Hi guys! As the end of the year is approaching… what have been your top 3 books for 2023? I want to hear about your favorites/most memorable reads across all genres that you finished this year.
Mine are as follows…:
- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll: It was so good I stayed in bed on a Saturday night eating ice cream with my phone on DND to finish the last 100 pages in one sitting lmao.
- The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: first book that made me cry in a while.
- Still Life by Louis Penny: these books are such a vibe and I love how they are so immersive. It’s like a mini adventure-vacation to Quebec every time I read any of the novels from this series, but this one was the first one that got me totally hooked!
Notable mention: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
Posting before we enter December so that this racks up a loooong list of recommendations to check out for 2024.
To echo others, it’s hard to pick 3. I don’t think I read anything published this year but here are my top 3 read:
The Stories of Ray Bradbury. A collection of 100 ( I think?) of his best stories. He’s just so good - incredible prose, unique ideas, and very accessible. He’s just a regular guy writing about regular things (aside, of course, from the sci fi/fantasy/horror elements) and that makes his stories so much more moving and terrifying.
I just finished Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr and it was beautiful, moving, brilliant in its weaving of timelines and storylines and characters. I also read All the Light We Cannot See this year and really enjoyed it, as well.
Letters from a Shipwreck in the Sea of Suns and Moons by Raymond St. Elmo. Pure fantastical adventure with a beautiful romance woven throughout. It’s wild ride of gorgeous prose, unusual form, and unreliable narration. Has become an all-time favorite for me and I highly recommend it if you like that sort of thing.