May 2025 in Review
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 |