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31 May, 2025

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May 2025

22 works reviewed. 12 by women (55%), 9 by men (41%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 9 by POC (41%).



2025 to Date

109 works reviewed. 56 by women (51%), 46 by men (42%), 2 by non-binary authors (2%), 5 by authors whose gender is unknown (5%), and 45 by POC (41%).

Grand Total to Date

2900 works reviewed. 1611 by women (56%), 1214 by men (42%), 46 by non-binary authors (2%), 29 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 922.25 by POC (31%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed April 2025

22 books reviewed. 6 fantasies (27%), 1 horror (5%), 1 mainstream (%5), 1 mystery (5%), 1 non-fiction (5%), 0 roleplaying game (0%), 12 science fiction (55%), of which 7 were series books (32%) and 15 were not (68%).

Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD

109 books reviewed. 36 fantasies (33%), 1 horror (1%), 8 mainstream (7%), 4 mysteries (4%), 4 non-fiction (4%), 1 roleplaying game (1%), 55 science fiction (50%), of which 46 were series books (42%) and 63 were not (58%).

Genre Count, Books Received March 2025

37 books new to me. Genre breakdown: 19.5 fantasy (52%), 3 Horror (8%) , 2 Mainstream (5%), 1 Mystery (3%), 4 Non-fiction (11%), and 7.5 Science Fiction (20%).

I really need to completely rework how i track this, because this is eating up too much time to get consistent sums. Plus I lost track of how many books are series vs not series. 

Genre Count, Books Received 2025 TD

163 books received, but I am going redo this section when I have time and energy.


2025 May 2024 May 2023 May 2022 May 2021 May 2020 May 2019 May 2018 May 2017 May 2016 May 2015 May 2014 May
Women 12 15 14 13 10 11 12 12.5 12 12 14 4
Non-Binary 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
POC 9 13 10 8 2 9 9 5 6 4 3 0
Total 22 23 22 22 21 21 21 22 22 23 28 4
% Women 55 65 64 59 48 52 60 57 55 52 50 100
% Non-Binary 0 0 0 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
% Unknown 5 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
% POC 41 57 45 36 43 43 43 23 27 17 11 0
2024 TD 2024 TD 2023 TD 2022 TD 2021 TD 2020 TD 2019 TD 2018 TD 2017 TD 2016 TD 2015 TD 2014 TD
Women 56 61 62 60.5 57.5 56.6 57.75 58.5 58 63 77 6
Non-Binary 2 2 0 4 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 0
Unknown 5 1 1 0 3 3.5 2 4 0 0 0 0
POC 45 46 44 39 44 41 42.75 42.5 34.5 25 8 0
Total 109 109 108 107 106 106 103 108 106 105 132 6
% Women 51 56 57 57 54 53 56 54 55 60 58 100
% Non-Binary 2 2 0 4 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 0
% Unknown 5 1 1 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 0
% POC 41 42 41 36 42 39 42 38 33 24 6 0