THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR! My Favorite Books from 2023 You Should Read!

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[@TheBookAllie]

I LOVE your reading space!! It's cozy, it's earthy, it's warm, it's a dream. I have so many of these books on my TBR, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed them 🥰

[@alexandraroselyn]

Thank you! 😊

[@pamelakibildis1177]

@@alexandraroselynGreat Video Lexi and Hands Down My Favorite Book of Last Year was Foxglove the sequel to Belladonna which was my favorite book of 2022 & now I can’t wait for the third one this year called Wisteria which brings me to my question have you read Belladonna or Foxglove? cause I think you would really enjoy them Happy New Year & Happy Reading 📖😊

[@normabuentello9554]

I'm so proud of you for finally reading Frankenstein!!!! Is that weird to say??! I hope not, it's been a favorite of mine since high school!!

[@stefanienordstrom6750]

I was literally just about to comment the same. So proud of you Lexi!!! I know you were nervous about getting to this and I am glad you got to it and not surprised it made your top 10!!

[@alexandraroselyn]

Hahaha no that’s sweet thank you! I’m so glad I actually finished it!!

[@eduardomusic8560]

Hello Alexandra Roselyn, good evening! At first, Happy New Year 2024! A long time ago, I didn't know anything about you on KZbin. What cool this new video of yours, I liked it much. I send you a hug 🤗🌹🙏, wherever you are. Greetings and blessings from Sonora, México 🇲🇽... 👍

[@foulmouthednewenglander4392]

The Hi to Kayla on this particular video each year will never not make me smile

[@Lillyjoy]

Yay!! I’ve been missing your videos! My top 10 are 1. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian 2. The Saviors Book Cafe in Another World 3. One For My Enemy 4. Isla to Island 5. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea 6. Heartstopper 7. The Priory of the Orange Tree 8. The Dollmaker of Krakow 9. You’re a Mean One Matthew Prince 10. Fourth Wing They’re not in order because I can’t choose something like that 😂

[@beautyandbeyond347]

Getting my good reads ready for TBR additions!!

[@shandelchallice4598]

Thank you for your videos!! You have added about 97 new books onto my list ✨️

[@asan1050]

Great list! Thank you for posting.

[@user-go3wo6ql2f]

Excellent list! Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series was one of my favourites. Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful author and her books

[@authorkristinealyse]

Just picked Encyclopaedia of Faeries up and can't wait to dive into it! As someone who doesn't read a lot of fantasy, this seems like a great one to get into :)

[@alexandraroselyn]

I really hope you like it!! ❤

[@trojansc]

So glad I found you on here! Excited to try your top 10!

[@sabrinaford9]

I'm so happy you loved Frankenstein. It's been a favorite since I was a kid. I love your library. It's so cozy.

[@chrissyfuhrie]

Loved Practical Magic. You’re making Rules of Magic sound like I need to pick it up. It’s so hard for me to pick a favorite book. ✨

[@brendabippes7065]

Love Alice Hoffman books. So glad you do too! I picked up 2 books you had on your top 10 list! I’ve been a strictly historical fiction reader for years. I’m wanting to branch out. Thanks for your videos!✨

[@laurenschenck5355]

SO EXCITED!! I love your library it is my dream and absolutely amazing peaceful and so amazing wonderful 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉📙📖📚📚📚📚📙📖📚📚📙📙📖📚📚📖📖📙📖📖📖📚📚📖📖📙📖📚📚📚📖📖📖📖📚

[@maryannhorner1900]

Yes!!!! So excited that you chose Rules of Magic as your #1. She is my all time favorite #1 author. I haven’t read all of her work but I’m working on it 🤓 I think you would really enjoy the rest of the books in this series too. Now I’ve got to look at my Goodreads and see what my top 10 is for 2023. Great video 📚

[@shawnavick5614]

✨ I love your channel and your book recommendations! I picked up so many since watching you so thank you for your lovely descriptions on books and helping me delve more into my love for reading while wanting to explore more topics and genres of books. One of the books you recommended that I absolutely fell in love with and cannot stop talking about or recommending is spinning silver. It was chefs kiss perfection!

