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:

1. 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.
2. To read the books that are listed more than once on the best books of the year post.
3. 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 Gaiety 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	The School 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 by Ocean Vuong	Fen, Bog and Swamp by Annie Proulx
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel	How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler (NF)	Trespasses by Kennedy
Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson (NF)		Either/Or by Elif Batuman
An Immense World by Ed Yong(NF)		Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

Mentioned 2 times	Mentioned 2 times	Mentioned 2 times
South to America by Imani Perry	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)
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara	The Furrows by Namwali Serpell

Non-Fiction

Do you have any goals for reading in 2023?