The Best Books I Read in 2023

1.
A Whisper of Solace
A Whisper of Solace 4.44 avg rating β€” 3,199 ratings
2.
Aurora's Angel
Aurora's Angel 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,121 ratings
3.
The Headmistress (The Headmistress, #1)
The Headmistress (The Headmistress, #1) 4.42 avg rating β€” 4,258 ratings
4.
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library
by: Matt Haig
3.98 avg rating β€” 2,277,228 ratings
5.
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) 4.14 avg rating β€” 97,625 ratings
6.
Know My Name: A Memoir
Know My Name: A Memoir 4.69 avg rating β€” 243,479 ratings
7.
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir 4.55 avg rating β€” 19,758 ratings
8.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 82,441 ratings
9.
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 297,814 ratings
10.
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love 4.22 avg rating β€” 30,034 ratings
11.
Shockaholic
Shockaholic 3.77 avg rating β€” 15,781 ratings
12.
Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem
Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,315 ratings
13.
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 4.72 avg rating β€” 41,758 ratings
14.
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 35,054 ratings
15.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 190,402 ratings
16.
These Thin Lines
These Thin Lines 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,001 ratings
17.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 172,140 ratings
18.
Princess of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa, #1)
Princess of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 2,753 ratings
19.
Yearbook
Yearbook 4.16 avg rating β€” 79,126 ratings
20.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,164,820 ratings
21.
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times 4.27 avg rating β€” 61,839 ratings
22.
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons 4.10 avg rating β€” 36,604 ratings
23.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
When You Are Engulfed in Flames 4.08 avg rating β€” 215,529 ratings
24.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating β€” 592,717 ratings
25.
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir 4.12 avg rating β€” 8,104 ratings
26.
The Comfort Book
The Comfort Book
by: Matt Haig
4.06 avg rating β€” 70,133 ratings
27.
Reasons to Stay Alive
Reasons to Stay Alive
by: Matt Haig
4.07 avg rating β€” 109,067 ratings
28.
Tremendous
Tremendous 4.46 avg rating β€” 3,096 ratings
29.
Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)
Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2) 4.23 avg rating β€” 27,285 ratings
30.
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology 4.07 avg rating β€” 74,935 ratings
31.
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology 4.30 avg rating β€” 7,407 ratings
32.
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2)
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2) 4.08 avg rating β€” 32,082 ratings
33.
Maureen (Harold Fry #3)
Maureen (Harold Fry #3) 3.95 avg rating β€” 8,712 ratings
34.
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 262,030 ratings
35.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family 4.15 avg rating β€” 139,634 ratings
36.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating β€” 320,722 ratings
37.
Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)
Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 51,227 ratings
38.
Inside Out
Inside Out 3.94 avg rating β€” 53,364 ratings
39.
Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents 4.26 avg rating β€” 584 ratings