Coming up on the end of the year, I wanted to revisit some of the graphs I made back in May.
Voici my 2009 reading, in order, with original publication dates plotted. This has been pretty nicely expanded since the last time I graphed it, and I actually had to throw out a few dates (everything between the Iliad and the letters of Abelard and Heloise) to make the scale work. There’s not a bad spread although there is a lot from within the past 20 years. You can definitely see the effect of the epistolary novels, and my recent Melville reading.
I’ve also expanded as far as countries of origin. I’ve somewhat arbitrarily grouped Great Britain together in the graph; it includes an impressive 10 books of Scottish origin.
And now for one I didn’t do the first time around, gender of the author. I was not in any way surprised by the breakdown here. I’m pretty sure I’ve always read a lot more male authors than female, and I’m pretty sure it will always be the case.
More to come, including the much-loved theme graph, tomorrow.
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