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I love writing book-themed blog posts, so I am excited to write my favourite books of 2023! I set my reading goal for 40 books, as I had read 51 the year before. However, uni kept me extremely busy and stressed so I ended up reading 29 books. I don’t like not completing a challenge, but obviously, this is all for fun. I also set a goal on my bucket list to read 10 books I already owned which I didn’t manage to do either. Most of the books I own that I haven’t read are non-fiction and they take me a while to read. Instead, I read 3 books that I already owned.
1. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
I started off the year with a couple of books which I didn’t enjoy which led me to a bit of a reading slump! I’m always a bit sceptical of books that are very hyped up. But The Love Hypothesis was definitely one of my favourite books of the year. I really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend reading it if you haven’t already.
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2. Love On the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
As soon as I learnt that my friend had Love On the Brain, I wanted to read this ASAP! I also loved this book, though The Love Hypothesis is my favourite book that Ali Hazelwood has written.
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3. The Staycation by Cressida McLaughlin
I picked this book up from the charity shop and it ended up being one of my favourite books of 2023! A story about a travel agent who provides staycations in someone’s house who has been in an accident.
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4. Loathe To Love You by Ali Hazelwood
This is a collection of three short stories in one book, each connecting to the others.
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5. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
I really loved Book Lovers, I had previously only read You and Me on Vacation and hadn’t enjoyed it so much. But Book Lovers was just such a cute story. I read this book after I finished uni, so decided to take it at a slower pace than rush through which is what I normally do. It’s not on this list, but I went on to read Happy Place about a week after it came out, and I also really liked that book. Rushed down to the bookshop to get it!
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Continue reading: My 10 favourite books of 2023
6. Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The final story of Ali Hazelwood’s STEM books! I bought it in Paris while waiting for the Eurostar home on my interrailing trip, so it already has a special memory for me. I thought the book was a very cute read. Hoping there is another STEM book soon…
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7. The No-Show by Beth O’Leary
I think The No-Show may have been my favourite book of 2023! Beth O’Leary is one of my favourite authors and I loved The Flatshare and The Switch. I didn’t massively enjoy The Road Trip, and I was unsure of reading 3 people’s points of view because I thought I would get confused. But the ending was just so far from what I was expecting! I loved it and couldn’t stop thinking about it.
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8. Meetings With Moths by Katty Baird
As you probably know, I am very passionate about butterflies but I am also interested in moths. I’ve been to a few moth-trapping sessions, and I would love to learn more about them. I saw this book on Borrow Box and thought it looked really interesting, and I wasn’t wrong! It was such a useful book especially if, like me, you only really know some of the macro-moths. Katty Baird’s passion for moths comes across really well in the book, which I think is what made me enjoy it even more!
You can read my review here.
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9. The Future We Choose by
My sister gave me this book 3 years ago, and I didn’t end up reading it until a few months ago… I wish I read it sooner because it is my favourite climate change-themed book that I have read. I feel like a lot have unrealistic actions for what you can do and sort of just create panic. I would really recommend picking this book up.
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10. The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan
The Summer Seekers was one of the last books I read in 2023, but it was just so good that I had to include it here! I’m not very good at explaining books, but to summarise, Kathleen an 80-year-old and Martha, a 25-year-old go on a road trip together. Kathleen needs an adventure but can’t drive, Martha needs a job that she can leave home for.
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Bonus 11. Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
I had stopped at 10 books, but I can’t stop thinking about Lessons In Chemistry. It is different to what I usually read, but it was just so good. I won’t be watching the TV series, because I don’t want it to take away from the book that I love.
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What were your favourite books of 2023?
Caroline ♡
It looks like you had a great reading year even if you got off to a bit of a slow start (it happens to us all). I still need to get round to reading The Love Hypothesis I think I’ve put it off for similar reasons but it’s good to see you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
I managed to read 37 books in 2023. That’s definitely a record for adult me! I thoroughly enjoyed the first three books in the Sean McPherson series by Laurie Buchanan—Indelible, Iconoclast, and Impervious.
