BooksReddit data chart

Reddit's top book in each year

The most-mentioned tracked book for every calendar year in the public dataset. The latest year is shown through Jul 2026.

Data updated September 2, 2026

1 2019: Mistborn: The Final Empire 3,563

3,563 mentions during 2019
2 2020: Mistborn: The Final Empire 4,990

4,990 mentions during 2020
3 2021: The Way of Kings 4,227

4,227 mentions during 2021
4 2022: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 4,063

4,063 mentions during 2022
5 2023: Gardens of the Moon 4,415

4,415 mentions during 2023
6 2024: Gardens of the Moon 5,167

5,167 mentions during 2024
7 2025: Dungeon Crawler Carl 6,034

6,034 mentions during 2025
8 2026: Between Two Fires 334

334 mentions through Jul 2026

Bar length represents annual mentions. Exact values are printed beside every row.

How this chart is calculated

Monthly mention totals are summed by calendar year for each book, then ranked by annual total with title as the tie-breaker. Every value can be reproduced from the monthly and subreddit totals in the public export.

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<a href="https://booksreddit.com/data/charts/annual-top-books/"><img src="https://booksreddit.com/data/charts/annual-top-books.svg?v=2026-09-02" alt="Horizontal bar chart of each year's most-mentioned book. 2019: Mistborn: The Final Empire, 3563; 2020: Mistborn: The Final Empire, 4990; 2021: The Way of Kings, 4227; 2022: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 4063; 2023: Gardens of the Moon, 4415; 2024: Gardens of the Moon, 5167; 2025: Dungeon Crawler Carl, 6034; 2026: Between Two Fires, 334." width="960" loading="lazy"></a>