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redbananass t1_iyb5lm0 wrote

Reply to comment by wc10888 in What’s up with Goodreads recommendations? by kevsfamouschili

Romance readers are also more likely to be very voracious readers, if I remember correctly. So it makes sense that they would try to push romance.

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1oz9999finequeefs t1_iyb9m3d wrote

Is that a thing?? Til

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SugarNSpite1440 t1_iyba5qc wrote

Yes. I sub to r/romancebooks and a few weeks ago someone asked about how many books people had read. There were MULTIPLE comments in the 200-600 books PER YEAR range with most of the comments being in the 50-100 BPY range. I myself have read 62 so far this year and about 75-80% have been romance genre.

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aagraham1121 t1_iybd5s2 wrote

I don’t read romance myself, but I’ve noticed the books tend to be smaller compared to some of the other genres - especially sci/fi and fantasy. I’m 2/3 of the way through Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy and it’s been refreshing how short they are (350 page range).

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SugarNSpite1440 t1_iybe4o2 wrote

The 50 Shades series were like 300+ pgs each. The 365 Days series are all 400+ pgs. Kresley Cole's The Game Maker Series are over 350 pgs each. And Katee Robert 's The O'Malley series are about the same. It really depends on both the author and sub genre. Most of the "harlequin romance" type books from Walmart are like 150 pages but a lot is in depth series are way more.

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aagraham1121 t1_iybfr9w wrote

Most thrillers I feel are around 400 pages, give or take 50. Fantasy tho - those are typically 500 plus. Priory of the Orange Tree and Sanderson are both on my TBR 😅

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