This year, I set a goal to read 75 books, and I achieved this goal by reading 80 titles (107%), not meeting the personal-record-setting 90 of 2022 (so my comparison math is a little defeating ha). This was the year of the audiobook. Not only did I read a lot of audiobooks, but I also listened to audiobooks while reading physical copies. Books that were a combination, I counted as physical books with pages. I read 32 print titles (-5) and 1 e-book (-6 – sorry, Kindle) for a total of roughly 11,959 pages (-1,772). I listened to 47 audio titles (+1) for a total of 465 hours and 44 minutes (+39h31m). There were 6 rereads. The average length is 345 pages. Let’s see how I do in 2024!

Star Ratings
5⭐: 10
4⭐: 36
3⭐: 32
2⭐: 2
DNF: 1
Average: 3.7

Print/Ebook
Longest: The Winners (671 pages)
Shortest: Dead Poets Society (133 pages)

Audiobook
Longest: Age of Vice (19h 28m)
Shortest: Calypso’s Guest (53m)

Top Ten Books Published in 2023
• Tom Lake
• Stone Blind
• Wellness
• Chain-Gang All-Stars
• Forget Me Not
• Fourth Wing
• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
• The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
• The Dos and Donuts of Love
• Yellowface

Top Ten Books Published Before 2023
• Demon Copperhead
• The Office BFFs
• All My Rage
• Lessons in Chemistry
• The Roughest Draft
• The Winners
• Young Mungo
• The Marriage Portrait
• Upgrade
• El Deafo

Honorable Mentions
• The Celebrants
• Meet Me at the Lake
• Hello Beautiful
• Eli Over Easy
• The Writing Retreat