It’s that time of year again!
The database is mostly automated at this point, so some of my counts may be a little off. And, as always, the database is incomplete for Cannonball Reads 1 and 2, back before there was a dedicated space for reviews. Some blogs are now offline and aren’t available through Internet Archive or other means. I don’t think I’ll ever recover those reviews.
In total, there are 53,038 reviews catalogued in the database of 30,320 individual books reviewed by a total of 773 different users.
Monthly review totals:
Top 10 books of 2023:
1. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (9 reviews)
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (8)
3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (8)
4. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (7)
5. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (7)
6. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (6)
7. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (6)
8. I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (6)
9. Spare by Prince Harry (6)
10. A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (5)
11. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (5)
12. The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman (5)
13. Trust by Hernan Diaz (5)
14. Happy Place by Emily Henry (5)
15. Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (5)
Top 10 authors of 2023:
1. Stephen King (21)
2. Dr. Seuss (21)
3. Martha Wells (20)
4. Richard Osman (15)
5. T. Kingfisher (14)
6. Edith Wharton (14)
7. Becky Chambers (13)
8. Deborah Crombie (13)
9. John Scalzi (13)
10. Leigh Bardugo (13)
Top 10 reviewers of 2023:
1. BlackRaven (892 reviews – a record by over 100 reviews)
2. vel veeter (331)
3. Jake (185)
4. narfna (162)
5. Malin (104)
6. CoffeeShopReader (103)
7. Emmalita (102)
8. Pooja (97)
9. wicherwill (89)
10. RevGirlUtena (89)
Annual review totals:
CBR1 (2009): 723
CBR2 (2010): 836
CBR3 (2011): 2,392
CBR4 (2012): 3,269
CBR5 (2013): 3,804
CBR6 (2014): 3,056
CBR7 (2015): 3,655
CBR8 (2016): 3,453
CBR9 (2017): 4,143
CBR10 (2018): 4,388
CBR11 (2019): 5,330
CBR12 (2020): 4,076
CBR13 (2021): 4,328
CBR14 (2022): 5,027
CBR15 (2023): 3,798
Annual participants:
CBR1 (2009): 17
CBR2 (2010): 29
CBR3 (2011): 103
CBR4 (2012): 165
CBR5 (2013): 169
CBR6 (2014): 138
CBR7 (2015): 107
CBR8 (2016): 122
CBR9 (2017): 142
CBR10 (2018): 139
CBR11 (2019): 139
CBR12 (2020): 108
CBR13 (2021): 130
CBR14 (2022): 105
CBR15 (2023): 97
Most popular books of all time:
1. Station Eleven (65 reviews)
2. Ready Player One (55)
3. Gone Girl (51)
4. The Hunger Games (51)
5. Mockingjay (50)
6. The Night Circus (50)
7. Catching Fire (45)
8. The Fault in Our Stars (45)
9. Eleanor & Park (44)
10.Attachments (43)
11. The Handmaid’s Tale (41)
12. Bossypants (40)
13. The Girl on the Train (40)
14. The Hate U Give (39)
15. The Martian (38)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (37)
17. Room (36)
18. Divergent (34)
19. Fangirl (34)
20. Good Omens (34)
Most popular authors of all time:
1. Stephen King (541 reviews)
2. Neil Gaiman (339)
3. J.K. Rowling (279)
4. Agatha Christie (269)
5. Rainbow Rowell (262)
6. Terry Pratchett (214)
7. Margaret Atwood (187)
8. Brandon Sanderson (182)
9. Jim Butcher (176)
10. Ilona Andrews (170)
Most prolific reviewers of all time:
1. vel veeter (3,997 reviews)
2. BlackRaven (3,405)
3. narfna (1,949)
4. Malin (1,571)
5. badkittyuno (1,267)
6. Jake (1,002)
7. Emmalita (902)
8. Jen K (832)
9. bonnie (804)
10. Sophia (777)