23 Books I Read In 2023 That I Can't Recommend Enough

23 Phenomenal Books I Read in 2023 by The Espresso Edition cozy bookish blog

While I read over 250 titles in 2023, 23 books really stood out to me. I’m so happy to be sharing my annual favorites wrap-up!

Another fantastic year of reading has come and gone. Can you believe that we’ve welcomed 2024 already? It blows my mind! I had such a delightful time scrolling through my StoryGraph account to narrow down my very favorite 23 books of 2023. This was much easier for me than it has been in years past, shockingly enough. I kicked off the year with almost entirely rereads in January, read much more intentionally through the other months, and primarily stuck with books I had great faith that I would love. These things helped me so much when it came time to pick my very favorites.

Rather than just showing a couple of my five star reads from each month, I wanted to focus on the 23 books that really meant something to me throughout the year. The following titles are still listed in (roughly) the order I read them and they’re the ones that continued to stick like glue to my brain no matter how much time passed. I’m still thinking about all of them on a regular basis. I even reread several of them within the year. They’re the books that impacted me and I hope that encourages you to pick them up as well!

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While I read over 250 titles in 2023, 23 books really stood out to me. I’m so happy to be sharing my annual favorites wrap-up!

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My Top 23 Books of 2023

Begin Again

by Emma Lord

Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give #0)

by Angie Thomas

Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1)

by Maureen Johnson

Funny Feelings

by Tarah Dewitt

The Neighbor Favor

by Kristina Forest

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1)

by Travis Baldree

The Tea Dragon Society (The Tea Dragon Society #1)

by K. O’Neill

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Happy Place

by Emily Henry

Painted Devils (Little Thieves #2)

by Margaret Owen

Bring Me Your Midnight

by Rachel Griffin

When in Rome (When in Rome #1)

by Sarah Adams

The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power #1)

by V.E. Schwab

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0.5)

by Travis Baldree

The Night Fox

by Ashley Wilda

Business or Pleasure

by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Foxglove (Belladonna #2)

by Adalyn Grace

The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Second Chance Year

by Melissa Wiesner

Gone Wolf

by Amber McBride

Babel: An Arcane History

by R.F. Kuang

The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young

Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date (Bright Falls #3)

by Ashley Herring Blake

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