Statistics 2015

My statistics for the last years are here:
Going back to 2009, 2013, 2014 

And these are the results of my reading lists for 2015:

* Statistics 2015 *

Challenges
I read books that contributed to the following online challenges:
Reading Challenge 2015
I read books belonging to 47 out of 50 different categories.
Reading Challenge - Chunky Books 2015
My result were 24 chunky books (more than 450 pages) including 7 super chunky ones (more than 750 pages).
The "Piggybank" Challenge 2015
The 91 books I read this year resulted in €182 to spend on something nice.
100 Books by the BBC
This is an old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
A Century of Books
This is also an old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
Best European Literature
Another old challenge, I added four more books to the list.
The 100 Greatest Fiction Books as Chosen by The Guardian
This is an old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
Le Monde - The 100 Books of the Century
Here is another old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
This is an old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
The Motherhood + Jane Austen Book Club
And another old challenge, I added one more book to the list.
Nobel Prize Winners and Their Books
This is another list to which I could add five more books.
Oprah’s Book Club
So many old challenges, here is another one to which I added one more book.
Oscar Winning Books
This is an old challenge, I added four more books to the list.
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (German: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels)
An ongoing list to which I added two more books.
Smiley, Jane "13 Ways of Looking at the Novel" 
This is an old challenge, I added two more books to the list.
What's in a Name 2014 Reading Challenge
I read 18 eponymous novels this year.

Books Read: 91
Pages read: 38,899 (107 pages per day)

Books dating from which year:
Pre 1800s: 2
1800s: 7
1900-1949: 2
1950-1999: 21
2000s: 58 (11 of which from 2015)

Male Authors: 47
Female Authors: 44

Nobel Prize Winners: 6

Fiction: 72
Non-Fiction: 21

Chunky Books - more than 450 pages: 24, more than 750: 7
Oldest Book:
Virgil "The Aeneid" (Aeneas gr.) - 29-19 BC
Newest Books:
Doron, Lizzie "Who the fuck is Kafka" - 2015
Ghosh, Amitav "Flood of Fire" (Ibis Trilogy #3) - 2015
Krone-Schmalz, Gabriele "Russland verstehen" [Understanding Russia] - 2015
Oates, Joyce Carol "The Sacrifice" - 2015
Roth, Charlotte "Als der Himmel uns gehörte" [When Heaven Belonged to Us] - 2015
Longest book: 1,480 pages
Hugo, Victor "Les Misérables"
Shortest book: 158 pages
Dugain, Marc "La Chambre des officiers" (The Officer's Ward) 
Longest book title: La grammaire est une chanson douce
Orsenna, Erik "La grammaire est une chanson douce" (Grammar Is a Sweet, Gentle Song) 
Shortest Book Title: Hamlet
Shakespeare, William "Hamlet"
Funniest Books:
Bryson, Bill "Notes from a Small Island"  
Scott, Mary "Pippa in Paradise" 
Saddest Books:
Coory, Kasey "Pious Evil. Condemn not my Children"
Doerr, Anthony "All the Light We Cannot See" 
Hugo, Victor "Les Misérables"
Modiano, Patrick "La Place de l'Étoile" - 1968
Weirdest Book:
Shteyngart, Gary "Absurdistan"
New authors (for me) that I would like to read more from:
Francisco Azevedo, Anthony Doerr, Lizzie Doron, Jhumpa Lahiri, Laila Lalami, Hilary Mantel, Haruki Murakami, Anat Talshir 

Translated Books: 7
2 from Hebrew, 1 each from Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian
Books read in another language:
16 German, 7 French, 2 Dutch

Numbers in Book Titles: One, Thirteen, Two,
Place Names in Book Titles: Absurdistan, Africa, Europe, Ireland, Little Dribbling, Neue Vahr, Norway, Paradise, Place de l'Étoile, Rio, Russia, Santiago, Villette
Names in Book Titles: Asterix, Buddenbrooks, Dorian Gray, Esther, Florette, Freddie, Hamlet, Jane Austen, Jean, Kafka, Kurt Tucholsky, Malala, Mary Gerold, Max Havelaar, McCarthy, Pippa, Shantaram
Colours in Book Titles: Blue, White

My Favourite Books: 12 (one for each month)
Bryson, Bill "The Road to Little Dribbling: more Notes from a Small Island" - 2015
Doerr, Anthony "All the Light We Cannot See" - 2014
Follett, Ken "Fall of Giants", "Winter of the World",  "Edge of Eternity" - 2010/12/14
Gaskell, Elizabeth "North and South" - 1854/55
Hislop, Victoria "The Sunrise" - 2014
Lahiri, Jhumpa "The Namesake" - 2003
Lawson, Mary "Road Ends" - 2013
Schami, Rafik "Eine Hand voller Sterne" (A Hand Full of Stars) - 1987
Sendker, Jan-Philipp "Drachenspiele" (Dragon Games aka The Language of Solitude) (Dragon Games #2) - 2009
Smiley, Jane "Some Luck (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga #1)" - 2014
Talshir, Anat "If I forget Thee" (Im Eshkahekh) - 2010
Yousafzai, Malala; Lamb, Christina "I am Malala" - 2013

With my books, I visited places/countries:
Africa (2):
Kenya, Morocco
Asia (8):
Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Syria
Europe (19):
Austria, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, The United Kingdom
North America (5):
Canada, Caribbean, Cuba, Mexico, USA
South America (1):
Brazil
Australia/Oceania (2):
Australia, New Zealand
Others: (1)
Countries "visited" in total: 38

You may find some even greater statistics by better bloggers than me at "Stuck in a Book" and "Ready When You are, C.B."