i finished 150 books this year (mostly under 300 pages), thanks to my kindle! this is the most i’ve ever read. my goal was to finish 1 book lol. but cutting out social media and tv helped a lot. i definitely feel less depressed and anxious.
anyways, here are my top 23 books of 2023!
1. “on beauty” by zadie smith
2. “sorrow and bliss” by meg mason
3. “play it as it lays” by joan didion
4. “going to meet the man” by james baldwin
5. “the idiot” by elif batuman
6. “the mothers” by brit bennett
7. “the kite runner” by khaled hosseini
8. “fleabag” by phoebe waller bridge
9. “just kids” by patti smith
10. “devotion” by patti smith
11. “white teeth” by zadie smith
12. “song of solomon” by toni morrion
13. “black friend: essays” by ziwe
14. “normal people” by sally rooney
15. “piranesi” by susanna clarke
16. “the color purple” by alice walker
17. “happy place” by emily henry
18. “if we were villains” by m.l. rio
19. “kindred” by octavia butler
20. “mr salary” by sally rooney
21. “a raisin in the sun” by lorraine hansberry
22. “let me tell you what i mean” by joan didion
23. “either/or” by elif batuman
it’s not about the number of books that you finish. whether you finished 0 or 1 or 300, as long as you enjoyed yourself, that’s all that matters in the end! reading is not a competition, it’s a fun hobby!
like i said, i mostly read books under 300 pages because i just wasn’t able to handle more than that. i mostly read on my kindle, but i alternated between ebooks, audiobooks, and physical books. as long as the story is good, i really don’t care what the format is. i also am a really fast reader in general—and yes, i was still able to enjoy everything.
i would give my reading year 3.5 ⭐️ i mostly read really good books, but there were definitely a lot that i should have dnfd.
150 might seem excessive, but i’m really proud of myself for exploring different genres and authors!
also, just in case anyone is curious, the worst book that i read this year was “cleopatra and frankenstein.” i despise that so much 😭
by trailofglitter_