Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Favourite Books of 2023, always the toughest list to come up with. Links from the titles will take you to my review.
- Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry (Faber & Faber)
- The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd Robinson (Mantle)
- The Hollow Throne by Tim Leach (Head of Zeus)
- The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks (Hutchinson Heinemann)
- Adama by Lavie Tidhar (Head of Zeus)
- North Woods by Daniel Mason (John Murray)
- Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones (Head of Zeus)
- The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou (Head of Zeus)
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (Transworld)
- The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan (Hodder & Stoughton)
Highly commended: Three Gifts by Mark A. Radcliffe (epoque press), The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry (riverrun), The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng (Canongate), The Scarlet Papers by Matthew Richardson (Michael Joseph), The Painter of Souls by Philip Kazan (Orion), The Unheard by Anne Worthington (Confingo), The Black Crescent by Jane Johnson (Head of Zeus), Rebellion by Simon Scarrow (Headline), Things in Jars by Jess Kidd (Canongate)
What were your favourites of 2023?
What Cathy Read Next... 
Very difficult to choose 10. It can differ from day to day. Here are 10 of the many standouts from 200 books Read last year
The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers.
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles
Faine by Veronica Scott
North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
The Prey by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Our Last days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
Atlas by Lucinda Riley
Four Weddings to fall in Love
Gill
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It’s a good problem to have though, isn’t it? Having read so many good books you don’t know which you loved best.
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Ooh, I hadn’t heard of any of these, I think! I’m definitely curious about The Hollow Throne in particular. Hmm!
My TTT!
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The only one of yours I’ve read is The Heart’s Invisible Furies and I loved that one too.
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I hope to read North Woods soon. Thank you for sharing your favorites for the year!
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I haven’t heard of any of these!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/01/02/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-and-most-surprising-books-of-2023/
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Well, I haven’t heard of most of yours either! Just goes to show there is a genre – and book – for everyone.
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It really was hard to choose favorites this year. I loved seeing your list. Happy 2024.
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Thanks. It’s ALWAYS hard I find…
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All of these are new to me. Glad you enjoyed them. Have a great week!
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I haven’t read any of these but THE SQUARE OF SEVENS is on my TBR. I’m glad you loved all of these!
https://jennielyse.com/top-ten-tuesday-43/
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A great reading year, I had a great deal of trouble choosing my top ten
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Everyone of these is new to me! Great job–I love posts where that happens!
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THE STORM WE MADE is one I really want to read. It sounds excellent. I’m glad you loved it and all these others.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see it on a few book prize lists this year
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North Woods nearly made it onto my list and I really enjoyed The Heart’s Invisible Furies. I don’t think I would have picked it up but it was a book club choice. Happy New Year .
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well done, no way would I be able to just pick 10.
26 this time:
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