2023 Fic Stats
February 2023, I decided to start tracking the amount of fic I read. I travelled a lot last year, quite a bit more than normal. I read a lot of fic when I travel.
I did a half year update at the end of June 2023. Between February and June, I read just under 13 million words.
February through December, I read just over 30 million words and 2,049 individual fic (though several are the same fic on a reread).
Some stats:
First read: Head, Hand, Heart by ddagent (@ddagent) (GOT canon divergence, Jaime/Brienne) (04 Feb 2023)
Last read: Other Brother by AlynnaStrong (ASOIAF canon divergence, Tyrion/Brienne) (31 Dec 2023)
Top 5 Most Read Authors
By number of fic. I reread frequently, so this is number of times I read a specific fic, not the author necessarily having written that number of fic.
ddagent, 78 fic (@ddagent)
Aviss, 72 fic (@aviss)
winterkill, 62 fic (@thebrimmingheart)
Lady_in_Red, 61 fic
chrkrose, 58 fic (@chrkrose)
By word count.
cardinalgirl75, 1.8 million words
winterkill, 1.3 million words (@thebrimmingheart)
sdwolfpup, 1.1 million words (@sdwolfpup)
angelowl, 1 million words (@angelowl-fics)
Aviss, 900,000 words (@aviss)
SeeThemFlying, 900,000 words (@seethemflying)
Top 5 Most Read Completed Fic
This includes number of times I read the entire fic while they were works in progress, which skews numbers. I'm doing something different in 2024.
so all the world can see by EllisJay: 12 (ASOIAF, Jaime x Brienne)
Simple by languageintostillair: 11 (GOT fix-it, Jaime x Brienne)
when the sun shine, we shine together by cardinalgirl75: 9 (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)
Runaways by greenmtwoman: 7 (@greenmtwoman) (ASOIAF canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne)
Undisclosed Desires by Roccolinde: 7 (GOT fix-it, Addam x Jaime x Brienne)
Top 5 Longest Fic Read
The Keeper by PalyGirl, 532,733 words (GOT canon divergence, Aegon (Young Grif) x Brienne, Jaime x Brienne) (WIP)
Heart Full of Gasoline by sdwolfpup, 406,767 words (@sdwolfpup) (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)
Diamond in the Rough by cardinalgirl75, 374,333 words (2x) (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)
Honor Compels Me by angel_deux, 335,399 words (@angel-deux-writes) (GOT canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne)
Truth and Measure by Telanu, 271,584 words (Devil Wears Prada, Miranda x Andrea)
Fic Over 100,000 Words Read More Than Once
Brienne-centric Kinktober 2021 by dancinginthecenteroftheworld, 101,177 words (3x) (@dancinginthecenteroftheworld) (Brienne x all sorts of people and settings)
let's exchange the experience by cardinalgirl75, 116,080 words (3x) (Modern AU, Kimi no Na wa, Jaime x Brienne)
None But the Lonely Heart by OccasionalAvenger, 121,079 (3x) (ASOIAF, Jaime x Brienne)
To Reach for Spring by Kadi219, 173,394 (2x) (GOT fix-it and canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne) (WIP)
when the sun shine, we shine together by cardinalgirl75, 126,951 (2x) (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)
Anima Dannum by motorbike_on_the_avenue, 121,021 (2x) (Modern AU, soulmates, Jaime x Brienne)
come on now, baby girl by angelowl, 119,957 (2x) (Modern AU, Veronica Mars, Jaime x Brienne)
Cubs and Gemstones by ddagent, 113,073 (2x) (Jaime x Brienne in all sorts of settings)
Brienne Pairings
I am here for Brienne of Tarth stories, and I will read her paired with almost anyone. Jaime x Brienne is my favourite, but here are several other Brienne pairings I read in 2023.
old Jaime/young Jaime/Brienne
Addam/Jaime/Brienne
Aegon (Young Griff)/Brienne
Arthur Dayne/Jaime/Brienne
Brienne & Brienne
Bronn/Brienne
Cersei/Jaime/Brienne
Cersei/Brienne
Cersei & Brienne
Dickon/Brienne
Dothraki OC/Brienne
Hyle/Jaime/Brienne
Jon/Brienne
Leonette Fossoway/Brienne
Margaery/Brienne
Melara & Brienne
Multiple people/Brienne
Oberyn/Brienne
Oberyn/Jaime/Brienne
Oberyn/Ellaria/Jaime/Brienne
Olenna & Brienne
Pevensies & Brienne
Susan/Brienne
Peter/Brienne
Podrick/Brienne
Podrick & Brienne
Renly & Brienne
Robb & Brienne
Sandor/Brienne
Sansa/Brienne
Sansa & Brienne
Thor/Brienne
Tormund/Brienne
Tyrion/Brienne
Tyrion & Brienne
Tywin/Brienne
Settings
Almost 1,000 fic were marked alternate universe. Various AUs include:
Apocalypse and dystopia
Fairy tale
Historical (including 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 19th century, Regency, Victorian, Vikings, WWI)
Horror
Modern (including actors, artists, bikers, bodyguards, celebrities, doctors, chefs, farmers, firefighters, mafia, models, museums, photographers, politicians, reality tv, royalty, sports, students, superheroes, teachers, veterinarians, wedding planners, and writers)
Space
Western
Canons Used in Crossovers or Fusions
Belinda Blinked
Blade Runner
Dungeons & Dragons
Dragon Age II
Dune
Fight Club
Full Metal Alchemist
Frasier
Fury Road
Ghost and Mrs Muir
Inception
Kimi no Na wa
Leftovers
Leverage
Mountain Between Us
Narnia
Nutcracker
Old Guard
Only You
Pacific Rim
Persuasion
Ponyo and Dory
Romancing the Stone
Sense8
Sharknado
Ted Lasso
MCU Thor
Tortall
Veronica Mars
Westworld
When Harry Met Sally
Witcher
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombieland
Canon settings and divergence
Canon: 303 fic Canon divergence: 747 fic Fix-it: 666 fic
Most of the fic I read last year was Jaime x Brienne. For GOT, I consider canon divergence any story that diverges from Jaime returning to King's Landing in Season 8 and fix-it any story that deals with that return.
