My Favorite first time reads of 2023

 2023 reading recap

Favorite Books Of 2023 

First time reads 

I friends! Here is the list of all my FAVORITE books I read for the FIRST time in 2023! I’ll chat with you soon with a new post all about my hopeful reads of 2024! 

xoxo 

By Month: 

This year I read 87 books (including audiobooks + short stories + books of the Bible) 

January | 7

• Roses for mama by Janette Oak: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-reviews-january-2023-announcement.html

• Yours Truly, Thomas by Rachel Fordham: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-reviews-january-2023-announcement.html

February | 9

• CROWN by Madisyn Carlin: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/02/crown-by-madisyn-carlin-bookish-review.html

• Short Straw Bride by Karen Witmeyer: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5340742165

March | 10

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/03/jane-eyre-bookish-review.html

• IRON by Madisyn Carlin: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/03/iron-by-madisyn-carlin.html

• KEY by Madisyn Carlin: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/03/key-by-madisyn-carlin.html

April | 6

• Clarion Hope by Laurel Luehmann: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/04/clarion-hope-book-birthday.html

May | 7

• Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/05/anne-of-avonlea-by-l-m-montgomery.html

• Once I knew by Victoria Lynn: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/05/once-i-knew-by-victoria-lynn.html

• Our yellow tape letters by Caitlin Miller: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/05/our-yellow-tape-letters-by-caitlin-miller.html

June | 9

• The looking glass illusion by Sara Ella: https://fablerosemc.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-looking-glass-illusion-by-sara-ella.html

July | 9

• The guernsey Literary and potato peel pie society: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5264353112

August | 7

It was all re-reads and audiobooks because of my eye issues and I wanted comfort stories XD 

September | 10 

• Murder on the orient express by Agatha Christie: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5117961254

October | 2

I only read this book and a book in the Bible this month XD

• Why didn’t they ask Evens? by Agatha Christie: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5913982949

November | 4

No favorites this month. I did read a lot of Bible books which was AMAZING but…no favorite new fiction books XD

December | 3

• All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5950284617

Top FIVE Books of 2023

In order of my FAVORITES (first to fifth)

• Clarion Hope 

• KEY 

• Jane Eyre 

• All the light we cannot see 

• Our Yellow Tape Letters 

Favorite Audiobooks of 2023

In order of listened | this year I listened to 17 audiobooks 

My top 12 (in order of read)

• Part of my world

• The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society 

• White bird

• Bravely 

• 100 Days of Sunlight

• The voyage of the Dawn Treader 

• Wonder

• The book thief

• Love & gelato

• Murder on the orient express 

• Why didn’t they ask Evens?

• All the light we cannot see 

Favorite & Standout new to me authors of 2023

Authors I found in 2023 that I now LOVE and/or want to read more from 

My FAVORITE | must read everything 

• Madisyn Carlin 

• Laurel Luehmann

• Caitlin Miller 

• Rachel Fordham 

Standout | loved but not quite my favorite…yet

• Charlotte Brontë 

• Victoria Lynn

• Anthony Doerr 

• Karen Witmeyer