Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is the top 10 books I read in 2023. I read 200 books (exactly) and below are 12 of those books whittled down to ten and then ordered. I had a few surprises by doing it by favorite each month:
1) Though I did enjoy Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner, it was not on my mind as one of my top reads for 2023.
2) For some reason romcoms lost out completely (except for the one mentioned above and Hello Stranger) so I feel I should mention some stand out romcoms:
- Love Theoretically and Check and Mate – both by Ali Hazelwood
- Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
- The Love Plot by Samantha Young
3) From a total feeling standpoint – my top 3 would have been None of This is True, Fourth Wing, and Divine Rivals but just because of month read, Dreambound (an excellent book!) found itself in my top 3, which was a big surprise. But I will stand by it as it’s actually a more layered and poignant story than Fourth Wing.
10. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
9. The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon
8. Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher
7.Dead Man’s Hand by James J. Butcher
6. Nobody Puts RomComs in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman
5. Inheritance by Nora Roberts (Romantasy)
4. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (fantasy)
3. Dreambound by Dan Frey (speculative fiction)
2. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (fantasy)
AND
1. None of This is True by Lisa Jewell (thriller)
What are some of your top ten reads for 2023?
Here’s all my 5 star reads from 2023:
45 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday | Top Books of 2023”
I love the way you did this!!! It’s always so hard to choose! Divine Rivals is one I’m seeing everywhere & it’s been on my TBR cart for a while!
You must read Divine Rivals. You will love it!
Yes, I hope to get to it this month! I’m so hyped up.
Amazing list, Tessa! I also loved Benevolent society and I hope to read Rebecca Yarros books this year.
You are going to enjoy Fourth Wing!
Fantastic to see None of this is True as your top read. I loved it too!
I even loved it on audio which I never say!
I really like doing my top reads by month. I find it much easier to pick one out of 20+ books rather than 10 out of 200. I haven’t read None of this is true which is weird as I usually read Lisa Jewell’s books as soon as they come out. Have a great reading year in 2024.
You need to read or listen to it! It’s an excellent thriller!
Ooh, I have a few of these on my list! I reaaaally need to get to Fourth Wing, clearly; everyone’s talking about it!
My TTT.
You will love Fourth Wing. It’s addictively intense.
A friend was just talking to me about None of This is True at a NYE party. She was listening to it on audio and was looking forward to her long drive back home this week so she could finish it. Happy New Year, Tessa!
It is excellent on audio and that’s saying something coming from me. It’s such a good story!
Yeah, None of This is True will be on my list, too, along with Inheritance. Great list, Tessa, and thank you for Tilly as well💜
Such good books!
Divine Rivals was such a fantastic book! I need to relisten to it so I can get to Ruthless Vows.
I have Ruthless Vows – I just need to find time to read it. I’ve heard it’s excellent too!
We have Fourth Wing in common!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/01/02/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-and-most-surprising-books-of-2023/
We did! I went to your post and committed but I’m not sure if it went through. But anyway – Happy New Year, Laurie!
I love the way you styled this list! I also loved Tilly in Technicolor it was adorable. Here is my post https://paigesofnovels.com/2024/01/02/top-twenty-one-ten-tuesday-favortie-books-of-2023/.
Thank you! Tilly was such a good book 💕
You have read some amazing books.
I’ve been very lucky with my choices!
Divine Rivals was one of my top reads, too. I still need to read Fourth Wing and definitely need to prioritize it. Happy 2024!
You are going to love Fourth Wing!
I’ve read Lisa Jewel before so I can totally understand why hers what your favorite. I haven’t read NONE OF THIS IS TRUE yet but it’s on my TBR. I also love Rebecca Ross so I’m glad to see her on your list. Happy 2024!
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You must read (or listen) to None of This is True. It’s so good!
You read some great books! I have to agree with you on Love Theoretically and Check and Mate – both by Ali Hazelwood, Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings, and The Love Plot by Samantha Young. I had so much fun with those.
I loved all of those so much. Such great reads!
200 books?!?! Wow, Tessa, when do you find time to sleep, LOL.
I imagine it was dreadfully hard to whittle that amount down to just 10, and especially your favorite.
I’ve heard good things about Lisa Jewel’s book. Great list.
Happy reading in 2024!
That Lisa Jewell book is so good. It’s especially good in audio book format. And I will never read 200 books in one year again!
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I’ve heard good things about NONE OF THIS IS TRUE. I love a good mystery/thriller, so I definitely need to check it out.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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It’s so good! You definitely should. It’s especially good in audio if you do audio books.
I love how you worked this list out and I think it’s something I want to try doing in 2024, if I can whittle down the monthly favourites to one this time! 😂 Jewel is such a popular writer, I’m very curious about her books. I hope 2024 will be an amazing reading year for you, Tessa!
Thank you Dini and I wish the same for you!
Fourth Wing seems to be everybody’s favorite. 🙂 I hope you have an awesome 2024.
It’s very intense and has dragons – two very addictive elements for a story.
My favorites included:
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.
The Dead Romantics.
The Silent Patient.
The Love Hypothesis.
And the Bridgerton and ACOTAR series.
Can’t wait to read some that you mentioned though!
They are all very good. And I loved The Love Hypothesis too. It was so good!
What a wonderfully diverse range of books you’ve read, Tessa, with some wonderfully colourful covers too! Here’s to more great reading in 2024!
Here is my TTT post of my favourite reads of 2023: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/%f0%9f%93%9a-my-favourite-books-of-2023-top-ten-tuesday/
Blessings, Jessica 💌
I thought your list was very diverse too. Such great reads!
I love your list, Tessa. I have so many of them on my TBR, I definitely need to move them up.
I think 2024 is going to be a particularly good reading year!
I really loved Love and Other words by Christina Lauren, Out on a Limb by Hannah BO Young, and The Kiss Quotient by Helena Hoang💕