BEST BOOK you've read in 2023 so far?

[Pisces51]

I have not gone back and looked over my reads for this year. I will say that this book in my opinion is a "10". "I Kill Killers" I loved it.

[Kat]

The heat will kill you first. Also: Potosi, the mountain that eats people.

[Joan]

It's a tie between "Murder Among the Dead" by Irina Shaprio and "Murder at the Merton Library" by Andrea Penrose. I love reading Regency and Georgian mysteries.

[Jay]

Sandralena wrote: "The Final Empire in the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. It's as epic a series as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings."


Just finished it today and was going to post the same thing. It was fantastic.

[Katy]

damsel

[Kenzii]

I read so many good books but my favorites are by far Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[Cheryl]

Divine Rivals

[Annalee]

I can't choose between The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky

[Bella(✨❤️Hopeful Romantic❤️✨)]

Well, I reread the Hunger Games series(for the tenth time) to prepare for the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie. Still one of the best book series.

[Karly]

The Trap - Catherine Ryan Howard

[rina]

definitely six of crows or dune messiah

[Gerald]

Deep Work by Carl Newport

[Charlene]

Carrying Independence. Read for a book club and NEVER would have chosen it, but it was very good - lots of American history in the Revolutionary War.

[Graciela]

Black AF History by Michael Harriot. Outstading!

[Rosie]

I really enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. It got 11/10 for me. Also in Graphic Novels, In, was beautiful, another 11/10. I am doing a 100 book in 2023 challenge and am up to 97. I have read some great books this year, and some duds. Square of Sevens got 9.5/10. If you love twists, you should love that book.

[~☆~Autumn]

Ilaria wrote: "Fourth wing!"

I agree Fourth Wing is the best one.

[Justine]

I can’t choose !! I have a top three: The House in the Cerulean Sea (TJ Klune); Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros); Divine Rivals (Rebecca Ross)

[emiley ‧₊˚ 𓂃౨ৎ]

I am a romance girlie at heart and something abt Archer's Voice and for like fantasy... fourth wing ikik its iver hyped but I loved it lmao

[Bee]

really hard to choose one:

I just finished the invisible life of Addie Lauru and loved it!

[Bee]

Li

[Laura]

Under the Whispering Door, followed closely by The Bone Orchard.

[Kasi]

Changing mine to good girl bad blood

holy shit that book ble my freaking mind.
Never thought I would cry over a crime.
And "he" deserved better.

[Lynn :)]

The book I'm currently reading. Winter, by Marissa Meyer. Truly a masterpiece!

[Erin]

Fourth Wing - I loved it. Counting down the days until Iron Flame!

[☆° alimxx °☆]

The Cruel Prince Trilogy (cos I cant pick one lol)

[RiRi]

the invisible life of addie larue ( I've read so many great books this year and can't just pick one)

[Lisa]

The Curse of the Dark Horseman by Kristina Stangl

The Curse of the Dark Horseman

[Simonfletcher]

Is would have to be Hummingbird Salamander by the master Jeff Vandermeer Hummingbird Salamander which I listened to on audiobook - LOVED this one.

Also A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth by Daniel Mason which was a total surprise, as I randomly picked it up from the library. A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth: Stories

And the short story collection by Karen Russell, Vampires in the Lemon Grove — wow, just wow. Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories

[Tandy]

Pen Pal by J.T Geissinger

[Francisco]

(English)

I'm now reading Cell written by Stephen King,...if you're into post-apocalyptic stuff, this is your book.

I really enjoyed reading The Alaska Sanders Affair written by Jöel Dicker.

(Español)

Estoy leyendo ahora Cell escrito por Stephen King,...si os va el rollo post-apocaliptico este es tu libro.

Disfrute mucho leyendo El Affair de Alaska Sanders escrito por Jöel Dicker

[Kevin]

Water by John Boyne

[[deleted user]]

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

just stunning, and there's dragons

[Jaded book lover 🤓]

No way I can do just one…..so here are four of my faves.

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (Psychological Thriller)
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez (Rom-Com)
Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann (Contemporary Romance)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini (Historical Fiction/Domestic Fiction)

[Milagros]

nosotros en la luna de Alice Kellen

[Keila (Taylor's Version)🇵🇸⸆⸉ ོ]

Nevermoor #3

[Deb]

I read Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and was just amazed at how beautifully written it is. I first listened to the audiobook, which was great, then read the text, because I wanted to be able to really focus on it.

[Laurel]

Lady Joker, Volume One (both volumes one and two) by Kaoru Takamura

[Kathleen]

looking for Alaska

[Zoya]

Mine is -Such Kindness- by Andre Dubus III.

Unfortunately, it does not seem to have garnered much attention…

[☆° alimxx °☆]

TCP TRILOGY

[Dhiral]

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid ❤️

[Pisces51]

"I KILL KILLERS" [2023] By S.T. Ashton

[Louisa]

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[Lindsey]

Mine is a tie between Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross and Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew. Both made me cry, but I cannot get the stories out of my head!!!

[Kayla ✧♥︎]

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Basically Salem witch trials. Absolutely LOVED it.

The Darkness Outside Us
Sci-fi, thriller, romance (very little, but there). The story was unreal and unexpected. I went in thinking cheesy romance, boy was I wrong.

[Amberb03]

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, is at the top. There's too many to choose! Hello Beautiful, Pine River, Out on a Limb....

[High Lady Of The Night Court]

It Ends With Us

[Dee]

A toss-up between The Disordered Cosmos and The Golden Ticket--both are expressively written, compelling in their messaging, and written by women.

[Sapphir]

Returning Home to Her by Jutta Swietlinski - a romantic, heartfelt, dramatic, insightful, profound read!

[Vida_]

Giovanna by Victoria Arrow ❤️ Loved it