Alex Drost · books I’ve read

A shelf of 307 books,
and what I made of them.

This is my reading — recently finished up top, a handful pulled from the stacks below. Click any spine to open it, then dig into Browse, Authors, the timeline, the themes, or the analytics.

Synced from Goodreads on · a static snapshot, refreshed when I re-pull my shelf.

Recently read

From the stacks

A random handful — reshuffle to dig deeper

Browse the library

Authors

Read once

Reading over time

Based on 253 books with recorded read dates

Books finished per year

Click a year to see those books in Browse.

Trend by month

Every month from 2023 on, gaps included — the real cadence. (Earlier reads predate consistent Goodreads use.) Dashed lines mark January. Hover for detail, click a month to browse it.

Themes over time

How the mix of what you read shifts year to year. Each bar is one year, segmented by theme. Hover any segment to see those exact books on the right; click to open one, or click the legend to browse a theme.

Recent reads
Hover the chart to explore a theme & year

What the library is about

Themes drawn from your enrichment tags — books often span several

Themes by number of books

Click a theme to browse it. A single book can sit under more than one.

The web of connections

307 books grouped by theme. Threads stay hidden until you hover a book — then its connections light up
Books cluster by theme. Hover one to reveal its threads · click to open · scroll to zoom

Reading analytics

Set a lens to recompute everything · hover for detail · click to drill in
Lens

My reading profile

Reading pace

Books finished per month since 2023, with a 3-month trend line. Click a point to drill into that month.

Compare two periods

Pick any two years to see what changed.

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What’s rising & falling

Change in each theme’s share of my reading, 2024 → 2025. Click a theme to browse it.

Reading rhythm by month

Books finished by calendar month. Click to browse.

Which day I finish

Day of week a book gets finished. Click to browse.

Monthly heat map

Books finished each month since 2023 — darker means more. Hover a cell to see the titles; click to browse that month.

Themes by length & freshness

Median page count and how new each kind of book is when I read it. Click a theme to browse it.

ThemeMedian pagesRead within (yrs of pub)

Book length distribution

How long my books run. Click a bar to browse that range.

When my books were published

By publication decade. Click to browse.

How fresh are the books I read?

Gap between publication and when I read it. Click a band to browse it.

Records & superlatives

The edges of the shelf. Click to open.

Theme reach

How concentrated the library is.