Top Books Of 2023
Hey y'all! I'm here to drop a few book recs for 2023. So far, these are my top 5 star books. I haven't actually read a lot of new 5 star books this year--I have a ton of nonfic/classic/for-school 5-stars, but those don't really count. So here are my top five fiction reads for this year--almost all of which are indie (!!)--and I'll be dropping any further top books in my Year-End wrapup!
Illuminare by Bryn Shutt
magical music//duel of the arts//FANTASY VENICE//a thousand masks//5 stars and absolute perfection
A Name Long Buried by C.M. Banschbach
motorcycles in the West//that cover is Monument Valley, come on//fantasy Western//found family (in multiple ways)//5 stars and a perfect sequel
Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow
sci-fi game show//family bonds//sci-fI DOG//interplanetary stuffs//Hunger Games vibes!!//5 stars
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
magical typewriters//rivals to lovers//absolutely gorgeous prose//mythology!//book 2 comes out in December and I can't WAIT//5 stars
Of Sea and Smoke by Gillian Bronte Adams
MAGIC HORSES//multiple POVs//huge cast//epic fantasy done right//the THEMES//5 stars
5-star memoirs/nonfic:
Surprised by Joy//C.S. Lewis
What is a Girl Worth?//Rachael Denhollander
Becoming Free Indeed//Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Munich, 1938//David Faber
2 comments
Oh boy, I liked your post so much that I had to run off and write my own! https://kmcarrollblog.wordpress.com/2023/12/04/my-top-5-best-reads-of-2023-and-the-bottom-3-worst/
ReplyDeleteI still haven't read Divine Rivals. *sobs* It's EVERYWHERE. I swear, I'm never gonna catch up with BookTok.
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