2023 Reading Year in Review

I read 61 books this year, but I cannot claim it was a standout year in terms of reading. Many of the books I read were not all that memorable, and some were not very good.

I usually like to compile some statistics about my reading. According to my Goodreads Year in Books, I read 19,146. I don’t know how it figures in audiobooks, so that may be pretty inaccurate. The average length of the books I read was 313 pages. My average rating was 4.4 stars, which surprised me since I didn’t feel like it was all that memorable a reading year. Here is a breakdown of genres:

38 works of fiction (novels)3 poetry collections19 works of nonfiction, including 5 memoirs1 graphic nonfiction3 re-reads9 books that had been on my TBR for more than a year

Probably my favorite book this year was Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility. However, the following books also made my favorites list:

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn IveyCountry by Michael HughesWeyward by Emilia HartThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréHow to Be Perfect by Michael SchurThe Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie RubenholdTastes Like War by Grace M. ChoCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerAbove Ground by Clint SmithRelated posts:2010: A Reading Year in ReviewReview: Beautiful Country: A Memoir, Qian Julie WangReview: The Blackhouse, Carole Johnstone