A reading life
READING METRICS
The Chronicle, the Catalogue, and the numbers behind a reading life
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Volumes read
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Unique authors
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Total pages
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Read this year
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Last 12 months
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Recommended
The Chronicle
Books read over time
Books read by year and quarter
Q1 Jan–Mar
Q2 Apr–Jun
Q3 Jul–Sep
Q4 Oct–Dec
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Fiction vs Non-fiction
Books per year · last 40 years
Fiction & non-fiction books read per year — last 40 years
Fiction
Non-fiction
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The Catalogue
Genres & authors
All genres — by volume
Most-read authors (top 30)
Fiction vs non-fiction
Fiction
Non-fiction
Books read by month (all time)
Books read by quarter (all time)