Welcome to my wrap-up for the entirety of my 2023 reading, which I’m posting well before the end of 2024. We’ve got lots of stats as well as lots of favorites, so let’s get into it.

Stats

Total books read: 111

Total pages read: 35,850

Longest book: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros – 640p

Shortest book: The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – 43p

Average book length: 322p

Most popular (on Goodreads): The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (re-read) – shelved 2,563,172 times

Least popular (on Goodreads): The Veil by Rachel Harrison (short story) – shelved 1,596 times

Average Goodreads rating: 4.0 stars

Highest rated book on Goodreads: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (4.60 stars on average)

 

Top 10 Favorite books of 2023:

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (historical fantasy); Babel by R. F. Kuang (historical fantasy); Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell (science fiction romance); Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (satirical contemporary/literary fiction).

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (nonfiction); Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (nonfiction); The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (fantasy); Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrision (horror).

And I Do Not Forgive You by Amber Sparks (fabulist short story collection); Delphi by Clare Pollard (contemporary literary fiction).

Runner-Up Favorites of 2023

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (fantasy romance); Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (YA fantasy romance); La Petite Mort by Olivie Blake (contemporary fantasy); The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (fabulism).

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (YA contemporary romance); Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (contemporary romance); Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey (holiday romance); I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (mystery).

Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews (urban fantasy/paranormal romance); Bad Dolls by Rachel Harrison (horror short story collection).

 

Longest books I read in 2023

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows – 544p

Babel by R. F. Kuang – 544p

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – 528p

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell – 480p

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten – 480p

The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy by Megan Bannen – 448p

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai –  438p

 

Best sequels

Favorite romance

Favorite YA

Favorite nonfiction

Short stories read in 2023

New-to-Me Authors Whose 2024 Releases I’m Excited For

Most disappointing

Jane Austen retellings

Fairytale retellings