Here’s a monthly breakdown of the books I read last year! I read a total of 76, surpassing my goal of 60 (and is the same amount that I read in 2022). In past years, I used Goodreads stats for these kinds of posts, but this year I’m using Storygraph’s stats because I like how they’re presented. (I used both Goodreads and Storygraph to track my books this year.)

Other stats:

• Longest book: Under the Dome by Stephen King (1,074 pages)
• Shortest book: Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri (240 pages)
• Average book length: 388 pages
• Time to finish each book: Around 8 days
• 2023’s average rating: 3.87

And here are just some other notes I have about my year in books and what I’m thinking for this upcoming year:

• I read mostly all of Louise Penny’s books in 2023, and I think I found my favorite series. Aside from one book I gave 3 stars, the rest were either 4 or 5, and I’ve started to buy my favorite at used bookstores to have my own copies.
• I also got into Karin Slaughter’s books because her Will Trent series was made into a series of the same name on ABC. The show seems to be loosely based on the books, but I still really like her style of writing.
• The majority of the books came from the new fiction section at the town library (shoutout to the public library, one of my favorite places!); I also took advantage of the library on campus at work since staff can take out books for an entire semester.
• For 2024, my goal is 60 books, the same as 2023, mostly because I know it’s an attainable goal for myself. I want to try to get into audiobooks; as a premium member on Spotify I get 15 hours of audiobook listening each month, and I also have access to Libby and hoopla through my town library. And if I don’t like a book, I won’t force myself to read it; we’re not afraid of DNF’ing a book.

January

• Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
• Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry
• The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

February

• The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive by Carolyn Prusa
• Flight Risk by Cherie Priest
• The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

March

• All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
• Find Me by Alafair Burke
• Glass Houses by Louise Penny
• For Twice in My Life by Annette Christie
• The It Girl by Ruth Ware

April

• The Social Climber by Amanda Pellegrino
• Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
• Undone by Karin Slaughter
• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
• When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff
• We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

May

• Broken by Karin Slaughter
• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• A Better Man by Louise Penny
• Maame by Jessica George
• Just My Type by Falon Ballard
• Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke
• Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri
• The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

June

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
• The Idiot by Elif Batuman
• Happy Place by Emily Henry

July

• This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris
• The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead
• The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
• Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins
• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

August

• Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
• Beach Read by Emily Henry
• Mary, Mary by James Patterson
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarrow
• Either/Or by Elif Bateman
• Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
• The Majority by Elizabeth Silver
• Spare by Prince Harry

September

• Criminal by Karin Slaughter
• Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks
• Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey
• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
• The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
• Quietly Hostile by Samantha Kirby
• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

October

• Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
• The Last Flight by Julie Clark
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

November

• Under the Dome by Stephen King
• Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
• Anon Pls. by DeuxMoi
• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
• Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

December

• Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
• We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth
• Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
• Follow Me by Kathleen Barber
• My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin
• Central Park West by James Comey
• A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
• Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

My Favorites!

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry
• The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (a re-read, one of my all-time favorite books)
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman (a re-read, another of my all-time favorite books)
• Glass Houses by Louise Penny
• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
• Maame by Jessica George
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
• Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins
• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
• Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
• Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
• Spare by Prince Harry
• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (a re-read, yet another one of my all-time favorite books)
• Follow Me by Kathleen Barber
• A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett