The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

At the end of 2023, looking back, what were your Top 5 or Top 10 books of the Year? Care to Share?

My top 10 books this year have to be:

1.) Beneath The Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
2.) Out Of The Easy by Ruta Sepetys
3.) These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
4.) This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
5.) The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
6.) One Piece Vol. 1 by Eiichiro Oda
7.) In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead
8.) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9.) I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark
10.) Little Eve by Catriona Ward

what are yours? xD

Thank you for sharing, Jennifer. I will add my top books tomorrow. :)

You're welcome! Thanks for making this thread! And I'll keep an eye out for it! (:

My faves this year (in order of reading) were:

1. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
2. The Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
4. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
5. I can’t think straight by Shamin Sharif
6. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
7. If you want to make God laugh by Bianca Marais
8. The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
9. Hum if you don’t know the words by Bianca Marais

Looking forward to everyone else’s favourite reads this year!

Elinor, thank you for sharing your TOP (10) 9. 🥰

Based on your and Sammy's recommendation, I have purchased Orphan X at the Audible December sale. Looking forward to listening to it in 2024 (probably for UNO😉).

Here is my 2023 TOP OF THE BOOKS

1. The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett

2. by Ian Nathan
3. by Paula Byrne
4. by Rosamunde Pilcher
5. by Paul Gallico
6. by Claire Tomalin
7. The Graphic Audio production of The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews, Books 1-4

8. by Ernle Bradford
9. by Lucy Worsley
10. The Others series by Anne Bishop

1.A Study in Drowning
2. Confessions
3. The Last Thing He Told Me
4. The Bridge from Me to You
5. Words Composed of Sea and Sky
6. A Stranger in the House
7. Anastasia's Secret
8. They All Fall Down
9. A Thousand Heartbeats
10. What's Not to Love

well, I went through each month, to get to a list of about 20, and from that am picking out these, in no particular order (beyond the date I read them in!)












special author shout-outs to Uzma Jalaluddin and T. Kingfisher

Here are mine:



and an honorable mention to this entire series. It's not amazing but it's such fluff that it made me so joyous to read --

Thank you Itn, Cat & Stacie. :)

I had 24 5-star books in 2023 so I've selected 10 of those:

1. White Smoke by John Gilstrap
2. Storm Watch by C.J. Box
3. The Instructor by T.R. Hendricks
4. Breakneck by Marc Cameron
5, Forgotten War by Don Bentley
6. Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose
7. The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening Spiral-bound Monty Don by Monty Don
8. Wide Awake by Steven Konkoly
9. Laws of Annihilation by Eriq La Salle
10. Payback in Death by J.D. Robb

Thank you for sharing your list, Pam. :)

Not counting the many 5 star re-reads I went through this year...

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The only other non re-read 5 star books were short stories and a couple of mid-series Orphan X books.

Melindam wrote: "Elinor, thank you for sharing your TOP (10) 9. 🥰

Based on your and Sammy's recommendation, I have purchased Orphan X at the Audible December sale. Looking forward to listening to i..."

I wasn't expecting to love that series as much as I do, and I couldn't tell you why I love it so much, but I do, lol.
Hope you'll enjoy it too. 😁

ETA: I thought the first book was great, but on the whole it's one of those series that just gets better. I'm generally stingy with my 5 star ratings, but several in the series ended up with exactly that.

Well, I am very excited to start. :)

Glad we share "Anything you can imagine" in our top books for 2023. :)

It was such a great read! Can't wait for february and my annual LotR movie marathon 😁

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some great stuff here, adding to 2024 TBR :)

had spent some time this morning picking favourites from 2023,
and landed on 16 books out of 51 five star ratings

guess I'm going to have to get serious,
how to pick just 10...?

😅

Andy, let's have your sweet 16 list .... I am curious. :)

in no particular order
Eventide by Kent Haruf
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Marzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Foster by Claire Keegan
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey by Michael Collins
Duffy and Son by Damien Owens

Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

I have so many Alastair Reynolds books I should really read one of these years 😁

The name rings a bell, I am sure my husband has some of his books.

I've read 15 books, these are my top 5:

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms has been on my TBR for a while. Hopefully I'll get round to reading it in 2024. :)

Top five....
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Yolk
House of Earth and Blood
The Measure
Six of Crows

I like this much better than the Goodreads 'best of'. I feel like that's a popularity contest, rather than a book content contest.

Teri, this is about you and your reading experience. Thank you for sharing.

1) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2) Butter Honey Pig Bread
3) The Long Run
4) A House with Good Bones
5) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
6) The House in the Cerulean Sea
7) Tress of the Emerald Sea
8) Thornhedge
9) Immortal Longings
10) Fake Dates and Mooncakes

I don’t have official but I
Liked:

The measure
A woman is no man
And Me before you

My top 10 (in no particular order):

1) Exhalation
2) The Secret History
3) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
4) Anna Karenina
5) Pride and Prejudice
6) Crying in H Mart
7) Violets
8) Human Acts
9) The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
10) The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

my top 10 books of 2023!!!

