It’s almost the end of the year, and I haven’t quite met my 2022 reading goal. However, Christmas is over, and I’m now on my summer holiday … so it’s reading time!

(Click here to check out my 2022 reading goals.) 

I’m currently at 148 books with five days to go in the year, and it’s my summer holiday. I’m definitely going to make the 150 books as long as I don’t do something stupid like try to re-read War and Peace (or try and finish Vanity Fair).

I set an original target of 150 books, but I also set some sub-goals.

Of the 148 books I have read:

• 15 have been by BIPOC authors (out of a target of 12+).
• 32 were by international authors (target: 40). It’s possible I didn’t categorise some properly.
• 44 were from debut or new-to-me authors (target: 40).
• I intended to read 48 books from my to-read pile. I’ve read 40, which means fallen well short of the target. On the plus side, I have made a practice of reading the books I’ve bought this year, so my to-read pile has shrunk rather than grown. Win!

I had intended to read at least 24 nonfiction books, but I’ve only read 13. I guess I over-estimated that one 😉

I’ve have read 71 books by indie authors, which wasn’t something I set a specific goal around, although I do usually seek out books from indie authors.

So that’s my 2022 in books.

Did you set a reading goal for this year? How did you go?

Do you set reading goals? How many books have you read this year?

I’m writing this post in mid-December, just as I start my Christmas holiday. At the time of writing, I’ve read 151 books out of my 2021 target of 150. I’ve just had a week of holiday, which helps. Summer holidays are a great time for reading.

I had some other reading goals for 2021:

• I wanted to read 48 books from my to-read mountain. I have achieved that (and with two weeks to spare). Unfortunately, I’ve bought another 42 books that I haven’t yet read (as well as a bunch I have read), so the net change is a (not) massive six books less. It looks like I’ll need to sign up for the Mt TBR challenge again in 2022.
• I wanted to read 12 writing books. I completely forgot about this goal, so was surprised to find I’ve read 16 books about writing or related topics (e.g. book marketing, time management). That’s more than I thought.
• I didn’t make a specific goal about reading books from debut or new-to-me authors, but I did track them. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I have read more books in this category than I’d expected. According to Goodreads, I’m up to 31.
• I also didn’t make a specific goal about reading books by indie authors (i.e. books that have been independently published by the author, rather than being published by a traditional publisher). I probably haven’t tracked this as well as I should have either, but Goodreads tells me I’ve read 56 indie books this year. I’m happy with that, because I’d subconsciously targetted 50.

And that’s all 🙂

What about you?

How many books have you read this year? What do you recommend I check out?