Friday, January 02, 2026

Reading 2025 - Not a List (yet)

Nope, not what I read in 2025, although I'll get that out here maybe tomorrow.  I have it all in Storygraph and an easy way to turn it into a useful list.  Instead, I wanted to share this post: https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/53804-most-americans-didnt-read-many-books-in-2025

  • How many books does the average person read?  Zero.
  • Median: slightly better at two (2) because of heavy readers.
  • How many did I read in 2025: 58 (and it was a light year and definitely light compared to some friends, particularly where reorgs and studying AI on Udemy got in the way).
  • What % read 50+ books: 4%
  • Fun fact: 19% of Americans read 82% of the books.

There's a lot of cool stats there including differences between men and women when it comes to genres and more.  Worth a few minutes of perusing all the cool graphs.

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