Favorite Books of 2023

Novels

The Death of Ivan Illych by Leo Tolstoy

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

On the Beach by Nevil Shute

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Hello Stranger by Kathleen Center

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Foster by Claire Keegan

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Nonfiction

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Bittersweet by Susan Cain

Great Short Books by Kenneth C. Davis

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

I Never Thought of It That Way by Mónica Guzmán

Got Your Number by Mike Greenberg

The Poetry Remedy by William Sieghart

Children's/YA Books

Huda F Cares by Huda Fahmy

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith

Chancy and the Grand Rascal by Sid Fleischman

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

Year-End Stats

Books Read: 250 

66 Kid Books/184 Adult Books

29 Recently-Published Novels

6 Science Fiction/Fantasy

11 Nature

12 Poetry

6 Books-About-Books

18 Classics

6 Spirituality

14 Happiness

28 Picture Books

16 Writing

8 Cookbooks

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.