A complete list of the 101 books I read in 2023, of course it does not include the countless articles, essays, tweets, captions, posts, etc. that I also read. And yes: I read A LOT of Jenny Colgan. Some years just call for an extended escape into sweet romances, and 2023 sure did.
Books with a star ⭐️ were my favorites. Here’s to more great reading in 2024!
- The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy
- Stella Maria, Cormac McCarthy
- Amanda’s Wedding, Jenny Colgan
- The Stranger You Know, Jane Casey
- The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris, Jenny Colgan
- House of Cotton, Monica Brashears
- This Must Be the Place, Susan Jackson Rodgers
- Irish Thoroughbred, Nora Roberts
- Irish Rose, Nora Roberts
- The Discomfort Zone, Jonathan Franzen
- The Girls Are Good, Ilaria Bernardini
- The Good, the Bad, and the Dumped, Jenny Colgan
- One Blackbird at a Time, Wendy Barker
- The Kudzu Queen, Mimi Herman
- Sunrise By the Sea, Jenny Colgan
- My Very 90s Romance, Jenny Colgan
- Fatty Fatty Boom Boom, Rabia Chaudry
- Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop of Dreams, Jenny Colgan
- Welcome to the School By the Sea, Jenny Colgan
- Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery, Jenny Colgan
- Body Work, Melissa Febos 🌟
- The Wishing Thread, Lisa Van Allen
- Love Pamela, Pamela Anderson
- Lucifer at the Starlight, Kim Addonizio 🌟
- The Trouble Ball, Martin Espada
- After, Jane Hirshfield
- Unlikely Animals, Annie Hartnett
- Different Ways to Pray, Naomi Shihab Nye
- The Air Raid Book Club, Annie Lyons
- West End Girls, Jenny Colgan
- 19 Varieties of Gazelle, Naomi Shihab Nye 🌟
- Wintergirls, Laurie Halas Anderson (read for work)
- Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe, Jenny Colgan
- Think of England, Alice Elliott Dark
- Large Animals in Everyday Life, Wendy Brenner 🌟
- Best Serves Hot, Amanda Elliot
- The Home for Wayward Girls, Marcia Bradley 🌟
- Strangers in the Night: A Novel of Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra, Heather Webb 🌟
- My Last Innocent Year, Daisy Alpert Florin 🌟
- The Fever, Megan Abbott
- Careful What You Wish For, Hallie Ephron
- The Queen of the Big Time, Adriana Trigiani
- Starlight, Nora Roberts
- Vanished, Mary McGary Morris
- The World That We Knew, Alice Hoffman 🌟
- The Last Juror, John Grisham
- The End of Everything, Megan Abbott
- I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai 🌟
- The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
- Surviving Savannah, Patti Callahan 🌟
- Rules at the School by the Sea, Jenny Colgan
- Lesson at the School by the Sea, Jenny Colgan
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Helen Fielding
- Cold Cold Heart, Tami Hoag
- Tony’s Wife, Adriana Trigiani
- Bury Me Deep, Megan Abbott 🌟
- Island of the Sequined Love Num, Christopher Moore
- Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard 🌟
- The Invisible Hour, Alice Hoffman 🌟
- Cover Story, Susan Rigetti
- Know My Name, Chanel Miller 🌟
- You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Maggie Smith 🌟
- Facts About the Moon, Dorianne Laux
- The Endless Beach, Jenny Colgan
- My Magnolia Summer, Victoria Benton Frank
- The Candy House, Jennifer Egan
- High Country, Nevada Barr
- Faith, Jennifer Haigh 🌟
- Collected Short Stories of Amy Hempel 🌟
- Gods in Alabama, Joshilyn Jackson 🌟
- The Last Heir to Blackwood Library, Hester Fox
- The Rabbit Hutch, Tess Gunty 🌟
- The Coffee Shop of Curiosities, Heather Webber
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins (read for work)
- Traffic, Ellen Hopkins (read for work)
- The Intern, Michelle Campbell
- Blood Sisters, Vanessa Lillie 🌟
- Perfectly Nice Neighbors, Kia Abdullah 🌟
- Picture Perfect Autumn, Shelley Noble
- Little Weirds, Jenny Slate 🌟
- The Manningtree Witches, A.K. Blakemore
- The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood 🌟
- These Precious Days, Ann Patchett 🌟
- Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion 🌟
- Horse, Gwendolyn Brooks
- The Dutch House, Ann Patchett 🌟
- Christmas on the Island, Jenny Colgan
- Christmas at the Island Hotel, Jenny Colgan
- Bluebeard’s Castle, Anna Biller
- The Book Club Hotel, Sarah Morgan
- Old Crimes, Jill McCorkle 🌟
- Let Is Descend, Jesmyn Ward 🌟
- Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop, Jenny Colgan
- The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, Daisy Wood 🌟
- The Girls in the Stilt House, Kelly Mustian 🌟
- Someone Knows, Lisa Scottoline
- Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
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