P.S. I can’t like or comment on any of your posts in the WordPress reader. Not sure why that’s happening. You might need to update your settings.
Oh wow, that’s so good! Yeah, I’m not sure what happened to WordPress reader – I think it happened a couple of years ago when I went self-hosted.
What a great list! I have heard so many positive things about Ali Hazelwood’s books, I need to finally check out her work! Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a happy new year! ✨️
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I definitely recommend! Happy New Year 🙂 x
I love Hazelwood’s books, but the ones she released this year are my absolute favorites. Happy to see one of them on your list today.
Great list Caroline! I’ve seen many of these books around on social media and I’m glad to hear you enjoyed them. I’m looking forward to adding a few to my list for 2024!
I hope you enjoy x
The Love Hypothesis and Book Lovers are two of my all time faves
Me too 🙂 x
I’m glad you got to enjoy a few books just for fun in the midst of your studies! I enjoyed BOOK LOVERS as well.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Thank you Susan!
I loved Book Lovers and Lessons in Chemistry!
It’s always great to see posts like this and find a few new titles that I’d like to read. I am looking forward to rounding up my favourite/top reads of 2023 on my blog as it’s so satisfying seeing just how many wonderful books have been part of the year. Thanks for sharing your list; I saw you mention previously how good Meetings With Moths is, so I will be trying to get a hold of that!
It is so satisfying! I hope you enjoy Meetings With Moths x
Beth O’Leary book sounds interesting.
Would definitely recommend!
This looks like a great list of books. I have heard so much about Book Lovers. I haven’t gotten fully convinced to read it yet, but I’m super close.
It was definitely in my top 5!
I read The No-Show this year and it’s one of my favourite books of 2023! I couldn’t stop thinking about it after I finished reading it either. I like the sound of the other books you read in 2023, I’ll be adding a few of these to my TBR list x
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Yes, The No-Show was so good 😍
I was given The Love Hypothesis and Love On the Brain as a gift, so it’s great to see you enjoyed both and her other books! I have read Book Lovers, and I liked it too!
I hope you enjoy them!
Caroline, what a fantastic list! I’m thrilled to hear that you found them enjoyable. I’m excited to add some of these to my reading list for 2024!
Thank you, hope you enjoy.
Some more added to my TBR from here. I have just bought Love Theoretically as it’s only 99p on Kindle at the min 🙂
Oh great!
You read a lot of cool books last year. Hope you will read more cool books this year. I have Love Hypotheses on my shelf but have not read it yet. Hehehe…
Thank you!
The Future We Choose sounds quite appealing. Adding it to my list!
Definitely, hope you enjoy it!
I’ve read a few of these and enjoyed them. Lessons in Chemistry is in my to read pile I think, or at least is one that I keep meaning to read.
I hope you enjoy it when you read it 🙂
Lessons In Chemistry has been on a few TTT lists this week. I’m glad you found some good books last year!
Would love to try the one with the moths, such an interesting topic! Thanks for this list!
Yes, definitely one of my favourite books of all time! x
Great choices – I haven’t read any of these but you’ve given great descriptions. I have a friend who loves a good romance so I’ll have to pin point these in her direction!
Oh great!
I’m so happy to see Ali Hazelwood, Emily Henry and Beth O’Leary on your list, they’re some of my favourites too! 🙂
Definitely!
It looks like you read some great books last year. I’ve heard so many good things about The Staycation, I really will have to pick it up when I see it.
Definitely recommend!
We have so many books in common among our faves! Sounds like I need to try Staycation. <3
I LOVED the love hypothesis & love on the brain! However, man the no show was a dissapoint. I’m so pissed that readers weren’t made aware of the time lapse.. I hate this poor dude for being a lying bastard when it wasn’t even all three at once!! 🫣 I wanted to throw the book.
Ah no, really? I loved the twist at the end!