Sorry for the delay. For perhaps the first time ever, I actually had the database complete on January 1st….and then life happened, and I haven’t actually looked at it until today.
As always, my numbers may be slightly off from this website (or your own personal tallies). At this point, I’ve automated most of the database, so there may be some errors in how things are counted. I don’t physically check everything in the database to confirm accuracy (so, for instance, V.E. Schwab and Victoria E. Schwab would be counted as two different authors. I’ve tried to correct these things when I find them.)
We had a really good year. With 5,207 reviews, that’s the second most all time (after 5,329 reviews in 2019), and a jump of almost 1,000 over last year (4,328). I tallied 105 users, which is quite a bit down from last year (130), however. But we had the most Cannonballs (27) since before the pandemic (30 in 2019).
The 10 most read books of CBR14 are:
1. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (13 reviews, 3.7 stars)
2. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (13 reviews, 4.3 stars)
t-3. Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (9 reviews, 3.9 stars)
t-3. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (9 reviews, 4.4 stars)
t-3. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (9 reviews, 3.9 stars)
t-6. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8 reviews, 4.1 stars)
t-6. The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (8 reviews, 5 stars)
t-6. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weird (8 reviews, 3.9 stars)
t-6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (8 reviews, 4.1 stars)
t-10. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (7 reviews, 4.7 stars)
t-10. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (7 reviews, 4.1 stars)
Top 10 most read authors of CBR14 are:
1. Agatha Christie (54 reviews)
2. J.D. Robb (39 reviews)
3. Stephen King (35 reviews)
4. Tatsuki Fujimoto (32 reviews)
5. Becky Chambers (24 reviews)
6. T. Kingfisher (24 reviews)
7. Leigh Bardugo (23 reviews)
8. Alice Oseman (22 reviews)
9. Martha Wells (21 reviews)
t-10. Jackie Lau (20 reviews)
t-10. Herge (20 reviews)
Top genres of CBR14 are:
Fiction: 3,823
Nonfiction: 562
Romance: 856
Mystery: 669
Science Fiction: 397
Fantasy: 972
Young Adult: 448
Graphic Novel: 229
Most read books of all time:
1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (64 reviews, 4.6 stars)
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (55 reviews, 4.2 stars)
3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (51 reviews, 3.9 stars)
4. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (50 reviews, 4.3 stars)
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (50 reviews, 4.3 stars)
6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (49 reviews, 3.5 stars)
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (45 reviews, 4.1 stars)
8. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (44 reviews, 3.9 stars)
9. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (43 reviews, 4.5 stars)
10. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (43 reviews, 4.3 stars)
11. Bossypants by Tina Fey (40 reviews, 4.3 stars)
12. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (40 reviews, 3.6 stars)
13. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (40 reviews, 4.7 reviews)
14. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (39 reviews, 4.5 average)
15. The Martian by Andy Weir (37 reviews, 4.5 average)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (37 reviews, 4.4 average)
17. Room by Emma Donoghue (36 reviews, 3.9 average)
18. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (34 reviews, 4.5 average)
19. Divergent by Veronica Roth (34 reviews, 3.5 average)
20. Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (33 reviews, 4.1 stars)
21. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (33 reviews, 4.2 stars)
Most read authors of all time:
1. Stephen King (479 reviews).
2. Neil Gaiman (335 reviews)
3. J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith (274 reviews)
4. Agatha Christie (262 reviews)
5. J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts (261 reviews)
6. Rainbow Rowell (252 reviews)
7. Terry Pratchett (200 reviews)
8. Margaret Atwood (177 reviews)
9. Jim Butcher (175 reviews)
10. Brandon Sanderson (172 reviews)
11. Ilona Andrews (160 reviews)
12. George R.R. Martin (159 reviews)
13. Suzanne Collins (158 reviews)
14. Courtney Milan (154 reviews)
15. Brian K. Vaughan (152 reviews)
16. Charlaine Harris (138 reviews)
17. Tana French (133 reviews)
18. Seanan McGuire (132 reviews)
19. John Scalzi (120 reviews)
t-20. Liane Moriarty (119 reviews)
t-20. Lisa Kleypas (119 reviews)
The total database has 49,056 reviews of 27,725 unique books.