Monday, January 8, 2024

End of 2023 Countdown of Favorite Books Read

 It's that time again! I read 68 books in 2023, missing my goal of 70...maybe next year!

I will share my favorite books of 2023, counting down to #1.

Top 16 Books Read:

The Sweetness of Water: Nathan Harris

All The Broken Places:John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas:John Boyne

Lucy by the Sea: Elizabeth Strout

Horse: Geraldine Brooks

The Other Einstein: Marie Benedict

The Secret Book of Flora Lea: Patti Callahan Henry

Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

Trust: Hernan Diaz

The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese

The Invisible Hour: Alice Hoffman

The River We Remember: William Kent Kruger

A Fall of Marigolds: Susan Meissner

Still Life: Louise Penny

In An Instant

Bewilderment: Richard Powers


Top 10 Books Read


All The Broken Places: John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: John Boyne

Lucy by the Sea: Elizabeth Strout

Horse: Geraldine Brooks

The Other Einstein: Marie Benedict

The Secret Book of Flora Lea: Patti Callahan Henry

Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

Trust: Hernan Diaz

The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese

The Invisible Hour: Alice Hoffman


Top 8 Books Read

[obviously, it's getting harder to eliminate any]


All The Broken Places: John Boyne

Lucy by the Sea: Elizabeth Strout

Horse: Geraldine Brooks

The Secret Book of Flora Lea: Patti Callahan Henry

Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

Trust: Hernan Diaz

The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese

The Invisible Hour: Alice Hoffman


Top 3 Books Read


All The Broken Places: John Boyne

Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese


Top 2 Books Read

[this is breaking my heart]

[can there be a tie?]

All The Broken Places: John Boyne

The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese


My Favorite Book Read in 2023


All the Broken Places by John Boyne




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