my favorite books of 2023 !!

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wrapping up my first year on youtube with my top 10 best books of 2023, ranked in order. worst books will be next week 🤓
thank you guys for joining me here :) i can't tell you how much i appreciate having so many of you care about the things i create. the lonely fifteen year old in her bedroom would never have believed that this could happen to me (and so quickly!). you guys rock.
here's to a fantastic 2024 🎉
🍓s o c i a l s
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• instagram where i complain: / newlynovabooks
⏰ t i m e s t a m p s
intro & some stats: 0:00
wild partnership: 2:11
number 10 🏛️: 3:38
number 9 🥀: 5:50
number 8 🍁: 8:24
number 7 🛏️: 10:16
number 6 ⚔️: 12:27
number 5 🚀: 14:16
number 4 🩻: 16:41
number 3 📚: 19:36
number 2 🏒: 22:49
NUMBER 1!!!!: 25:18
👒 f a q
• i film using a fujifilm X-S10 and edit with premiere pro.
• i am 23 and currently live in wisconsin. it is very cold here.

[@sar-bear9388]

The way u explain books plots, paints such a clear picture and gives so much understanding while not actually spoiling anything, is amazing. U just explain good loll which I appreciate bc I'm so dyslexic and comprehending can be hard sometimes

[@newlynova]

♥️♥️♥️ thank you bestie

[@sanssmithy8246]

Yes! She’s really the best at what she does 📚

[@jwardy2711]

There's an author I started reading Susan Markloff who writes YA fantasy and does dyslexic versions of her books!

[@kailynevans]

I have added almost everything she’s recommended to my tbr on goodreads because she is so convincing 😂

[@paramitasamadder9811]

Bro believe me, you are not native english speaker but learned english by reading books, right?

[@ItsVidaK]

Can't wait to see what number Credence is on the list!

[@NobodyCares......]

Or Twisted Love ☠️

[@balladofahomeschooledsongbird]

it’s #1 💀💀💀

[@UrRandomKiwi]

⁠of worst books maybe 💀@@balladofahomeschooledsongbird

[@balladofahomeschooledsongbird]

@@UrRandomKiwi fr💀💀

[@zknight4481]

Can you imagine if she actually came back two years from now and was like “The fact that I didn’t give Credence five stars was clownish, it was carnival behavior.” 😂 I would DIE. Just watching her read that book stressed me tf out bc I can’t believe that’s actually a thing that was written by a real person and that people actually liked. Just the quotes she read in the vlog have traumatized me for the last several months. So if she changed her rating on that one to a 5, I would absolutely lose my mind

[@sireeeee1499]

when you mentioned palestine my love for you instantly multiplied ... and Babel is my fav book for 2023

[@AutsiticAlien007]

Babel was in my 5 star reads of this year as well! I recommend it to help people understand discrimination.

[@56annieb]

I just unsubscribed. You do you.

[@rubyanddelilahandnani]

I LOVE how you describe books. I need to get my hands on Circe asap.

[@itsGabrielaCristina]

Yes! Circe was in my top 3 of last year

[@jennw892]

Your recap of Credence was TOTALLY worth not reaching your 2023 goal. It was EVERYTHING! Happy New Year!

[@bethany5527]

the days lexi posts are the best days

[@DianaMalloy]

girl thank you i've been obsessed with your channel and just have had your past videos on loop in the background while i do my silly little tasks

[@newlynova]

i relate to this and am honored to be your background noise 😭

[@leiaaucock7875]

Oh my gosh where is your cardigan/jumper from

[@putriikrima5094]

@@newlynova oh my god... you have been my background noises too everytime i eat when i am not in the mood to call anyone

[@AFI313]

Ma’am… WHY IS UNCLE JAKE STILL ON YOUR WALL😭😭😭😭😭

[@diereading]

have you ever made a video about your notion spreadsheet? I feel like my notion reading sheet is so basic, I need inspiration and tips and would eat a video like that up

[@stevenlamb8726]

Completely agree with your comments about reading YA as an adult. I am 37 and absolutely love the reading experience that YA provides. I always peruse the YA shelves when I’m in B&N! Not sure why so many other people seem to have an issue with it…

[@readbybee]

I cried twice during this video HAHA 1. Talking about What My Bones Know because as someone with CPTSD, this representation and commentary is super important. Representation in general is so so important. The quote KILLED me. 2. Babel, that's all I gotta say

[@newlynova]

both of those books just absolutely cleaved me in two 😭 no shame in crying

[@ruby22546]

Legendborn reignited my love for YA and Bloodmarked had me gasping each chapter. It was a rollercoaster and i need to reread it. I absolutely loved how Tracy used the reluctant chosen trope with Bree.

