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 Mar 2026.

Data updated July 11, 2026

1 2019: Dune 798

798 mentions during 2019
2 2020: The Way of Kings 958

958 mentions during 2020
3 2021: Dune 1,073

1,073 mentions during 2021
4 2022: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) 892

892 mentions during 2022
5 2023: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) 1,074

1,074 mentions during 2023
6 2024: Hyperion 1,048

1,048 mentions during 2024
7 2025: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) 1,015

1,015 mentions during 2025
8 2026: The Pragmatic Programmer 26

26 mentions through Mar 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=2026-07-11" alt="Horizontal bar chart of each year's most-mentioned book. 2019: Dune, 798; 2020: The Way of Kings, 958; 2021: Dune, 1073; 2022: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries), 892; 2023: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries), 1074; 2024: Hyperion, 1048; 2025: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries), 1015; 2026: The Pragmatic Programmer, 26." width="960" loading="lazy"></a>