My reading summary for 2018. Total books read: 62. Fiction 74% and non-fiction 26%; 53% in Spanish and 47% in English; 25% female authors, 75% male authors (need to improve balance here).

The month I read the least was August with only one book, and the month I read the most was November with 9 books. Longest book: 592 pages. Shortest: 94. Average book length: 271 pages.

Favorite fiction book by a female author: “Woman at War” by Dacia Maraini. Favorite fiction book by a male author: “The Elephant’s Journey” by José Saramago and “Zeno’s Conscience” by Italo Svevo. Favorite book of short stories in Spanish: “Juglares del Bordo” by Daniel Salinas Basave. Favorite book of short stories in English: “Rain and other South Sea Stories” by W. Somerset Maugham.

Favorite book of essays in Spanish: “De la Estupidez a la Locura” by Umberto Eco. Favorite book of essays in English: “Making Waves” by Mario Vargas Llosa. Most meaningful book I enjoyed re-reading after 20+ years: “Siddhartha” by Herman Hesse. Newly discovered author in Spanish worth reading: Joel Flores. Favorite non-fiction book: “Enlightenment Now” by Steven Pinker.

Most recurrent authors year after year: Saramago, Mario Vargas Llosa, Daniel Salinas Basave, W. Somerset Maugham, Richard Dawkins, and Eduardo Galeano. Days without reading: 0.