2023 Reading Goals and Hopefuls
- Ashley
- Jan 3, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 4, 2024
New year, new reading goals! I'm stoked to talk about the upcoming year and the books I plan to read, but I want to take a moment to dive into some stats from 2022 before discussing goals. I've also taken this year's reading challenge from a TikTok reading challenge I saw last year from The Novel Neighbor, an indie bookstore in St. Louis, MO. Since I didn't correctly plan my pages in my reading journal to accommodate all 12 prompts, it's only 10 this year. Which, to be honest, I think I'm fine with. Lol. The last piece of news is that, as of December, my tiny book club that started in the peak of the pandemic, has disbanded for now. Two of our members are pregnant and one is going into labor any day now. In prioritizing time and commitments, they have understandably decided to leave. Since they were the heart and souls of the club, we are taking a potentially permanent hiatus. That means I don't have a book club list of reads as of right now, but I'm putting out my feelers to maybe start up a new one in 2023. If you want to revisit my reading goals from 2022, that's linked here. Otherwise, enjoy reading through this one! Happy reading, friends. Here's to a lot of five-star reads in 2023.
Total Number of Books Read | 122 |
Total Number of Pages Read | 39,402 |
Average Rating | 3.83⭐️ |
Most Read Authors |
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Genre Overview | 85% Fiction 15% Nonfiction |
Top Five Genres |
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Format Breakdown | Print: 83% Digital (ebooks): 12% Audio: 5% |
Pacing Breakdown | Fast: 18% Medium: 66% Slow: 16% |
All of these stats were collected via StoryGraph.
My reading goals for 2023 are as follows:
Read 50 books off of my physical TBR (to be read) shelves. Read at least 65 books total.
Buy no new books in 2023. (Exceptions: Book of the Month and Libro.fm subscriptions.)
Utilize my library for new releases or books I'm tempted to buy.
Only say yes to books in my book subscriptions that excite me.
Make at least 30% of the books I read monthly diverse reads (LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, etc.).
Only keep books that I could see myself reading again, or that I thoroughly enjoyed. Give away anything else!
Keep reading fun!
2023 Reading List
2023 Reading Challenge
A collection of short stories: This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila ✅
A retelling of a classic or myth: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes ✅
A book in translation: Metamorphoses by Ovid
A book in a series: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn ✅
A book with a morally grey character: These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever ✅
A book that's won an award: Beloved by Toni Morrison
A book that teaches you something new: The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
A book that's been out for at least five years: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ✅
A nonfiction book written by a queer or BIPOC person: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
A book recommended to you by Booktok: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir ✅
Other Titles I'd Like to Read
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family by Hannah Howard
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Read - In Order
January
~Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson ~The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen ~Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Spare by Prince Harry ~Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel ~A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers English Pastoral: An Inheritance by James Rebanks Beartown by Fredrik Backman ~A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria ~A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers `Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ~Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
February
/ Weyward by Emilia Hart / Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas / Rizos by Claribel Ortega / The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego / Arca by Van Jensen / The Talk by Darrin Bell Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola / Sea Change by Gina Chung / Play the Fool by Lina Chern
March
~This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladwell and Amal El-Mothar All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir ~In. by Will McPhail All About Love by bell hooks The Sentence by Louise Erdrich ~A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey ~Luster by Raven Leilani All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy by Tash Oakes-Monger ~To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers `The Deep by Rivers Solomon `Until September by Harker Jones Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
April
/ The Retreat by Zara Raheem ~Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson / Boy Parts by Eliza Clark / Hula by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes / The Shotgun Conservationist: Why Environmentalists Should Love Hunting by Brent MacDuff `Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey `Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Quiet Night Think by Gillian Sze Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell `Please make me pretty, I don't want to die: Poems by Tawanda Mulalu
May
/ The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer / Embodied Activism: Engaging the Body to Cultivate Liberation, Justice, and Authentic Connection by Rae Johnson, Ph.D Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel / Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
June
Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson / Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang / You Can't Stay Here Forever by Katherine Lin / Si, Se Puede: The Latino Heroes Who Changed the United States by Julio Anta and Yasmin Flores Martinez (Illustrator) / Wild Asana: Animals, Yoga, and Connecting Our Practice to the Natural World by Alison Zak Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan / The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Letters from Hawaii by Mark Twain A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Seven Days in June by Tia Williams The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer Writers & Lovers by Lily King ~In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler / Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson ~The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Answer Is...: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
July
`Beach Read by Emily Henry ~Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by David Stone / Ghosted by Amanda Quain Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly / This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian / Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi / Climate Resilience: How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change by Kylie Flanagan They Never Learn by Layne Fargo The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
August
~My Policeman by Bethan Roberts Us Against You by Fredrik Backman For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank Stone Blind: Medusa's Story by Natalie Haynes Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross ` Open Throat by Henry Hoke ` An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo ~ The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila / Wild Spaces by SL Coney Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (re-read)
September
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Vladimir by Julia May Jones ` Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
' The Cloisters by Katy Hays
/ Death Valley by Melissa Broder
' Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
October
Witches by Brenda Lozano
~ Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
' I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
November
' These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever
/ Late Romance: Anthony Hecht--A Poet's Life by David Yezzi
~ Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman
Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon
December
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown
~ The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
~ The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
/ How to Draw a Novel by Martín Solares
/ The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels
/ Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
/ Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
/ How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems by Mikeas Sánchez
' What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate
Did Not Finish Reading
`The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
/ Hello, Beautiful by Ann Neopolitano
~Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
/ Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic Novel by Ibram X. Kendi
The Bridge of Little Jeremy by Indrajit Garai
/ A History of Burning by Janika Oza
~ Pieces of Happiness by Anne Ostby
/ Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee
~ Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
~ To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
/ The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat
/ Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
/ Oh God, the Sun Goes by David Connor
A Ship of Bones and Teeth by Karina Halle
` The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure by Jack Handey
~ In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
/ Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg
/ Mudflowers by Aley Waterman
/ Something About Her by Clementine Taylor
/ Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Key
* Books I am currently actively reading
^ Books from my attic
~ Library books I've borrowed
` Unhauled
/ Advanced Reader Copies
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