[@ArtemisC.DAragon]

Thank you Lexy! Great lectures!!! ❤ Frankenstein was one of my favourites, when I read it, as well👏👏👏 I adore Stephen King! & recently I've discovered Grady and... I'm in love!!! 🥰

[@michellemunoz3437]

Great suggestions. Added several to my list to start 2024. 🌟

[@giuliat9683]

🌟🌟🌟Now I definetly want to read the majority of the books that you mention in this video! thank you

[@emilyc9266]

Tress was on my favorites list of the year too!! I loved it so much 🥹

[@supergr0ver4]

I’ve only just stumbled across your channel and can I just say I am instantly subscribed! Absolutely adore the cosy aesthetic of your videos and how you craft your description of all of the books. I’m am so excited to have my mind opened to these new reads! ✨

[@colleenheart]

✨✨✨ Thank you for this amazing reading list!

[@oliviaelizabeth3814]

I had never even heard of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon, and you have totally sold me! Definitely adding to the top of my TBR!

[@amandagard284]

i appreciate you sharing that with Frankenstein we have to give it a little time before we get into it. I struggled with the language or or writing style when i started it, but you gave me hop and I'm going to pick it back up.

[@tal8762]

Among my favorites of 2023 is The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. I adored it! You’ve given me some great ideas for next reads. Thank you!

[@meganbabin2859]

Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite authors. Her writing is just so beautiful in every book she writes. ✨✨

[@dominiqueendeavors]

🌟⭐🌟 these were the stars I found lol. My favorite book I read this year was The Hard Way by Lee Child. It's book #10 of the Jack Reacher series. I mostly read books similar to this type of book, but there are some other genres sprinkled in there from time to time. I also read Aurora Rising, which I enjoyed. I am going to add the Amina book to my TBR to add a bit of variety to my reading adventures. Thanks for always reminding me why I love reading so much. You rock!

[@KarenTheGreat602]

Hi Lexi! I absolutely adored One Dark Window and its sequel Two Twisted Crowns. They would make fantastic winter (nonholiday) reads, for those who are seasonal readers. 😉

[@esliet]

Lexi I read some awesome books this past year because of your patreon , thank you. Some were on your list ✨✨✨✨

[@romalibra_books]

The background, the chair, the decor 🤩 it looks like an archeologist’s office in my head ✨

[@r4ch4elreads]

So pleased you finally got to Frankenstein and you loved it. It’s my favourite classic and I think it’s exceptionally well crafted. My favourite book of 2023 was Cloud Cuckoo Land, closely followed by The Rose Code, Pachinko and Migrations

[@Lunarlotusbloom]

I’m so excited that you finally read Frankenstein! It’s one of my favorite classics! I’ve been thinking about picking up Emily Wilde, so now I’ll have to make sure to grab it. My favorite thing I read this year was Ashlords by Scott Reintgen!

[@liacurry1076]

I love hearing you talk about books I also love because you just nail it every time!! Rules of Magic is far and away my favorite in the series, and Alone With You in the Ether was in my top five this year! Also if you love the vibes of Half a Soul you should try The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno Garcia. Happy new year!

[@goldeemabulay9052]

Ever since you mentioned That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon, I've been wanting to get my hands on it. Finally I have a copy now and will be one of my reads for 2024!! Excited!! My top 1 read in 2023 though is Nettle and Bone. I picked it up also because of your recommendation. I'm so glad I did I love it so much. 🌟🌟🌟 My star emoji is kind of different 😆

[@riyanjinssi8264]

i think 2024 is the year i'm gonna start reading an alice hoffman book. thank you for introducing amazing books to us! happy new year!!! 💖✨

[@KatieColson]

OmG YES! I love that you loved Alone With You in the Ether like I did. Great list. Loved watching.

[@amilena_wyamesart]

Loved the Practical Magic movie. Midnight Margaritas :D I got Frankenstein last year, I have yet to read it though.

[@staceypadget3470]

My favorite read in 2023 was The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. Just added a few that you mentioned to my TBR! Thanks for sharing ⭐️

[@Yurika_Sama]

My favorite book of 2023 was “Small Favors” by Erin A Craig :) also your mug is super cute!

[@elenavaipan]

🌟🌟 I have no idea what books you talked about in this video. I just listen to your voice while I'm working and it's awesome. Love you! 💜

[@arielsmith4788]

we do not have similar taste at all, but I love watching your videos bc you are the person equivalent of a cozy read.

