Re: Books we read in 2023
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:47 am
I had 101 books read to me in 2023. 900 hours of audiobook listening, so an average of 9 hours per book.
As far as I can tell, 50% of the books I read were written by women, and 28% by persons of color. Just counting them up based on my recollections, only 20% had any queer representation (good or bad).
And it turns out, there were only 10 of the books that I felt weren't worth my time, but a whopping 60 of them that I enjoyed enough that I would recommend them to others!
Here's my top 20, in order...
1. I Must Betray You -- Ruta Sepetys
2. Babel -- R. F. Kuang
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian -- Sherman Alexie
4. Thornhedge -- T. Kingfisher
5. The Mere Wife -- Maria Dahvana Headley
6. A Memory Called Empire -- Arkady Martine
7. The House on the Cerulean Sea -- T.J. Klune
8. Children of Ruin -- Adrian Tchaikovsky
9. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow -- Gabrielle Zevin
10. Crying in H Mart -- Michelle Zauner
11. Feed -- M.T. Anderson
12. The Galaxy and the Ground Within -- Becky Chambers
13. Dark Matter -- Blake Crouch
14. Turtles All the Way Down -- John Green
15. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -- Stuart Turton
16. The Goblin Emperor -- Katherine Addison
17. Road Out of Winter -- Alison Stine
18. Nettle and Bone -- T. Kingfisher
19. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl -- Jesse Andrews
20. Nothing to See Here -- Kevin Wilson
As far as I can tell, 50% of the books I read were written by women, and 28% by persons of color. Just counting them up based on my recollections, only 20% had any queer representation (good or bad).
And it turns out, there were only 10 of the books that I felt weren't worth my time, but a whopping 60 of them that I enjoyed enough that I would recommend them to others!
Here's my top 20, in order...
1. I Must Betray You -- Ruta Sepetys
2. Babel -- R. F. Kuang
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian -- Sherman Alexie
4. Thornhedge -- T. Kingfisher
5. The Mere Wife -- Maria Dahvana Headley
6. A Memory Called Empire -- Arkady Martine
7. The House on the Cerulean Sea -- T.J. Klune
8. Children of Ruin -- Adrian Tchaikovsky
9. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow -- Gabrielle Zevin
10. Crying in H Mart -- Michelle Zauner
11. Feed -- M.T. Anderson
12. The Galaxy and the Ground Within -- Becky Chambers
13. Dark Matter -- Blake Crouch
14. Turtles All the Way Down -- John Green
15. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -- Stuart Turton
16. The Goblin Emperor -- Katherine Addison
17. Road Out of Winter -- Alison Stine
18. Nettle and Bone -- T. Kingfisher
19. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl -- Jesse Andrews
20. Nothing to See Here -- Kevin Wilson