Favorite 2023 Reads

Over the last few years, I’ve been honing my tastes and discovering what books I really love. As a result, this past year I’ve loved some books so much that I absorbed them into my being and they now make up most of my personality. Whoops.

Using Goodreads, my favorite app/website to track what books I read, gain recommendations from similar-minded friends, and explore trending titles, I’ve read 46 books in 2023.

I wanted to try to get a post in before the end of the new year, but alas, dead week was upon us and I was too busy stuffing my face and enjoying the company of as many wonderful people as possible during my 2-week visit to the States for the holidays.

Last year I created a blog post detailed some silly fake awards to my favorite 2022 reads… and now I’ve decided to make it an annual tradition on my blog!

Now time for my very niche, specific, silly 2023 Reading Awards!

Winners of “ARE-WE-SURE-THESE-CHARACTERS-ARE-ACTUALLY-FICTIONAL-AND-NOT-WALKING-AMONG-US-AS-WE-SPEAK???” goes to…

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

Winner of “LOVE-AT-FIRST-PARAGRAPH” goes to…

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Winners of “I-LOVED-THIS-WAY-WAY-WAY-MORE-THAN-EXPECTED” goes to…

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Letters of Shirley Jackson edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman

Winners of “AUTHORS-I’M-VERY-HAPPY-I-DISCOVERED-THIS-YEAR-BECAUSE-THEY-THOROUGHLY-BLEW-MY-MIND” goes to…

Philip K. Dick (The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)
Martin MacInnes (Gathering Evidence, In Ascension)

Winners of “LIFE-CHANGING-READS…(AS-IN-I-ACTUALLY-CHANGED-THE-WAY-I-LIVED-MY-LIFE-AFTER-READING)” goes to...

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
This is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live by Melody Warnick

What was your favorite book of 2023? I’d love to hear! And now, onward to 2024. Happy reading, friends 🙂