The year isn’t quite over yet, but my list of books that I could actually finish reading before 2023 wraps up is DEFINITELY complete 😉 While Light Bringer by Pierce Brown absolutely won the top spot, the ones pictured above were my favorite reads/re-reads of 2023!

I was able to knock out *40* books this year – here’s the full list, with three stars marking my 12 faves and one star denoting the reads that I enjoyed but that didn’t quite make it into the top 12…

New Orleans Carnival Krewes by Rosary O’Neill
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Martin Eden by Jack London
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown***
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree***
Our Hawaii by Charmian London*
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington***
Dark Age by Pierce Brown***
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson***
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins*
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown***
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins*
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook by Brandon Sanderson
The Battle Drum by Saara el-Arifi***
Seven Devils by Elizabeth May & L.R. Lam***
Sons of Ares vol. 1 by Pierce Brown
Sons of Ares vol. 2 by Pierce Brown
Sons of Ares vol. 3 by Pierce Brown
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins*
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown (yes, again, no shame lol)
Gentle Writing Advice by Chuck Wendig
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson***
Seven Mercies by Elizabeth May and L.R. Lam***
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon*
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King*
The Sunlit King by Brandon Sanderson*
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree***
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King*
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
I’m Glad by Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy***
Wool by Hugh Howey*
Spare by Prince Harry*
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
Shift by Hugh Howey*
The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Note: I did in fact keep a list of the books I read in 2022 and shared my top 12 (of the 37 that I read) on social media, but as the end of last year was a crazy whirlwind (ha, as if this year has been/is going to be any different) I didn’t think to post that list here on my blog. So here’s last year’s list, ya know, for posterity’s sake and all 😉

Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft***
Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer
The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft***
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson*
Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin*
Lonely Planet Maui Guidebook
The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft***
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin*
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin*
Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin*
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi*
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton*
The Lost World by Michael Crichton*
Congo by Michael Crichton*
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi*
Sword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi*
Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast***
Malice by Heather Walter
Cold Falling White by G.S. Prendergast***
The Final Strife by Saara el-Arifi***
Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott*
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink*
The Naming by Alison Croggon
Red Rising by Pierce Brown***
Golden Son by Pierce Brown***
Morning Star by Pierce Brown***
Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin***
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid***
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Jack London: An American Live by Earle Labor*
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King*