[@mirandaspinelli]

why is there a divorce tier list in the back? help

[@sumitraspov]

"I ranked them because I'm not a coward" i SCREAMED 😭🤌🏼

[@scarycherry444]

I just finished Project Hail Mary a few days ago because you recommended it in a previous video and OH MY GOD it's so good. I really really hope it becomes a movie as well. It single handedly put me back on a sci-fi kick and now I NEED to go back and reread The Martian!!

[@Thepeanutcollector]

I’ve been putting off buying this book, but now I’m dying to read it

[@hannahclairereads7835]

Wake up, Lexi posted a new video!!!

[@beccac6812]

Immediately clicks and immediately adds all these books to my TBR : I trust lexis recommendations wholeheartedly ❤

[@whatthedeal869]

I called Bloodmarked the Empire strikes back of books. Expanded the world, developed its themes, introduced great new characters and left off on a banger of a twist. It was so damn good

[@sar-bear9388]

U inspire me to get back into reading! And your recommendations/ recap of books are everything

[@LizClarkBooks]

You do such a good job hyping up books! Feeling very motivated for some of these on this years tbr. Thank you!

[@michellehelbig6710]

Love the diversity of books in your list! You always give such good recommendations, and describe the books so well without spoiling them. Can’t wait to add these to my TBR!

[@user-bf4hg8yv6n]

you are the queen of youtube book reviews. No one else comes close. I spend far too much time listening to you and adding your recommendations to my good reads 'want to read' list! looking forward to the next video

[@danielaaguilar2269]

All your videos are so fun and just bring me such comfort!❤️ I love reading and I haven't in a loooong while and now I'm so excited to read all your recs!

[@joana1684]

Yessss I've been waiting for Lexi's favorite books of 2023!!! TYSM for this!! 😆🥰🥰

[@ReadBetweenthePages]

I’ve added many of your recommendations to my TBR for this year! Can’t wait to read them. Your energy, spirit, and narrative detail are intoxicatingly entertaining! Love your channel 💕

[@booksandbags]

I love the diversity of your list. Babel and the Legendborn series were already on my TBR for this year. You've convinced me to read Circe and Betty-they sound fantastic!

[@averymichelle5447]

first of all i adore your content. you have the most beautiful way of explaining stories. second it’s killing me that uncle jake has been added to your wall collage

[@adiharris01]

So glad I found your channel, your reviews are so spot on for my reading taste. You explain the books so well without giving them away!

[@AthenaTheHikingCat]

AHHH reading Betty now because of your rec and .... WOW. I love it so much. How have I not heard more about this book?!?!?

[@BlueWingWRen]

I love watching videos like this, makes me wanna read more, and write like mini book reports on why I like my favourites. Also, I’m obsessed with that green sweater at the beginning, the embroidery is so pretty

[@newlynova]

[@actually_nevermind]

I wish we could all go back in time so lexi could be our high school english teacher 🥹

[@FloofleDoodlesStrudel]

I've read many many books in my life and Circe is one of my top 5. I discovered your channel recently and have loved your reviews, your descriptions are always so well communicated and lovely! I can't wait to give all of these other books a try. Thank you!

[@twoghostsinacornfeild]

your channel has definitely been on of my biggest inspirations reading wise this year (especially when it comes to branching out of my comfort zone)! tysm for another awesome video

[@chocolateoreo6489]

You are so great at describing books (: I hope you have a lovely year in terms of book and life!

[@mikaelabrockel]

I would love a template for your notion book page! I'm getting super into Notion this year and have decided to organize my entire life on it lol. I love to see what people do with their notion

[@ailienphanwagar3372]

I’m so excited for this vid!!!!

[@bernadette_v]

I always look forward to your videos and love how you talk about books. I picked up Beartown, What My Bones Know, and Betty from the library and am looking forward to reading them.

[@jonahtollison3877]

rip my tbr… the way you talk about books just truly convinces me that they must be worth reading immediately. Also between this and the dark academia blog you have convinced me to finally read babel!

[@ambientalyssa]

loved the video. thank you for all your hard work!

[@heyy6677]

omgg came to this straight away!! cant wait to watch

[@debbie688]

This channel was my favourite finding of 2023! Can't wait to watch more of your videos this year 👏🏽📖

[@NellyVilla09]

Been waiting for thisssss let’s go!!!

[@emilyfierro7696]

lexi I love you so much. my country rn is not going through the best time and i am so scared all the time 😀 but your videos help me forget it all and just think about good books, bless you!

[@newlynova]

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[@lilrvse5374]

dude i love your videos, i have binged watched all of your videos, my personal favorite is the credence video, you are so witty and funny, you did great this year with your reading, keep doing what you are doing bro!

