By the Numbers
First appearance of a Roman mystery: 1935
Last year with no Roman mystery: 1978 First year with at least ten Roman mysteries: 1992 (12) Number of Roman mysteries in the year following: 2 Years featuring the most Roman mysteries: 1996, 2000 Number of Roman mysteries in those years: 25 Year featuring the second most Roman mysteries: 2003 (22) Year featuring the third most Roman mysteries: 1999 (21) Average number of Roman mysteries per year 1997-2007: 16.818 Average number of Roman mysteries per year 1986-1995: 6.2 Number of Roman mysteries for 2008 already known in May: 8 Trend indicator expected number of Roman mysteries for 2008: 16 Most short stories by a single author: 60 (Nichols) Most novels by a single author: 18 (Davis) Number of authors with only one work: 48 Largest number of consecutive years by the same author: 17 (Davis) As of May 27, 2008.
Actual number of Roman mysteries for 2008: 15
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