I started an extensive Reading List to track what I have and want to read around Christmas of my Freshman year of high school when I was 13, and I have been curating it for well over half of my (M29) life. There are currently 1676 titles in the list. Some of the data I've gathered and generated from the endeavor are somewhat neat to look at, and maybe even beautiful.

Posted by HektorViktorious

10 comments

  1. Well thats a lot of books, how much time daily you usually spent reading when you were reading 3-7 books a month?

  2. Congratulations! Do you intend to start a similar log on the baby’s behalf?

  3. Wow, that’s a lot of good data–as an author, I take a huge amount of interest in any project like this one. Neat to have a window into reading habits (and such a deep view, at that!)

    What were your two 2-star titles? I’m kinda drawn to see what makes books so awful to a person as widely read as you are

  4. This is amazing! A few questions:

    Am I understanding correctly from image 3 that you own 559 books that you are yet to read? Where do you keep all the books you have? I’m imagining a house made entirely of bookshelves

    In the 4th image, lots of books are listed as fitting into multiple formats. What does this mean?

    In the 1st image, large spikes in books read happen with every significant event. Why is this? I’d expect that you’d read less right after a major change in your life because you’d have less time.

    What monstrous audiobooks did you listen to that were above 50 hours?

    How much time do you normally spend each day reading?

    And finally, which books did you enjoy most that are philosophies, historical fictions, or dystopian fictions?

  5. I don’t know what impresses me more, the books consumed or your personal miles stones of

    1. start dating,
    2. get engaged,
    3. get married and
    4. have a baby

    on what appears to be a 12 month rolling set of milestones, well done you

    One graph that I was looking for, was one based on the genres over time. I’d be curious to see did your tastes shift over time

  7. Wow you read a lot of new books. I reread quite a lot more than you.

  8. Wow you rate pretty harsh with only 30 books being a complete 10/10. Do you mind sharing what titles these are?

  9. That’s an impressive collection! Have you visualized any trends or patterns from your reading list data?

  10. wow what a story. would truly love to have had the foresight to log my habits!

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