My Top 10 Books of 2023 📚

A top 10 list of the best books I read in 2023, with 10 honourable mentions.

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✨ Timestamps ✨
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Honourable Mentions
3:15 Top 10 Books of 2023

✨ Books Mentioned ✨
The Snow Girl by Sophie Anderson
Rainbow Grey: Battle for the Skies by Laura Ellen Anderson
It's Alive! It's Alive! by R. L. Stine
The Tale of the Campfire Vampires by Clayton Emery
Attack on Titan Volume 1 by Hajime Isayama
Killing Stalking by Koogi
Shiver by Junji Ito
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Night Sun by Zin E. Rocklyn
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 1 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki & You Shiina
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Black Iris by Elliot Wake
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

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[PokhrajRoy.]

Gavin being honest and vulnerable about reading year

[sophiaisabelle]

We appreciate your effort and hard work. You'll always have our support.

[LeaJ.A.]

I'm a bit sad that Gavin didn't look super enthusiastic about neither of the books, but I feel it. My reading year was kind of meh too... hoping for a better 2024 for everyone

[kimbberghuis]

My favorites of 2023:
1. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2. Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
3. The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
5. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
6. Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn
7. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
8. Hellbent by Leigh Bardugo
9. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
10. And then there were none by Slagatha Christie 😁

[mn]

I’m so excited to see you happier and healthier next year, Gav! It’ll be so fun growing with you and the community you’ve built! I still want to go on a trip with you and the rest of us so that’s definitely a future goal! Here’s to a better year for all of us ❤️🫶🏼

[CementFrosting]

gav's mugs of coffee always look divine. I'm so reading the lie of lock lamoura after this

[KristinKravesBooks]

I love seeing the mix of genres in your favourites!!

[jessethereader]

ahh i've been wanting to read ascendance of a bookworm! so glad you loved it. has me even more excited for it!

[Angeleyes]

My favorites of 2023: I didn't get to read a lot this year (15 books) but hoping to change that for next year.
1. Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
2. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
3. The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
4. Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
5. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
6. Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
7. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
8. The Thorns Remain by J.J.A. Harwood
9. Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller
10. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

[KittyAndTheBooks]

I just wanted to thank you again for all of your amazing haunted places vlogs. They helped me so much while I was sick this year, they took my mind off things and were so entertaining!

[InfinitexLibrary]

Love your hoodie btw <3 Any reading year, no matter if it's full of quality OR quantity is a valid one. Take care of yourself, my dude and be easier on yourself in 2024!

[stegobookosaurusrawr]

Hazel Blye and the Deep Blue Sea was one of my favourites of the year - it's taught me so much about healthy grieving and the magical realism was just perfect. but Mermedusa was a definite close runner up! Oh to live in Eerie on Sea

[gailsgrandplan]

The Whistling by Rebecca Netley was my favourite book of the year. The narrator on the audiobook really made it fantastic for me. Also, the Ghost Woods by CJ Cooke is what I’m reading now and loving it.

[ladylovesteadreads]

my favorites: Legendborn and Bloodmarked, What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall, the Devil's Night series by Penelope Douglas, Night Shift by Kiare Ladner, Mooncakes, Nomadland by Jessica Bruder, White Horse by Erika T. Wurth and several more! Here's hoping your 2024 reading year is the best yet. xoxo

[eyreheadrebekah]

So pleased to see Junji Ito on your list! I gave a few of these books on my tbr so I will be bumping them up to the top 😊 Godkiller and Morgan is My Name are currently at the top of my list of best books I read this year.

[krisprepolec]

That was my favourite book of last year as well! I can’t wait for the next one, and for the Australian movie/limited series.

[LauraAbbd]

We have the same number one ! Also yes it has such a similar feeling to knives out (which I loved too)

[Christopher_Navo]

I'm still compiling my list as I have a feeling my current read Howling Dark will make it on there. I'll be starting the new arc of Red Rising with Iron Gold in 2024. Some cool-sounding books here to add to the TBR. -Cheers Gavin!

[thatcheesyscrub]

YES! So happy you finally read red rising! The next few are much better!

[Laura-bkes]

my reading year was kind of meh too. i read books that i liked but i feel like i was less motivated. i was also sick a lot this year. wishing you the best for 2024 and always!