Best Books of 2023 – A Year in Review

Every year, at the end of the year, I look back on all the books I have read the year before and list my favorites overall. This year, my goal was again 100 books. I made it slightly above goal. The added bonus of this post is that you don’t have to bother to read any of my other posts over the course of the year. I celebrated the 10th anniversary of the blog in November (though I forgot to actually celebrate). This year I had six 5-star books and twenty 4.5-star choices.

2023 reading stats:

Books finished: 119
Fiction: 103 (87%)
Non-fiction: 28 (13%), including 11 memoirs
Authors of color: 23 (19%)
Male/Female authors: 91 female (77%), 26 male (22%)
Audiobooks: 18
Average rating: 3.9
Repeat authors: 46 (39%)

5-Star Books