	55	50	55	57	58	n/a
% Non-Binary	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	5	0	n/a
% Unknown	10	5	0	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	0	n/a
% POC	43	41	39	39	45	38	38	36	19	29	8	n/a
	2025 YTD	2024 TD	2023 TD	2022 TD	2021 TD	2020 TD	2019 TD	2018 TD	2017 TD	2016 TD	2015 TD	2014 TD
Women	32	36	37	36	37.5	33	34.25	34	34.5	36	45	n/a
Non-Binary	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	n/a
Unknown	3	1	1	0	1	2.5	2	4	0	0	0	n/a
POC	27	25	26	24	27	17	25.75	23	24.5	17	5	n/a
Total	65	65	65	64	64	64	62	64	63	61	78	n/a
% Women	49	55	57	56	58	52	55	53	55	59	58	n/a
% Non-Binary	3	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	2	3	0	n/a
% Unknown	5	2	2	0	2	4	3	6	0	0	0	n/a
% POC	42	38	40	37	40	39	42	53	39	28	6	n/a