2023 was a great year for reading! Here are some stats before we get started!
218 books
76,324 pages
210 fiction, 8 nonfiction
69 physical, 75 digital, 74 audio
Average book length: 350 pages
69 five star reads
BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER OF 2023
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
The Change by Kirsten Miller
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
BEST LITERARY FICTION/CONTEMPORARY OF 2023
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
BEST NONFICTION OF 2023
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Spare by Prince Harry
The Office BFF’s by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey
BEST FANTASY/SCI-FI OF 2023
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair
Babel by R.F. Kuang
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF 2023
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre by Natasha Lester
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Along A Breton Shore by Arlen Hawks
When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor
BEST ROMANCE OF 2023
The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
To Swoon and to Spar by Martha Waters
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage
A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore
Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
TOP 23 OF 2023
The Simple Wild
Hook, Line, and Sinker
King of Battle and Blood
Wildfire
Foul Heart Huntsman
Yours Truly
The Four Winds
The Fortunes of Jaded Women
Done and Dusted
The Change
House of Eve
The Last Garden in England
The Island of Sea Women
Babel
Foul Lady Fortune
A Rogue of One’s Own
The Dating Plan
The Paris Daughter
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Daisy Darker
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Cartographers
Nightcrawling
FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2023
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