1. great circle by maggie shipstead
2. the silent patient by alex michaelides
3. happy place by emily henry
4. hello stranger by katherine center
5. scythe by neal shusterman
6. almond by won pyung sohn
7. everything i know about love by dolly alderton
8. me before you by jojo moyes
9. malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid
10. carrie soto is back by taylor jerkins reid

In random order

1. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
2. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
4. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This honestly is not easy, but checking back on all the things I read this year I picked the following:



It seems I had a thing for drama this year. :'D

Whatever suits your mood. ;)

MY TOP TEN

These are in fact the only books i gave 5 starts to this year

1. Rubbernecker
2. Isaac and the Egg
3. Go as a River
4. The Collected Regrets of Clover
5. The Secret History
6. Desperation in Death
7. Below the Big Blue Sky
8. The Bookbinder of Jericho
9. Water
Our Missing Hearts

I hated to leave #6 off so here’s my top 6 in no particular order.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

Ok let's do this!!!! And as much as I want too I can not put these in any sort of order.

Initiation - Yes this is smutty smut smut smut... but like it is seriously consent driven kink, it was legit refreshing to read.

The Mercies - I was so sad when this book ended. I want another book to follow up on these characters. I was so invested that I just wept at not knowing how their lives continued.

Man o' War - A beautiful coming of age story of a young trans man. And i learned a lot about sea creatures too.

Daisy Darker - Welp... didn't expect that twist.....

Stone Butch Blues - This should be required reading for any member of the lgbtqia... i will die on that hill.

Kayt, nobody's here to judge! Glad you enjoyed your book choices. :)

This was a great year for book selections:

1. Gentleman in Moscow
2. Persepolis (the Complete)
3. Maus (The Complete)
4. I must Betray You
5. Mad Honey
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
7. Lincoln Highway
8. Out of the Easy
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
10. The Vineyard We Knew

My Top 10 are in no particular order:

1. Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

2. 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag

3. Blacklands by Belinda Bauer

4. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

5. Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren

6. Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman

7. The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson

8. The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft

9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

10. Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq

Hello everyone, so many great recommendations :)
I tried but couldn't narrow it down to 10, so here are my favourite 15 of the year in no particular order:
1. Remarkable bright creatures
2. We begin at the end
3. Six of crows
4. Part of your world
5. Lola in the mirror
6. The last devil to die
7. The running grave
8. A fire endless
9. The tyranny of faith
10.Blood over bright haven
11. The spear cuts through water
12. Swordcatcher
13. The will of the many
14. The winter of the witch
15. Divine rivals
Happy Christmas to all who are celebrating!

My top 5 reads are:
1) Fourth Wing and Iron Flame
2) the Crown of oaths and curses
3) To kill a Mockingbird
4) Check & Mate
5) Love Theoretically

Dang this is hard... Umm my Top 10 are (in no particular order)
**Leaving out books that were re-reads this year**

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I read over 500 books so it was hard, and I have a few Honorable Mentions:

my top 10 books of this year:
1) The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
2) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
3) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
5) The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
6) Anna Karenina By Tolstoi
7) Verity by Colleen Hoover
8) Sunlight on Cold Water by Sagan
9) Puzzle by Thilliez
10) Emma by Jane Austin

Humour
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto

Romance
- Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Literary/Contemporary
- Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Sci-Fi
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Mystery
- Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano

Suspense/Thriller
- The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok

Magical Realism
- The Cartographer's by Peng Shepherd


Mid Fic
- Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly

YA Fic
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky

Non-Fic
- Atomic Habits by James Clear

Unique Premise
- The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
- Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

Favorite Series
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Elena wrote: "my top 10 books of this year:
1) The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
2) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
3) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4) [book:Proje..."

I've read the top 3 and I agree with you - wonderful books!

Hello everyone! I want to share my TOP 10 with you:

1st Place: Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie - I have mixed feelings about this book, but they are mostly very intense, like anger, sadness, amazement.
2nd Place: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins - This was probably the 4th time I had read this book, and it is still one of my favorites.
3rd Place: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling - J.K. is for me one of the most genius authors, and the 3rd book of Harry Potter series is just fantastic!
4th Place: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg - Fannie Flag is the queen of the timeline. And her book, as the film, brought me a lot of joy.
5thPlace: Verity, by Colleen Hoover - It has been months, and I still think about Verity quite often.
6th Place: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi - The princess of timeline has arrived!
7th Place: Assassinato no Expresso do Oriente, by Agatha Christie - This is your majesty herself, and this book is simply fantastic.
8th Place: The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri - This is one of those books that give you a lot to think about. Specially your privileges.
9th Place: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel - One of the most interesting Biographies I have ever read. More people should read about who was John Harrison.
10th Place: The Henna Artist, by Alka Joshi - This book made me travel to India, just with the way the story was narrated by its author.

My Top Ten:
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff
The aCovenant of Water - Abraham Verghese
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
A Children’s Bible - Lydia Millet
Tom Lake - Ann Pstchett
Godkiller - Hannah Kane
The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty
All The Beauty in the World - Patrick Brinkley