2023 TOP OF THE BOOKS (your Top 5 or Top 10 Books in 2023)

[Annie]

My top ten of this year, culled from a long list!

Fourth Wing- by Rebecca Yarros

The Alchemists of Loom series- by Elise Kova

Finlay Donovan series- by Elle Cosimano

Meru- by S. B. Divya

The Book Charmer- by Karen Hawkins

Atlas: the story of Pa Salt (ending to a series I loved)- by Lucinda Riley

My Roommate is a Vampire

The Raging Quiet (beautiful little book)

Dark Rise and Dark Heir- by C. S. Pacat (dying for the next one and wish I knew how many books are still coming)

In the Lives of Puppets- by T. J. Klune

[Miriam]

(1) Yellowface by R.F Kuang
(2) Maame by Jessica George
(3) The man who died twice by Richard Osman
(4) The next person you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
(5) Happy place by Emily Henry
(6) When in Rome by Sarah Adams
(7) Killers of a certain age by Deanna Raybourn
(8) Sweet talk by Cara Bastone
(9) Charm offensive by Alison Cochrun
(10) Yours truly by Abby Jimenez

[Miriam]

Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (accidentally deleted the author’s surname)

[Brittany]

This is 12 sorry I couldn’t eliminate past this. I read 80 books this year and these 12 were my absolute favorite. In no particular order bc I would have to process the order forever 🤣

1) The Once Upon a Broken Heart Series by Stephanie Garber

2) What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

3) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

4) Greenlight by Matthew McConaughey

5)Animal by Lisa Taddeo

6) Circe by Madeline Miller

7) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

8) From Blood and Ash Series by Jennifer Armentrout (I got through 1-3 this year and just started Flesh and fire series as an add in)

9) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (MUCH better than the HBO mini series)

10)The Stationery Shop by Marian Kamali

11) Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

12) Caraval by Stephanie Garber

[Megan]

Hello I am newer to the group, I am hoping to be more involved in 2024. My books I read this year were just ok. Hoping to get some more variety with this group, as I have a hard time finding a in person book club. Here are my top 5 for 2023.
1. The Other Einstein
2. The Silent Wife
3-5. The Foundation Trilogy

[LiteraryCryptid]

Ooof, this is a tough list to make. . . With over 90 books read I've got a tough time narrowing it down to 10, but here it goes.

1) Legends & Lattes - Top Fantasy
2) Yellowface - Top Fiction
3) Heartstopper: Volume One - Top Teen Graphic Novel
4) Artificial Condition - Top Sci-Fi
5) A Psalm for the Wild-Built
6) The Well of Lost Plots
7) Frizzy
8) Hooky
9) An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - Top Mystery
10) Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Top Teen novel

[Kayenne]

Not in specific order Top-5:
The Pumpkin Spice Café
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Snowed In For Christmas
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
La jeune fille et la nuit

Not in specific order rest to the Top-10:
The Midnight Library
You Deserve Each Other
Love, Theoretically
Terms and Conditions
The Party Crasher

[Angela M]

Hard to pick 10. Here is my year in review listing all my
favorites.2023 on Goodreads My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jubilee]

These are my top 10 books for 2023! Side note: my favorite genres are romance and mystery so a lot of my books are based on those.
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
2. The Upside of Falling
3. The Naturals (only read the first book)
4. Five Survive
5. Better than the Movies
6. Pretty Funny for a Girl
7. Call it want you want
8. Letters to the Lost
9. The Summer I Turned Pretty (the whole series)
10. You’ve reached Sam

[Sophie]

Starter Villain by John Scalzi
The Cat who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
White Silence by Jodi Taylor
Falling for a Stranger by Barbara Freethy
Be the Serpent by Seanan Maguire
Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Death of a Lady by Laura Martin
Hogfather by Terry Prachett
Babel by R F Kuang
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

I'm another one who can't follow instructions so has given you 12 options.

[Melindam]

No worries, if you have more than 10 top books, don't hold back. :)

[Ash_undercover]

My top 10:
1. Lessons in Chemistry
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
3. The Great Alone
4. Looking for Alaska
5. Under the Whispering Door
6. The House in the Cerulean Se
7. The Nightingale
8. The Orphan Collector
9. Hidden Pictures
10. The Chestnut Man

[Elise]

In no particular order, my top 5 books this year are below:

[Julie]

Shuggie Bain
Remarkably Bright Creatures (currently reading, love it so far)
None of This is True
The Art Thief
Hidden Pictures

[Sarah]

This was a good year for reading. My top five were:
1. Happy Place
2. Fourth Wing
3. Throne of Glass
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
5. Hello Beautiful

I was big on romantasy this year and starting new series.

[Erin]

My top five books of 2023 are:
1) Love, Theoretically, by Ali Hazelwood
2) Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross
3)People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
4)Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
5)Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert.

[Stacey]

My top 10 books (in no particular order, so hard to rank as they are all wonderful in different ways):

[Sherri]

My favorite reads from 2003:

1: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
4. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
5. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

[Michelle]

Not necessarily ranked, but some of my favorites of 2023 (not counting re-reads):

Lessons in Chemistry
The Golem and the Jinni
Mercy Thompson series
Will Trent series
Joe Pickett series
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series
Grant County
Harry Bosch series
Brothers Sinister series

[Lillskrutta]

My favourites of 2023, no ranking.

The witch doesn't burn in this one / Amanda Lovelace
Saga vol 10 / Brian K. Vaughan
Murder of crows (the Others 2) / Anne Bishop
Vicious (Villains 1) / V.E. Schwab
Queenie / Candice Carty-Williams
A red herring without mustard (Flavia de Luce 3) / Alan Bradley
Rent åt helvete / Elinor Torp
SpyxFamily 3 / Tatsuya Endo
Monstress 7: Devourer / Marjorie M. Liu
Snösystern: en julberättelse / Maja Lunde

[mulv]

Top 5 (no particular order)

A LITTLE LIFE by HANYA YANAGIHARA

MEDUSA by JESSIE BURTON

LITTLE BOXES by CECILIA KNAPP

THE MADONNA OF BOLTON by MATT CAIN

YELLOWFACE by R.F. KUANG

[Lauri]

This was really hard! I started with more than 30 books! Some books come into your life at a certain time for a special reason, don’t they?

Here are my Top Ten for 2023 in no particular order:

Crying in H Mart
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
The Language of Flowers
One Last Stop
Educated
Recursion
Hokuloa Road
One Italian Summer
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
11/22/63

[Zoey12]

My top 5 for 2023:
1. P.S. I Like You by West Kasie
2. Comics Will Break Your Heart by Hick, Faith Erin
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Jackson, Holly
4. Cold-Hearted Rake by Kleypas, Lisa
5. Frost by Kozlowsky, M.P

[Glenn]

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

[Jade]

Top pick for each of my favorite genres.

[Zoe]

In 2023 I felt like I was finally finding which genre I like! These books are some of my favorite ever!

1. Keeper Of The lost cities- I've just finished the series as soon as New Year started and I can hardly wait until November for the next book!
2. Wings Of Fire! - It's action filled and has a well-built world!
3. Wolves of Elementa - It may be written by just a fifteen year old and isn't very popular, but it's a brilliant series!
4. Little House in The Big woods - It's very interesting to see what it was like only a century ago and how we've progressed!
5. Orphan Island - It's a great heart-warming book!

[stella]

you guys, should i read icebreaker?! like was it good?!