ASRP 2005 STATISTICS (continued), Pt 2

Last summer the theme was "Movies" and there were 10 different categories to choose from for the 5 necessary to earn a T-shirt. Two of them could be an actual movie--Documentary (aka Non-fiction) and Foreign Film (aka "foreign author"). Nevertheless, the items still mostly grouped into the usual genres.

The general Fiction classification had the most reports, 672 (166 in 2004). The top 8 books were:
Lifeguard by James Patterson (12)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (12)
Miracle by Danielle Steele (11)
The Broker by John Grisham (10)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (8)
Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (7)
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich (7)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (7)

The next most popular genre was Mysteries with 351 reported (488 in 2004):
11 on Top by Janet Evanovich (13)
4th of July by James Patterson (12
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (12))
Honeymoon by James Patterson (10)
Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky (9)
Velocity by Dean R. Koontz (9)
Rage by Jonathan Kellerman (7)

Biography was the next most popular with 125 reports (155 in 2004):
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (5)
Angela's Ashes by Frank Court (3)
John Adams by David McCullough (3)
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art by Gene Wilder (3)
Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox (3)
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn (3)

Next was Romances with 110 reports (323 in 2004):
Black Rose by Nora Roberts (6)
Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick (6)
Marriage Most Scandalous by Johanna Lindsey (5)

There were 24 reports for Science Fiction (111 in 2004--included Fantasy):
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks (10)
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (4)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (3)
The House of Thunder by Dean R. Koontz (2)

21 reports were Fantasy and the top 6 were all J.K. Rowlings':
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(16)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban (8)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (6)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (6)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (4)

The fewest reported of the fictional genres was Westerns with 8 (112 in 2004):
Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker (7)
Lone Calder Star by Janet Dailey (4)
McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller (2)

In general Non-Fiction, the most popular in 2005 was the same as in 2004:
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (6).
The next most-read were:
1776 by David McCullough (3)
Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (3)
French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (3)
The Rant Zone: An All-out Blitz against Bush-league Politics, Twisted Child Stars, Soul-sucking Jobs, and People Who Eat their Dogs by Dennis Miller (3)

The most reported Documentary Films were:
Fahrenheit 9/11 (9)
Super Size Me (4)
Winged Migration (4)
Go, Tigers! (3)

The most reported Foreign Films were:
Amelie (4)
The Passion of the Christ (4)
The Triplets of Belleville (3)
The most popular foreign film language was French (12)

Since only 5 of the books or films reported had to fit in the 10 categories, most items were not categorized. Also, the same title could be listed for several different categories by different readers. Where a film was an option, a book was the other option--i.e., documentary or non-fiction. So, the breakdown by category only reflects a small portion of the total reported:

Action/Adventure (95)--Evanovich's 11 on Top was most reported in this category
Based on the Book (71)--Spark's The Notebook was most reported in this category
Biography (79)--Obama's Dreams from My Father was most reported in this category
Comedy (96)--Evanovich's Metro Girl was most reported in this category
Documentary [film] (41)--Fahrenheit 9/11 was most reported in this category
Documentary [non-fiction book] (62)--Larson's The Devil in the White City was most reported in this category
Drama (100)--Patterson's Lifeguard and Brown's The Da Vinci Code were the most reported in this category [tied]
Foreign Film [film] (36)--The Passion of the Christ and Amelie were the most reported in this category [tied]
Foreign Film [foreign author] (29)--J.K. Rowling was most reported in this category
Horror (81)--Patterson's Honeymoon was most reported in this category
Travelogue [foreign locale] (51)--Grisham's The Broker was most reported in this category
War Stories (44)--Clancy's The Hunt for Red October was most reported in this category