[@teritucciarelli4451]

✨Love your vibe and the new hair ✨I always enjoy your videos! I'm not into fantasy as much but I love the classics! so glad you enjoyed Frankenstein!

[@quirkygirlreads]

Rules of Magic was my favorite of 2023, too!!! It totally caught me off guard, but was the perfect vibes for early fall.

[@mynameischrista]

I love your coffee mug!

[@luciesouvenir9481]

✨ your videos have the best vibe ❤️ definitely adding some of those titles to my wishlist ☺️

[@grishmavasoya374]

Last year most of my 4 & 5 star reads came from your recommendation!!! Since last couple of years my reading vibe has been cozy, warm, dreamy mystery or middle grade/adult fantasy. My last years reading list is literally cozy mystery or middle grade/adult magic books and you provide best recs in this space:)

[@brightsidegirl]

Great Video Alexandra! Frankenstein made my top ten a few years ago when I read it too. I was so shocked hehe. Now I'm a frankenstein FANGIRL

[@Welshopal1]

Thank you for such a great video, Lexi. I now want to try and read That time I got drunk and saved a demon. My favorite books of 2023 were Divine Rivals and The Adventures of Amina Al-Surafi. I was really surprised by The Adventures of Amina because I didn't think I would enjoy a pirate book, but it ended up being such a great story. I have just started the Fourth Wing and ACOTAR series so hopefully this year will be a great reading year.

[@trubeautyseeker]

I loved The Rules of Magic as well, better than Practical Magic, although I enjoyed that too. My favorite book in 2023 is tied between The Wishing Game, and The Collected Regrets of Clover…both so lovely and touched my heart in different ways. I love your videos and recommendations ✨✨Happy New Year❤️

[@erindouglas01]

The rules of magic!!! Half a soul and Emily wilde were some my faves to read in 2023 as well. I really want to pick up Tress of the emerald sea this year!

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great picks. I loved Frankenstein when i read it back in 2017. 🦇👻📚☕❄️🥂

[@ArteoftheMist]

Wendell from Encycloedia of Faeries gave me the biggest Howl vibes and I was here for it lol.

[@shanifridrich4997]

Going to add most of those to my reading list. Thanks! One of the books i loved this year was Homecoming by Kate morton

[@alorainautumn]

Lexi! Your space is becoming more and more exquisite! ✨ My favorite book of the year was probably The Blade Itself (the opposite of cozy haha) ✨

[@kaarinvembar5752]

Your #1 was one of the best audiobook experiences I’ve ever had. That book murdered me in the best way and still hangs around in my heart ❤

[@Krystal_LaShun]

Magic lessons was amazing. Def read that one. It was written so good!!

[@stardustindy70]

Fantastic top 10 list. I have add a few to my TBR. A few of my 5 star reads this year were: The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala, Sheets by Breanna Thummler and Delicates by Brenna Thummler (next up is Lights). I just picked up Bookshops & Bonedust yesterday from B&N (I read Legends & Lattes in early Fall and loved it!). My son got me A Winter in New York for Christmas 🥰

[@HelenaTheeCarat]

I am new to your Channel so I don‘t know if you read it, but my favorite book this year was the midnight library. Honestly changed my life!

[@danieleigh6468]

I would definitely love diff book recommendations videos like a video on classics a video on thrillers a video on cozies a video on rom coms just dedicate that video to a certain genre. Just an idea also reading some older book’s recommendations…. Also maybe how you pick your favorite quotes in books etc

[@laurairiarte3509]

✨ #1 is Fourth Wing and I am shook you didn’t mention it! I was so obsessed! 😂❤

[@jessicahurl5791]

✨✨✨ Thanks for the recommendations. ❤

[@andreapulsifer5326]

I read a lot of these thanks to you ❤ tress of the emerald sea and the adventures of AL sarafi were my favorites! Also you again, the grace of wild things ,forth wing, meet me at the lake, encyclopedia of fairies, pineapple st, a wizards guide to defensive baking , keeper of enchanted rooms( 🔉 ) also a few that i loved that haven't made it were wayward and the last word and the only one left !

[@jennifermaurer3047]

I finally read Frankenstein in 2023 around Halloween. I thought it was brilliant. It’s one of those books that you sit back and think to yourself what message it was trying to portray more than the story itself. Loved it!

