Top 10 BEST Books of 2023 / Book Recommendations

It's time to reflect and make a top 10 of the best books I read in 2023 and I must say: it was hard! 2023 Has been an excellent reading year and I read some of my favorite books this year. So get comfortable and bring a pen, because I have some book recommendations for you!

Books in this video:

The Woman, The Mink, The Cod & The Donkey by Margerie Swash

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfah Katouh

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Yellowface by RF Kuang

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:27 Number 10
02:29 Number 9
03:24 Number 8
04:45 Number 7
05:53 Number 6
07:02 Number 5
09:07 Number 4
10:24 Number 3
12:27 Number 2
14:30 Number 1

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[cafeaulivre]

Wat was your best book in 2023? And do you (dis)agree with my top 10? Let me know down below and we'll talk books some more!

[outsider]

My favourite books of this year
1) A tree grows in Brooklyn
2) Anne of green gables
3) The secret history
4) One hundred years of solitude
5) Lie with me

[marslindman]

I love TJ Klune’s more recent novels, I’m so glad to hear Under the Whispering Door being talked about! That and The House in the Cerulean Sea got me back into reading.
My favorite this year was Circe!
Thinking about all the books to read next year has me very excited 📚

[irok]

My Favourite Reads of 2023:

1.Project Hail Mary ~ Andy weir

2.For one more day ~Mitch albom

3.The kite runner ~khaled Hosseini

[Ash_Lo]

I came across Piranesi in a free library and was immediately captured by the beautiful cover. Had no idea what I was walking into but it's a favorite read of the year for me as well.

[alyssacascos]

Under the Whispering Door is so good! I loved it! I actually loved The House in the Cerulean Sea even more so definitely read it asap! ❤️📚

[NadiaAbdulrahman-]

As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow was so good! A debut novel too!!♡♡ It was honestly so lovely, wholesome and beautiful, but tragic and harrowing and even shocking at multiple points. And honestly even as an Iraqi arab, that theoretically should know a lot about arab countries, I learned SO much about Syria, the war, the people and the cities... ughh I loved it so much! I hope more people educate themselves on Syria and different arab countries, and all their conflicts, wars, political issues and oppression.

[geenahm]

📚 Loved the video. Haven't read any of these yet, but def adding Piranesi to my list.

[tinat]

Your enthusiasm has made me put several books on my TBR that have been sitting on my shelf (almost forgotten). Thank you!

[NadxelisNarratives]

I’m so happy I found you! I love how you talk about your top books and appreciate that they are not all the same we see pushed out. Under the Whispering Door is one of my favorite books ever 😭 and I own As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow- I’m moving it way up my TBR list now!

[mariewhyte]

I love piranesi. It was a joy to read. Enjoyed under the whispering door.

[mariareadsssf]

So glad to see my favorite book of all times on your number 1 spot. With every re-read I can see myself more and more in Piranesi's charcter. I always return to "Piranesi" when I need the reminder that any prison can become a sanctuary.

[MaryJoHeadrick]

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was SO good!! It was one of my first books of the year and I have not stopped thinking about it since. I still need to read Piranesi!

[wybiecore]

I also loved As long as the lemon trees grows and Piranesi! Another one of my favs I read this year is The Grace Year. I rly recommend it!!

[_larax]

I clicked because we had so many favorites in common, and I'm so happy I found such a good content creator! I loved it!!! Will try Piranesi next year, I think

[SydBookWorrom]

i love seeing letters to a young poet, makes me so happy everytime!!!!

[kkk]

Okay, listening to how passionately you talk about these books, especially about the last one, I decided to give it a try to reading “Piranesi”🥰

[LunabirdBookclub]

Excellent choice for top pick! I read it the other year and could not put it down. Such a strange and wonderful story!

[janettebmUK]

I agree with your number one. Incredible book

[alicialunsford]

Just subscribed, we have a lot of favorites in common! My top 10 of 2023 (in no particular order): The Starless Sea, Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday, Piranesi, Project Hail Mary, The Martian, As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow, Swan Song, Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, and Under the Whispering Door.