[@Tanyapaperbacks]

Congratulations on completing a year! Your videos are such a delight ❤

[@themodernbookwoman]

Circe was one of my faves of 2023 and made my GOAT list!! Loooove the way you summarized it!!

[@bluecheeseenthusiast]

legendborn and bloodmarked are my favorite books ever written so knowing it’s one of of my favorite book tubers favorite series makes me so unbelievably happy

[@halfmoons9439]

YOUR SWEATER! Actually before getting into this video and thanking you for this year and all the fun book talk, your outfits are incredible 👏🏽

[@madballa333]

Just discovered your channel and I'm super greatful! Not only had I not heard of any of these books before, but all of them I found on Libby and most even had an audiobook option! Can't wait to dive in on all of em!

[@Brbdreaming_asmr]

I positively loved Circe too 🥹 love hearing how you describe books, definitely want to check some of these out 😍

[@laurenpineiro4199]

You are one of my favorite KZbinrs! Love how you review books❤

[@enchantingaudiobooks]

You're inspiring me to read more books and I'm loving it! 💖

[@dilllogan8703]

i adore how you explain books. your recommendations are some of the only ones i regularly take because you can tell how much you love the books you talk about. i borrowed project hail mary from the library a couple weeks ago because you recommended it and i’ve been loving it, it’s also made me realize that i love sci-fi that’s rooted in reality. as for my favorites from 2023, i really loved when the angels left the old country, which is about a jewish angel and demon who leave their tiny village in search of a girl from said village. i listened to it on audiobook and loved it.

[@lilacfields]

your favorites list is so real … you’re literally one of the only booktubers i trust. also i saw the Charm Offensive on your divorce tier list on tiktok and just wanted to say i adore that book and can’t wait to see what u think about it ☺️

[@prerza]

you look so pretty

[@xu9529]

Love your thoughts about every book! [you, again] intrigued me a lot ❤

[@laurenbennett2800]

Circe and Legendborn are both sitting on my bookshelf currently and this video single-handedly convinced me to add them to my TBR for this year 😅❤

[@wickerlibrary]

omg i LOVE your cardigan/sweater it is so cute!

[@StephMorgan_]

Soo excited to see Juniper and Thorn on this list - it's one of my all time favourites and totally agree its not a perfect book but the perfect for very particular reads! I hope it reaches more people.

[@sunglory4488]

You're my go-to when I need book recommendations! You have such a wonderful book taste, you're a really lovely person and you explain book plots pretty well. Thanks milion^^ I'm so glad I could find you^^❤

[@celineann4307]

New watcher of your channel and just wanted to say your videos are so entertaining and thoughtful. Definitely going to check out some of these books in the future 💗

[@WillSaabye-ey5vy]

I’m getting into reading this year! Your channel makes me want to read more!

[@isabelazambelli4550]

i just wanted to say that i've just discovered your channel and i'm obsessed!!! a queen of immaculate taste

[@fi_reads_books]

I've been trying to hype myself up to read Betty, so hearing how much you love it made me really excited!

[@buttercups_nosering]

i love this list! and i honestly NEED that notion template 😂

[@JoanneBlue96]

Girl, I'm so glad I found you! I've been binge watching your videos for the past week - I love your sense of humor and the passion with which you walk us through each book. I can't wait for your least favourite books video, I know I'm gonna laugh my ass off with that one.

[@aidengeyman347]

The trust I have in your taste is incredible. The way over half of these were already on my TBR list because of your videos 😭😭 Babel and Tomorrow^3 are next on my list after I finish the poppy war trilogy (all of which I bought because of you). Keep up the great content I literally would not know what books to read if not for your tasteful opinions.

[@haleyfortune7406]

reading project hail mary right now due to your recommendation and am FLYING through it it’s so good!!! i also thought the dude-ish language was going to get annoying after reading the first few pages but the novelty wore off it ended up being part of the charm

[@newlynova]

yesss i am so glad you are loving it!!

[@maddiejennett3744]

Love your recs Lexi!! I read Babel per your recommendation and it literally changed me as a person. I'm reading Circe now with a friend and I ADORE Circe as a character so far. She's so wholesome and she must be protected at all costs 😭😭

[@TotallyForFun]

you just got a new subscriber! You're so fun to listen to and have thoroughly convinced me to read all of these books!

[@newlynova]

[@yuvalgivony1364]

literally finished listening to Beartown today and it was so intriguing like the switching between povs, the writing, the setting, the plot, the characters,,, i feel a strong urge to reread it bc i loved it sm

[@lunisenlilja]

no way, i was just looking for a good book-related video to watch while eating dinner and this got uploaded just when i refreshed yt, bless!!