[@nachogirlbrey5878]

I did read & buy The Time Travelers Wife as a first, loved it & couldn't put it down ✨️

[@shellkay]

Alice Hoffman has yet to disappoint. I read (& loved) Tress & Enc. of Faeries for Foxenwood & have Amina el Serafi & Half a Soul on my definite TBR this year. Can’t wait to see what treasures we find this year!

[@doreenperez6768]

✨That's a great list! I'm so glad you liked Frankenstein! It's my all time fave. I also love Alice Hoffman and my fave of hers is Blackbird House - it's SO good!! Happy New Year!

[@lauraa1345]

I also read Frankenstein in the fall of 2023 and I also really liked it a lot! As you said, the first 20% are very dense but afterwards one just only can get gripped!🤩

[@alexandraroselyn]

I think that’s the key! It’s objectively a little hard to get into but it’s seriously so good!!

[@KristinKravesBooks]

Ohh I am so excited about your number one pick! I love all of the books in that series!

[@alexandraroselyn]

I can’t wait to finish the series! I’m so glad you loved all the books!

[@CraftingVicky]

I added a few more on my TBR :) I love your recommendations. I ADORED Half a soul so now I'm very intrigued about the other book that shared that spot. Demon/dragon that sounds interesting! 🌠

[@keenabees]

I loved The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi as well. It was definitely in my top 3 reads of the year. I think we have similar tastes. A lot of the books you mentioned are on my tbr list. Another that took me by surprise that I loved this year was Finlay Donovan is Killing It. I don't know if you've read it but I listened to the audiobok and it was awesome.

[@kacie-jobradford2632]

I read Half a Soul based off of your recommendation here. Loved it. But, I was so disappointed when I thought I had thirty more pages left, but it was an excerpt from another book and a bunch of other extras!!! I've been had!!! 😩

[@em._.345]

need to read these books, thank u🫶🏼

[@samk2423]

The House of Hunger was my book of the year, I'd say.

[@kirstenhamann4930]

✨🦊✨ My favorite book caught me entirely by surprise because I don’t like tennis at all, but I loved listening to the audio of ‘Carrie Soto is Back’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I think the audiobook is the way to go with this one!!

[@margar3181]

I absolutely loved Half a Soul. I started re-reading it as soon as I finished it! Lol. ✨️

[@AlessandroReads347]

So glad you enjoyed Amina! Definitely a book I want to pick up in 2024. I actually read the author's other series called The Daevabad Trilogy this year and absolutely loved it! But my favorite book of 2023 was a middle-grade called The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. It was a beautiful story about books, community, and so much more. Highly recommend!✨️

[@AWitchAndACat]

The last library was so good.

[@tawnyachristensen7310]

Will have to give Amina a try. V cute mug!

[@MLLatUtube]

Half A Soul made my favorite books list, and I read it because of you. My top five were Hello Beautiful, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Wishing Game, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Legends and Lattes. I clearly need to read Frankenstein - perhaps I will do it in Jane Austen July, as they are contemporaries. Emily Wilde is number 6 for me.

[@tanyauyeda]

Rules of Magic and Alone with you in the ether were outstanding. Destroyed me in the best way. Open Water was also perfection. Can’t stop thinking about it. 😊✨

[@ryantodd7476]

Thanks for the video Lexi ✨️ I'm so glad you liked Frankenstein! I only read it this past year, too. My favourite read of 2023 was Essex Dogs by Dan Jones. I also have to put a special mention to Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie though!

[@alexandraroselyn]

I still need to read that one!!!

[@romalibra_books]

That Time I Got Drunk was so much fun 😂 also the audiobook was 👌

[@AngelaCatsaros]

Love your videos!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@lauraburcaw3623]

I was inspired by you to start the Practical Magic series last year! So far I’ve only read Magic Lessons and it was incredible! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series this year and watch Practical Magic for the first time! (I’m a book before adaptation girlie) ✨

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh yay!!! I love hearing that Laura!!

[@hiddeninthepages]

I read Half a Soul in 2023 too! I loved it so much.

[@bykensie]

Lexi can you please make a jewelry video?? Please pretty please. I love your rings and i can see some awe inspired jewelry here and there!! ❤

[@wynene2168]

Yes! I was blown away by The Rules of Magic as well. Not just one of the best books I've read this year, but of all time. Hey, I think you should read and review The Idiot by Elif Batuman and, also, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. If you ever read nonfiction, give Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler.

