Comments on: 2017: Ranking All the Books I Read and Listened To https://seveninchesofyourtime.com/2017-ranking-all-the-books-i-read-and-listened-to/ Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 By: David Youngblood https://seveninchesofyourtime.com/2017-ranking-all-the-books-i-read-and-listened-to/#comment-1903 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 08:02:17 +0000 http://seveninchesofyourtime.com/?p=56281#comment-1903 Here are some belated stats and bonus rankings.

Total books: 104
Audiobooks: 78
Physical/digital books: 26
I listen to so many books while doing other things that this has become a pretty big split. Thank goodness for bluetooth headphones and car speakers.

Numbers by author gender:
Male: 89
Female: 15
That’s a pretty bad split, and something I want to do better on in 2018.

Most Books by Author:
1. Terry Pratchett: 9
2. Michael J. Sullivan: 8
3. Neil Gaiman: 7
Timothy Zahn: 7
4. Kurt Vonnegut: 4
5. Agatha Christie: 2
Ta-Nehisi Coates: 2
Brandon Sanderson:2
Daphne du Maurier: 2
V.E. Schwab: 2
Patrick Rothfuss: 2
Fyodor Dostoevsky: 2
Carl Sagan: 2
Lawrence M. Krauss: 2

Top 15 Narrators:
15. Brian Jacques and cast: Redwall
14. Angela Lin: The Emperor’s Soul
13. Frederick Davidson: Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace
12. Leonard Nimoy: I Am Spock
11. Jefferson Mays, Babylon’s Ashes
10. Jonathan Pryce: My Cousin Rachel
9. Jeff Woodman: The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time
8. Hugh Fraser: Five Little Pigs
7. Neil Gaiman: Coraline, Norse Mythology, M is for Magic
6. Michael Kramer and Kate Reading: the 2 Shades of Magic books
5. Dan Stevens: Murder on the Orient Express
4. Mike Massimino: Spaceman
3. LeVar Burton: Cosmos
2. Maggie Gyllenhaal: The Bell Jar
1. Tim Gerard Reynolds: the 8 Riyria books

I also planned a favorite original characters section, but it was so dominated by Discworld and Star Wars characters that I needed to break it into three categories.

Favorite original (i.e., non-movie) Star Wars characters:
5. Jorus/Joruus C’boath
4. Talon Karrde
3. Ahsoka Tano
2. Mara Jade
1. Grand Admiral Thrawn

Favorite Discworld characters:
10. Angua
9. Rincewind
8. Captain Vimes
7. Om
6. Magrat Garlick
5. Carrot
4. Nanny Ogg
3. The Librarian
2. Death
1. Granny Weatherwax

Favorite characters, all others:
17. Persephone, 2 Riyria books
16. Rudy Waltz, Deadeye Dick
15. Coraline, Coraline
14. Ben, The Hike
13. Alucard Emery, 2 Shades of Magic books
12. Royce Melborn, 6 Riyria books
11. Siddhartha, Siddhartha
10. Bobbie Draper, The Expanse
9. Fat Charlie, Anansi Boys
8. Luna, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
7. Patricia, All the Birds in the Sky
6. Lila Bard, 2 Shades of Magic books
5. Prince Myshkin, The Idiot
4. Hadrian Blackwater, 6 Riyria books
3. Chava, The Golem and the Jinni
2. Chrisjen Avasarala, The Expanse
1. Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express and Five Little Pigs

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