Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Favorite Books of 2023.
There were so many great ones! It’s hard to narrow my list down to just ten…
Consider this just a sampling of the great books I read in 2023!
1.. Wolfsong by TJ Klune: But really, the entire Green Creek series is my top reading experience of the year. I loved all four books, but Wolfsong holds an especially strong place in my heart. After all, it’s all candy canes and pinecones and epic and awesome. (review)
… plus…
2. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center: The main character’s situation is like nothing I’ve ever read before. This book is fascinating and entertaining and lovely. (review)
3. Hard to pick just one T. Kingfisher book! I read three by this author in 2023, and these two are especially wonderful: (reviews here and here)
4. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree: The hype is real! This book has gotten so much buzz, and it’s all deserved. The cozy fantasy I never knew I needed. (review)
5. Whalefall by Daniel Kraus: This wins the prize for the weirdest thing I read all year… and yet, I still can’t get it out of my mind! (review)
6. A duo from a favorite series: Sleep No More (review) and The Innocent Sleep (review), books 17 and 18 in the excellent October Daye series by Seanan McGuire, were released one month apart in the fall, telling the same story from two different characters’ perspectives. Simply awesome.
7. Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer: Every once in a while, a Georgette Heyer novel is just right for the moment, and I absolutely loved reading Sprig Muslin this year. (review)
8. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto: This book made me laugh and kept me guessing. Just pure fun. (review)
9. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley: I loved this story of friendship across the years — beautiful and emotional and truly resonant. (review)
10. The Gunnie Rose series by Charlaine Harris: I hadn’t thought this would interest me, but after reading the first book (An Easy Death) early in the year with my book group, I couldn’t stop until I’d read all five (and I’m hoping for more!).
The rest of the best:
Who am I kidding? I can’t name just 10!! Here are other books from my 2023 reading adventures that I loved too much not to mention:
What were you favorite books of 2023? If you wrote a TTT post, please share your link!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Wolfsong and Legends & Lattes were in my top ten, too!
Such fantastic books! I know I’ll want to reread both at some point.
I adore the cover for Starter Villain. It’s perfect.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Starter Villain was one of the most purely fun reading experiences I had all year!
I like the cover art for the Wolfsong series. Whalefell is on my tbr.
My TTT:
I agree, the covers for the Wolfsong books are amazing! Whalefall is so strange, and really worth checking out!
Green Creek for the win!
YES!! Love those books so much.
Center’s book was so interesting and good. I’m glad it made your list. Happy 2024!
I’m glad you enjoyed Hello Stranger too! A great story, and so unique!
I still have to read Wolfsong, it has been top of mind lately. However, I always pick something else first.
Unfortunately, I had to DNF Legends & Lattes, it’s just not for me.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/01/02/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-and-most-surprising-books-of-2023/
Ah, too bad about Legends & Lattes! The Wolfsong series is now an all-time favorite for me.
I love the Gunnie Rose series and definitely hope that there are more to come.
I hope so! I haven’t seen any announcements… but fingers crossed!
So many great reads! Thanks for sharing! 🥂
Thank you! 2023 was a very good reading year 🙂
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking is a GREAT title!
And a good book too! 🙂
I haven’t read any of these, but a lot of them are on my TBR. I’m so glad you enjoyed them. Happy 2024!
https://jennielyse.com/top-ten-tuesday-43/
Happy New Year!
I read and loved so many of these books last year…and I have the first 4 books on your list on my TBR list for this year. I love that we read and enjoy so many of the same kinds of books. 😀
So nice to have so many books in common! Wishing you a great reading year in 2024!
HELLO, STRANGER has been on a bunch of lists today! I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve loved everything else I’ve read by Center so I’m sure this one will be a hit for me as well. I’m glad you loved it and all these others.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Katherine Center’s books have been must-reads for me for a while now, and Hello Stranger was extra special. (I’m actually reading one of her backlist books right now — really enjoyable)
Awesome list! I don’t even try to narrow my favorites down to 10 anymore, lol, although I do like the challenge of picking my top 5. I’m happy to see Whalefall on your list, I don’t think I’ve seen it anywhere else, which really surprises me.
I have you to thank for Whalefall — I don’t know if I’d have come across it without your blog!! It’s really impossible to narrow down lists of favorites, which I guess is a good sign of how much I enjoyed my reading in 2023.
Lol! Not surprised to see Wolfsong lead the list. And oh man! Starter Villain was such a fun read!
Starter Villain was a total blast!
So many of these books are on my TBR. I hope I like them as much as you did.
I hope so too! 🙂
I loved Float Plan, but that’s the only book I’ve read from your list. I love those TJ Klune book titles.
The TJ Klune books are amazing. Have you read the two other books related to Float Plan? I really enjoyed them all.
I’ve read the second one, still waiting for my library hold for the third one.
I hope it comes in soon! I really liked it.