[ VAgabond Archives 001 ]
Echoes of Pages:
A Reflection on
My Reading Journey
of the Year 2023
[ bibliophile records & Statistics ]
In 2023, I read 57 books, spanning a total of 19,386 pages. The average rating stood at 3.7, highlighted by five 5-star gems. The lowest rating was a modest 0.75. Approximately 87% of authors were female or non-binary, while only 13% were male.
My favourite books of the year were Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake and Writers & Lovers by Lily King. My least liked were Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler and The Guest List by Lucy Foley.
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Alone With You in the Ether
The Things We Do to Our Friends
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
How to Sell a Haunted House
I Have Some Questions for You
The Lake of Dead Languages
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Title
Author
Format
Page Count
Rating
Amazon link
After You
Jojo Moyes
Paperback
352
4.5
buy* ↗Alone With You in the Ether
Olivie Blake
Paperback
288
5
buy* ↗Writers & Lovers
Lily King
Paperback
324
5
buy* ↗Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Paperback
386
5
buy* ↗Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield
Paperback
240
5
buy* ↗Bunny
Mona Awad
Paperback
307
5
buy* ↗M Train
Patti Smith
Paperback
256
4.75
buy* ↗Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Paperback
352
4.5
buy* ↗Still Me
Jojo Moyes
Paperback
469
4.5
buy* ↗The Things We Do to Our Friends
Heather Darwent
Paperback
336
4.5
buy* ↗The September House
Carissa Orlando
Paperback
344
4
buy* ↗Wilder Girls
Rory Power
Paperback
357
4
buy* ↗Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Paperback
369
4.25
buy* ↗Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
Paperback
527
4
buy* ↗My Murder
Katie Williams
Paperback
304
4
buy* ↗Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan
Paperback
398
4
buy* ↗Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Audiobook
368
4
buy* ↗Portrait of a Thief
Grace D. Li
Paperback
375
4
buy* ↗Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister
Paperback
368
4
buy* ↗The Rules Do Not Apply
Ariel Levy
Paperback
207
4
buy* ↗Paris: The Memoir
Paris Hilton
Paperback
336
4
buy* ↗Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Paperback
391
4
buy* ↗Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Paperback
390
4
buy* ↗Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld
Paperback
309
4
buy* ↗The Woman in Me
Britney Spears
Paperback
277
4
buy* ↗The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
Paperback
392
4
buy* ↗The Pallbearers Club
Paul Tremblay
Paperback
278
4
buy* ↗The Stranger
Albert Camus
Paperback
159
4
buy* ↗None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell
Paperback
384
4
buy* ↗Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
Paperback
424
3.75
buy* ↗Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Paperback
415
4
buy* ↗The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Paperback
374
4
buy* ↗In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Ashley Winstead
Paperback
345
3.75
buy* ↗The Midnight Club
Christopher Pike
Paperback
216
3.75
buy* ↗Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey
Paperback
344
3.75
buy* ↗The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James
Paperback
344
3.75
buy* ↗Vladimir
Julia May Jonas
Paperback
238
3.75
buy* ↗I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
Paperback
352
3.75
buy* ↗Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Paperback
260
3.75
buy* ↗The Family Game
Catherine Steadman
Paperback
336
3.75
buy* ↗How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
Paperback
419
3.5
buy* ↗The Only One Left
Riley Sager
Paperback
385
3.5
buy* ↗China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan
Paperback
378
3.5
buy* ↗Yellowface
R.F. Kuang
Paperback
329
3.5
buy* ↗I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai
Paperback
438
3
buy* ↗Glossy
Marisa Meltzer
Paperback
304
3
buy* ↗The Club
Ellery Lloyd
Paperback
320
3
buy* ↗The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake
Paperback
375
3
buy* ↗The Lake of Dead Languages
Carol Goodman
Paperback
390
3
buy* ↗Divergent
Veronica Roth
Paperback
487
3
buy* ↗The Writing Retreat
Julia Bartz
Paperback
313
2
buy* ↗Getting over You
Leslie B.
Paperback
144
2
buy* ↗101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Brianna Wiest
ebook
450
2
buy* ↗The Last Housewife
Ashley Winstead
Paperback
385
2
buy* ↗The Guest List
Lucy Foley
Paperback
330
1.5
buy* ↗Love & Misadventure
Lang Leav
Paperback
176
2
buy* ↗Fake Accounts
Lauren Oyler
Paperback
272
0.75
buy* ↗