Hello fellow readers! I hope you’re doing well. It took me forever to finally post this. 2023 was a great reading year for me. I finally finished The Wheel of Time and it has become my all-time favourite Fantasy series. I debated whether I would include my preferred Wheel of Time books in my top 23 and decided it makes sense to me that my most-liked reads get a spot, even if they are part of a series. I’ve learned more about the genres I enjoy best and finally read some books that have been on my TBR for a long time.
Books Read: 72
DNF (did not finish): 0
Number of Pages: 25,373
Average Book Length: 352 pages
Average Rating: 3.9
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Top 23 Books I read in 2023
Counting down to my #1 favourite book I read in 2023.
Title: Closer by Sea
Author: Perry Chafe
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Newfoundland
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Title: Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Genre: Dystopian, Classic
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Title: Slaughterhouse-Five
Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Genre: Classic, Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi
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Title: Thornhedge
Author: T. Kingfisher
Genre: Novella, Fantasy, Retelling
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Title: Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7)
Author: Seanan McGuire
Genre: Novella, YA, Fantasy, LGBT+
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Title: Winter’s Heart (The Wheel of Time #9)
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time #7)
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: Ducks
Author: Kate Beaton
Genre: Graphic Novel, Nonfiction, Memoir
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Title: Begin Again
Author: Emma Lord
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
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Title: Homecoming
Author: Kate Morton
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
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Title: And the Walls Came Down
Author: Denise Da Costa
Genre: Literary Fiction, Canadian
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Title: The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo #3)
Author: Keigo Higashino
Genre: Mystery
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Title: Trust
Author: Hernan Diaz
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Title: Bunny
Author: Mona Awad
Genre: Horror
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Title: The Drift
Author: C.J. Tudor
Genre: Horror
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Title: We Spread
Author: Iain Reid
Genre: Horror
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Title: Rouge
Author: Mona Awad
Genre: Horror
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Title: Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time #11)
Author: Robert Jordan
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time #12)
Author: Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time #13)
Author: Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time #14)
Author: Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Title: And Then She Fell
Author: Alicia Elliott
Genre: Horror, Indigenous, Canadian
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Title: Monstrilio
Author: Gerardo SΓ‘mano CΓ³rdova
Genre: Horror
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And Then She Fell and Monstrilio are a very close first and second place finish for me. Some of these books may be in a different spot on a different day, but those two are the standouts. I can’t stop thinking or talking about both of them.
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