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oh hey I have both of the fiction you recommended!! I will absolutely put those on my TBR thanks! 😊

[@lydiamcguire3950]

One of my favorites this year was The Unmaking of June Farrow. It was like getting the chance to read my childhood favorite, Tuck Everlasting, again for the first time. But the grown up version! ✨

[@Sama-yd4cl]

Lexi your vibes in this video are giving cool witchy aunt 😍🖤✨

[@alexandraroselyn]

LOVE THAT THANK YOU!!

[@shawnatheeclecticbookworm2408]

I ❤ Alice Hoffman, I've never been disappointed by her books. Practical Magic is a must read, especially for anyone with sisters. Her YA books are wonderful as well.

[@KindofStrangePc]

Alice Hoffman is my favorite writer, her writing is just incredibly beautiful. Practical Magic is actually my favorite in the series! But loved Rules of Magic too (and Magic Lessons)

[@badfaith4u]

I also loved Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. ⭐️🌟💫✨

[@cortneybodington557]

Loved these recommendations

[@kantui525]

Will def be adding Emily Wilde's encyclopedia of fairies to my TBR! My favorite books this year were The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh, and Ducks by Kate Beaton

[@_ashleylh]

Love this video ❤ more updates/reviews on what you are reading as you are reading it please! Our tastes/favorites overlap quite a bit and I would like to hear your thoughts more often after you read. If monthly is too much for your life, maybe quarterly? Thanks!!! PS: the name Elias is pronounced EEE-lie-as in North America (I know because that is my four year old son's name! He always tells people how to pronounce his name because I think a lot of people mispronounce it.❤) It is pronounced as E-lee-us in other parts if the world though. PPS: Alone with you in the Ether and Emily Wildes Encyclopaedia of Fairies were two of my favorites of this year as well. Cannot wait for Map of the Otherlands in a couple of weeks!!! I read The Rules of Magic last year and you're right, Hoffman's style is so unique. My #1 is a tie this year between Babel and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I will not choose!

[@autumnfolkringa4313]

LOL @ the shoutout to Kayla at the beginning...IYKYK 😆 I will have to prioritize Rules of Magic and Seven Days in June this year! And Half a Soul and Emily Wilde to catch up on the Foxenwood live shows! My top books for 2023 were: Notes on an Execution (HIGHLY recommend!), The Dead Romantics, and How to Sell a Haunted House (my first Hendrix but will definitely be reading more from him!)

[@ParadoxKismet]

I have Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries and it's on my long TBR for this year. I've also been meaning to read Frankenstein and never have. I love how you talk about books that you enjoy! My top reads of the year are: Last Argument of Kings (Joe Abercrombie), Sea of Tranquility (Emily St John Mandel), Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson), When the Sparrow Falls (Neil Sharpson), How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu), Foxglove King (Hannah Whitten), Written in Red (Anne Bishop), Best Served Cold (Joe Abercrombie and 3 others tied. Plus poetry: Winter Recipes from the Collective ( Louise Gluck) & In Mad Love and War (Joy Harjo) and 2 others that tied. It's so hard to pick 10 favorites! 🙃😊⚔📚✨✨✨

[@chantellevictoria8277]

✨✨✨thank you Lexi!

[@joannievh2071]

Am I surprised to see Frankenstein in your top 10? Yes and no. Surprised that you finally read it 😉 and no because I did really enjoy too! I finished it at the beginning of the year and it was one of the best one I read. My two favourites weren"The very secret society of irregular witches" and "The final Empire" (first novel of Mistborn trilogy. Hope you have another great reading year! ✨✨✨

[@lauraa1345]

✨Thank you so much for this video, Lexi! A lot of books that you mentioned just went straight to my want to read list✨ My favorite series I read in 2023 was definitely Caraval❤️

[@alexandraroselyn]

Love that book! I need to finish the series!

[@lauraa1345]

@@alexandraroselyn definitely!

[@Iced.Coffee__]

✨Your videos are so relaxing. You help me unwind after a long day💜 I don’t know about my top ten, but the books that I loved the most in 2023 are The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Ariadne, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Miss You, Elektra, Project Hail Mary, and Neverworld Wake🫶 I am looking forward to read Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries this year. Also, I am currently reading The Ex Hex, and it is so good, I think it is going to be a 5 star read for me🌟