I don’t really have these but feel like I need to set some for myself this year, not in turns of numbers but what I read and where I get it from. So here they are:
- Continue to get as many books as possible from the library. I had this resolution in 2022 and it has saved me a fortune and I haven’t had to create space on my bookshelves. I do have to pay £1 for each book I reserve as we only have a small library but I am happy to give them the money. Now that I have Libby for ebooks and BorrowBox for audio books, I can find most of the fiction books I want. it is a bit more hit and miss with non-fiction.
- To read the books that are listed more than once on the best books of the year post.
- Choose one of the ‘best books lists’ to read completely
The following books have been mentioned more than once in the best books of the year posts – 16 lists collected.
| Mentioned 5+ times | Mentioned 4 times | Mentioned 3 times |
|---|---|---|
| I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy | Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng | Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson |
| Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (8) | Shrines of Gaity by Kate Atkinson | The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li |
| Trust by Hernan Diaz (8) | Liberation Day by George Saunders | Night Crawling by Leyla Motley |
| Fairy Tale by Stephen King | A Home for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan | The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman (NF) |
| Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart | Ducks by Kate Beaton (Graphic Novel) | The Candy House by Jennifer Egan |
| Stay True by Hua Hsu (NF) | Time is a Mother Ocean Vuong | Fen, Bog and Swamp by Annie Proulx |
| Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel | Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer | Trespasses by Kennedy |
| Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson (NF) | How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler (NF) | |
| An Immense World by Ed Yong(NF) |
| Mentioned 2 times | Mentioned 2 times | Mentioned 2 times |
|---|---|---|
| South to America | Queen High by C J Carey | Landlines by Raynor Winn |
| A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin | Bournville by Jonathan Coe | Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris |
| Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason | The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn | Lessons by Ian McEwan |
| Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee (NF) | Bless the daughter who was raised by the voice in her own head by Warsan Shire | Everything I need I Get From You by Kaitlyn Tiffany |
| Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola | Who will make the Pancakes by Megan Kelso (GN) | All This Could be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews |
| Days of Sand by Aimee Jongh (GN) | The Night Eaters by Liu and Takeda (GN) | Fantastic Four Full Circle (GN) |
| In the Margins by Elena Ferante (NF) | brother.do.you.love.me by | The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel (NF) |
Non-Fiction
Good Reads
| Atlas of the Heart by Brenee Brown | Unmasked by Paul Holes | Why Has Nobody Told Me this Before by Dr Julie Smith | What if? by Randall Munroe |
| These Precious Days by Ann Patchett | All the Living and The Dead by Hayley Campbell | The Myth of Normal by Gabe Mate | How to be Perfect by Michael Shur |
| An Immense World by Ed Yong | Bitter Sweet by Susan Caine |
Time
| How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler | His Name is George Floyd by Samuels and Olirunnipa | Constructing a Nervous System, Margo Jefferson | The Escape Artist, Jonathan Freedland. |
| An Immense World, Ed Yong | Ducks, Kate Beaton | South to America, Imani Perry | In Love, Amy Bloom |
| The Invisisble Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke |
Literary Hub
| In the Margins by Elena Ferante | Ducks by Kate Beaton | Index, A history of the by Dennis Duncan | We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole |
| Super Infinite by Katherine Rundell | Thin Places by by Kerri ní Dochartaigh | Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri | Stay True by Hua Hsu |
| Hysterical by Pragya Agarwal | brother. do. you. love. me. by Manni & Reuben Coe | About a Son by David Whitehouse | What We Want by Charlotte Fox Weber |
| Happy Mind, Happy Life by Dr Rangan Chatterjee | How to Live When You Could Be Dead by Deborah James | Don’t Forget to Scream by Marianne Levy | Let’s Talk by Nihal Arthanayake |
| Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith | Bitch by Lucy Cooke | Sex Bomb by Sadia Azmat | The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight |
| The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel | This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan | A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney | White Debt by Thomas Harding |
| Quilt on Fire by Christie Watson | The Life Inside by Andy West | Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord | Raven Smith’s Men by Raven Smith |
| Takeaway by Angela Hui | The Go-Between by Osman Yousefzada | How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa |
Do you have any goals for reading in 2023?