How many books does a book blogger read in a year? Find out with my complete 2023 reading list of every book I read this year.
How many books does a book blogger read in a year?
I don’t know about other book bloggers, but for me, when I’m asked how many books I read a year, I answer with around 200 books a year.
At least I used to. This has been my lowest reading year since I started blogging. In 2023, I read 122 books and started, but didn’t finish, six more books.
And yet, I don’t really mind that I read less than in years previous. Just like regular life, my reading life goes through phases. Plus, it’s just a number. All that matters is how I feel about my reading life: and I generally feel great.
Curious what I read? Today I’ve got my complete 2023 Reading List just for you. I love going over my reading because it lets me see all my year’s reading in one place.
I read so many books, it can be hard to keep them all straight. When I compile my entire year together, I can see which genres I favored this year (fantasy, contemporary fiction) and which ones I skipped (classics).
Sorry, but writing up descriptions on well over 100 books is not going to happen. Instead, enjoy my star rating of each book in my 2023 reading list, along with a short description.
Contemporary Fiction
Female Friendships Mystery
Finding Your Voice
Complicated Sibling Dynamics
Brilliant Literary Satire
Palestinian-American feminist struggles
Transracial Adoption and Motherhood
Money and Class Among 1%
Finding Your Confidence
Happiness and Communication
Indian The Godfather
Living “Funerals” Between Friends
Marriage in Crisis
Mental Health and Bad Boyfriends
Witty Octopus Narrator
Quirky Heartwarming Read
Fake Handbag Con
Obsession with Legacy
Literary Stockholm Syndrome
Shakespearean Dark Academia
Quirky Bookish Mystery
Triplets with Different Abilities
Erotic Coming-of-Age Story
Midlife Female Friendships
Second Chance Romance
Right Person, Wrong Time
Skip Ahead in Life
Love Via Pandemic Emails
Gelato Love Story
Plus-Size Cyclist Cheats
Face Blindness Romance
Overly Sweet Queer Romance
Plus-Size Bachelorette
Beautiful and Boring
Mystery & Thriller
Survivor Guilt Mystery
Pure Adrenaline Slasher Thriller
Intense Suburban Thriller
Podcaster/Detective Mystery
Robin Joins a Cult
Blackmailed Detective Story
Slow Burn Horror
Childhood Secrets Revealed
Slow, Confusing Thriller
Paralyzed Old Lady
Nightmare Podcast Guest
Utterly Ridiculous Thriller
Weak Spy Thriller
Short Christmas Mystery
Actress Being Stalked
Post-Surgery Paranoia
Spy on a Russian Yacht
Boring Nonstop Action
Convoluted Cat-and-Mouse Game
Molly the Maid #2
Black Girls Missing Horror Story
Shallow Revenge Thriller
Is Fate Predetermined?
Historical Fiction
WWII Complicated Relationships
Actress Passing as White
1950s Small Town Mystery
Women in Imperial China
Way Too Long
Reuniting Family After Slavery
1811 Theater Fire
Rockette Murder Mystery
Modern David Copperfield Retelling
1930s Stolen Children
Western With Unforgettable Characters
Disjointed Great Migration stories
Boring, Underdeveloped Characters
WWI Chinese Labor Corps
Overly Simple WWII Story
Colonial Girl Dies Slowly
Dullest Storytelling Ever
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Steamy Dragon Fantasy
Dragon Romantasy Book 2
Celaena in Love
Celaena as Fae
Aelin Returns to Rifthold
Aelin Unites Erilea
Chaol Side Story
Throne of Glass Finale
Epic Political Fantasy
Everyone Wants to Be King
Lots of People Die
Fairytale for Adults
My Most Re-Read Book
Clever Dystopian Scenario
Feminist Dystopian Fiction
Bookworm Blood Magic
Spy Novel with Supernatural Vibes
Body-jumping Cleopatra
Unnecessary Prequel Novella
Nonfiction
Narcissistic Co-Dependent Mother
Paparazzi Are Evil
The Power of Addiction
Unpolished Journalist Memoir
Kidnapped as a Child
The Great Migration
History of Racist Ideas
Primer on Racism
Hodge-Podge of Articles
On Truly Belonging
Why Wives Do All the Work
Why Are Women Less Confident?
Quit Your Corporate Job
Dream 100 Strategies
Definitive Laundry Guide
History of Marietta, Ohio
Fundamentalist Mormonism
Holocaust Graphic Novel
Classics
Best Classic Ever
Young Adult & Children’s
Teen Influencers Isolation Thriller
Class Project: Solve a Murder
Native American Teen Activism
Pre-WWII Air Race
Puritan Witch Hunt
2024 Releases
Women in Vietnam War
What Did My Sisters Do?
Unique Unreliable Narrator
Drunk College Girls
No Discernible Plot
DNF
What was on Your 2023 Reading List?
How was your reading year in 2023? What books did you love and what did you hate? As always, let me know in the comments!
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Dawn Tyers says
Well, how clearly you have demonstrated that we all can read the same words on the page but see something entirely different! You can give an ex-royal five stars but William Kent Krueger and Lisa See just four! And not to finish Elif Shafak at all? It was more than a talking fig tree and the quality of her writing alone should have been enough to see you through to the end.
Allie says
The Shadow Demons Saga and The Witch’s Key by Sarra Cannon! Loved them! Five stars!
Erin says
I read 2 of the books you read… That’s kind a humorus to me! A few of the ones you read are on my TBR list, but overall we read very different books 🙂