Summary Data

2021 All
Current cycle 3
Books read 11 21
Number of ratings 86 150
Avg days between meetings 33.1 29.6

Books read this year

  1. Animal Farm: Animals serve as stand-ins for communism and the Russian Revolution (Ben)
  2. Paris for One: Love triangle in Paris (Amanda)
  3. The City We Became: Sci-fi take on diverse teens becoming different NYC boroughs (Julia)
  4. Long Bright River: Opioid crisis mixed with missing person/sisters story (Ryan)
  5. Fun Home: Autobiographical graphic novel about Alison Bechdel realizing her dad was also queer (Sam)
  6. All Who Go Do Not Return: Hasidic narrator struggles with adapting to modern life (Hannah)
  7. I Wanna Be Where the Normal People Are: Rachel Bloom short stories/autobiography (Healy)
  8. The Three-body Problem: Space, multiple planets? I don’t know… (Kevin)
  9. The Very Nice Box: IKEA satire that turns into romance thriller (Julia)
  10. Parable of the Sower: Dystopian commentary on religion/politics with young girl leader (Ben)
  11. E.: Email exchanges (Amanda)

Books

Best / Worst

Pre-2021

Best: Sourdough

Worst: Yellow Crocus

2021

Best: Long Bright River

Worst: Paris for One

All

Best: Long Bright River

Worst: Yellow Crocus

Most / Least Polarizing

Pre-2021

Most: Consider the Lobster

Least: There Are No Children Here

2021

Most: E.

Least: Long Bright River

All

Most: Consider the Lobster

Least: Long Bright River

Rating groups

Bookmakers

Best / Worst

Pre-2021

Best: Julia

Worst: Ben

2021

Best: Ryan

Worst: Healy

All

Best: Sam

Worst: Kevin

Most / Least Polarizing

Pre-2021

Most: Healy

Least: Amanda / Ben

2021

Most: Amanda

Least: Ryan

All

Most: Healy

Least: Sam

Raters

Highest / Lowest

Pre-2021

Highest: Julia

Lowest: Healy

2021

Highest: Julia

Lowest: Kevin

All

Highest: Sam

Lowest: Healy

Most / Least Variable

Pre-2021

Most: Julia

Least: Kevin

2021

Most: Healy

Least: Julia

All

Most: Ben

Least: Kevin

Favorite / Least Favorite Bookmaker

Bookmaker
Amanda Ben Hannah Healy Julia Kevin Ryan Sam
Amanda 3.67 3.00 3.00 3.33 3.33 1.33 3.50 4.00
Ben 3.67 3.33 2.67 2.33 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.00
Hannah 2.33 3.00 3.00 2.33 2.67 2.67 3.00 4.00
Healy 2.00 2.33 2.67 2.00 3.67 1.50 2.50 4.00
Julia 3.00 3.50 3.00 3.00 3.67 4.00 3.50 4.00
Kevin 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.33 3.33 3.00 3.00
Ryan 2.50 3.00 2.33 3.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00
Sam 2.50 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.50 2.00 3.50 5.00

Preference Similarity

Most / Least Similar

Most: Sam & Hannah

Least: Kevin & Amanda

Couple & Sibling Pairs

69% Ben & Amanda
62% Sam & Healy
54% Kevin & Hannah
49% Ryan & Julia

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Other includes non-binary and multiple authors of different genders.

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