[@KristinKravesBooks]

I have been curious about Juniper and Thorn but you have just completely sold me on it!

[@ThatNerdyMystic]

I realized I have watched every video you have made. I LOVE your reviews.

[@kylajayapurna9058]

something about the way you read out quotes and explained foo’s memoirs was just so intimate and raw and AH you’re so amazing

[@niyahdenee]

checking the library for every book in this video bc you make them sound so good

[@FeelLovely]

This is exactly what I needed today

[@hannahlikesbooks_]

I so agree with your take on project hail mary! i love love love that book, and gave it as a gift to my brother for christmas this year. I also gifted my sister Legendborn and we are co-reading it now! Love ur takes, thank you so much for the joy you spread.

[@scriptgoddess]

Circe will be a book I go back to again and again. It's wondrous in print, and the audio version is fantastic. Great list!

[@s.simms02]

god hearing you talk about babel makes me want to reread it. i love that book with my whole heart 😫

[@Visitor_CBooks-kg5ce]

Just wanted to thank you for the lead on using Notion. I've been searching a few years for something to collect my thoughts in and hadn't found anything that felt encompassing enough. Checked it out after watching your video and I think I'm hooked. Also, as a fellow Wisconsinite, hoping everything is survivable right now, with the immense amount of snow and brutal chill that is ravaging the landscape. Also a quick thank you for reading that travesty of a novel so that I don't have to.

[@nninebyw836]

i read you, again because of you and it became my fav of the year too!🥹 thank YOU lexi❤️ i love ari and josh so muchhh

[@newlynova]

[@gabriela0315]

the way you describe things is so magical

[@kate.b97]

Lexi your videos on loop get me through the work day and I love u for that!! Adding all your recs to my list alwaysss

[@BB-zd3jr]

Great coverage! I’m sad to say I read some of your worst books LOL, but I’m looking forward to reading these. Thank you for your hard work!

[@Nadia_Guadalupe]

I read Beartown because of you since you made it sound so good and it was my #2 favorite book of the year. I felt changed by that book so thank you

[@yassminezaki9564]

10 books have just been added to my TBR list

[@courtneyyy496]

i absolutely adore you

[@sophieismyname]

your outfit is a vibe. the lipstick matches the sweater nicely. ❤

[@jujubeanz1457]

betty absolutely ripped me to shreds and put me back together. i decided to read it as a plane read & not only was i sad about returning from seeing my family but also the last couple of chapters, I WAS A MESS. i read it through libby but i went out and bought a physical copy for my shelf bc it was just such a beautiful heart wrenching read :') will be picking up circe & what my bones know for sure!!! babel is already on my TBR, and you again is still on my bookshelf! loveeee all your recommendations

[@kalisue6573]

Lexi - I can’t thank you enough for bringing What My Bones Know to my attention. My therapist recently brought up CPTSD to me and I hadn’t even thought to look for memoirs about it. I just happen to also watch your videos and for you to bring it up. I’ve never connected with a book more. Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@newlynova]

[@xxroafle]

i love how you choose your words and listening to your descriptions soothes my heart and makes me want to read. you became a favorite youtuber of mine so fast and i just thought that you deserve to know how amazing you are! ♡ also, you make me laugh. thank you for that and your humor.

[@newlynova]

🫶🫶🫶 thank you bestie

[@genevieveseverini9576]

Loved that you had Juniper & Thorn on the list. Ava Reid has 2 other books out that are so amazing and she’s coming out with a Lady Macbeth retelling this year! One of my new favorite authors for sure.

[@Turtle20305]

These outfits absolutely slay, I could never. 😭

[@dripping.sauces]

you've successfully convinced to me read circe with that description, i need you to know how i had already removed it from my want to read shelf!! just like you i have been putting off reading project hail mary for some reason unknown to me, hopefully this is gonna be my year and may i mention i love your notion graphs 😍

[@juniperng]

please share some tips on building book trackers on notion! ☺️ loved it when you brought out the stats lol

[@Lynx-og5fd]

i added like 3 of these to my tbr because of you

[@seahsiying3145]

i just read babel because you recommended it in another video and it was so excruciatingly painful and beautiful to read through. i could not put the book down, thank you lexi for the experience 😭😭

[@user-kf6mi2ss9p]

The constellation quote! That was also one of my favourite circe quotes (if not my favourite one) and it's def the one that's stuck with me longest I love it

[@jaquelinegomez2008]

No because the way that I also use reading to dissociate from thinking real thoughts. I love your channel dude, I shamelessly refreshed my subscribed list daily. Keep up the great content. ❤ Also I fucking LOVED juniper and thorn and I read it because of another one of your videos. Thank you!