Every book I read in 2023

 

It's that time of year again! And for the first time ever, I have surpassed 100 books, which I totally did not plan to do or expect. (As a note, I see a lot of people on bookish social media talking about how they've read 250+ books this year, or however many it is, and that's great for them, but remember: quality over quantity! If you read just a couple great books this year that really resonated with you, that means it was a good reading year for you. You don't have to read triple digits of books to be a reader. Anyway.) Out of the 103 books I read this year, a lot stood out, which I'll detail in my top 20 post soon. For now, happy New Year! I hope you had a great reading year in 2023 and that 2024 will be even better. 

Links below will take you to the Bookshop.org page for each book, or to my blog post for the book if I made one (they may also take you to Google Books if neither Bookshop.org nor the Book Bruja has a page for them). Bookshop.org is an Amazon alternative for book shopping, where one of your local bookstores will receive 100% of the profit from each of your purchases. (This post is not sponsored)

1. Tumble by Celia C. Pérez
2. Mamo by Sas Milledge
3. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong 
4. Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne 
5. Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki 
6. Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky 
7. The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson 
8. ¡¡Manu!! by Kelly Fernández 
9. Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper 
10. Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau 
11. In the Spirit of a Dream, created by Alina Chau and written by Aida Salazar 
12. Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar 
13. Newsprints by Ru Xu
14. Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman 
15. Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks 
16. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 
17. The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar 
18. Power to the Princess by Vita Murrow and Julia Bereciartu
19. Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman 
20. All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero 
21. Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee 
22. Witchy vol. 1 by Ariel Slamet Ries
23. Finally Seen by Kelly Yang 
24. Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby and A.J. Sass 
25. Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park 
26. Undercover Latina by Aya De León 
27. Sea Sirens by Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee 
28. Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and KC Oster
29. Hoops by Matt Tavares 
30. School Trip by Jerry Craft
31. Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass 
32. Como agua para chocolate por Laura Esquivel
33. Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo 
34. Oh My Gods! by Stephanie Cooke, Insha Fitzpatrick, and Juliana Moon 
35. Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong 
36. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
37. Calling the Moon, edited by Aida Salazar and Yamile Saied Méndez 
38. Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova 
39. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein 
40. Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libenson 
41. Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf 
42. Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter 
43. The Ojja Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge 
44. The Flamingo by Guojing 
45. The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim 
46. On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden 
47. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner  
48. Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang 
49. Gussy by Jimmy Cajoleas 
50. The Jumbies by Traciey Baptiste 
51. Witchy vol. 2 by Ariel Slamet Ries 
52. Hilo: Gina and the Last City on Earth by Judd Winick
53. Just South of Home by Karen Strong 
54. The Little Women Cookbook by Jenne Bergstrom and Miko Osada 
55. The Queen in the Cave by Júlia Sardà
56. Crumbs by Danie Stirling 
57. Root Magic by Eden Royce
58. Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
59. A Few Bicycles More by Christina Uss
60. Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock
61. Glister by Andi Watson
62. A Slip of a Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff
63. The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill
64. Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington
65. The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
66. Indian No More by Charlene Willings McManis and Traci Sorell
67. Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
68. The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
69. The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
70. Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
71. Another Castle by Andrew Wheeler and Paulina Ganucheau
72. Always Human by Ari North
73. Operation Sisterhood by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
74. Jukebox by Nidhi Chanani
75. Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
76. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
77. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave
78. Displacement by Kiku Hughes
79. This Is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
80. Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, and Joy San
81. Pixels of You by Ananthe Hirsh, Yuko Ota, and J.R. Doyle
82. Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca
83. Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw
84. Taproot by Keezy Young
85. Drawing From Memory by Allen Say
86. Hope Springs by Jaime Berry
87. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
88. Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
89. Grendel by John Gardner
90. The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson
91. Top Story by Kelly Yang
92. Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
93. Picture Day by Sarah Sax
94. 1984 by George Orwell
95. The Fire Never Goes Out by ND Stevenson
96. Cinders and Sparrows by Stefan Bachmann
97. We Still Belong by Christine Day
98. Make a Move, Sunny Park! by Jessica Kim
99. Clouds Over California by Karyn Parsons
100. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
101. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
102. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
103. Hooky Volume 3 by Míriam Bonastre Tur

Best Fantasy: The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett

Best Realistic Fiction: Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

Best Historical Fiction: Clouds Over California by Karyn Parsons

Best Historical Fantasy: Root Magic by Eden Royce

Best Nonfiction: The Fire Never Goes Out by ND Stevenson

Best Graphic Novel: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Best Reread: The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

Best Series: Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

Favorite Discovered Author: Kathryn Ormsbee

Thank you for following me on my reading journey in 2023 and throughout the years. I have even more bookish things on Instagram @the_book_bruja if you want to check that out! Also...this is The Book Bruja's 100th post! 🎊 I'm going to be changing things up for my blog next year, but I'll make another post to talk more about that. In the meantime, have a great 2024!😊

If you're interested, here are my end of the year lists from the past few years:

2022

2021