the BEST and FAVORITE books of 2023 :) 

Piranesi was definitely one of my favorite books that I read last year. So beautiful :')

That chopstick mic is a vibe ✨

OMG that's the fluffiest kitty ever I love them!🥰

i feel like your taste is the closest to mine out of all the booktubers i follow and it always makes me smile so much whenever our top fav books of the year end up overlapping in many places. i especially loved ocean vuong's books this year, he's just wonderful to read! also shout out to AFTG, forever and ever. i re-read the series last year for the 6th time and really, every time i come out of it with the realization that i do not care for the flaws or whatever opinion-shifts happen around this book, i for one will keep re-reading, loving and fixating on this series as long as i'm around. i don't care if there are flaws when in fact these books have such a strong emotional hold on me that really can't be compared to most titles i've encountered ever to this day. it's been almost a decade now since i first read it and it still lives on in my conscious and whenever i look at tumblr the community is still around and kicking, which proves that so many others are in the same shoes as me. i'll always appreciate others who have this same kind of love for this series and proudly voice it. it's undeniable that these books are laced with the kind of magic cast on readers that most all writers wish they could have too. hope you'll have a wonderful reading year in 2024 too!

There's a 4th All for the Game coming out this year with Jean as the mc. Can't wait! I re-read the series in 2023. The characters and their dynamics are so good. Who cares about the plot, I love it 😂

Swimming in the Dark - Human Acts - Kitchen - Lie with me - Piranesi❤ literally my favorite books of all time. If you want to read something similar to swimming in the dark PLEASE read Tin Man by Sarah Winman 💥

The way you talked about Swimming in the Dark makes me think you’d really appreciate Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart. A bit rougher around the edges but still a sweet story of first love between two boys, set in Scotland. It’s definitely stuck with me since I read it early last year so highly recommend!

I’m a new subscriber and I’m loving your vibes

i remember reading kitchen for high school junior year and i remember loving it and was intrigued by japanese literature. it's been years since i read the book, so i think it merits a reread ☝🏼 thanks for convincing me!! i also read swimming in the dark last year and also enjoyed it. i highly recommend reading dove in the belly, i also read it last year and absolutely LOVED it!!

Cat Who Saved The Books is absolutely on my radar. 💯 Watching you cuddle your cat is so cute! 😻

kitchen has been on my tbr forever!

I read Piranesi for the first time a couple days ago, it’s so beautiful

Have you read In Memoriam by Alice Winn? I'm reading it now and it's absolutely killing me and I feel like you would love it since you loved Swimming in the Dark!

Piranesi is one of my favorite books of all time. added ocean vuong's books to my tbr

I can’t wait for you to read the rain wild chronicles!!!

Swimming in the Dark's description reminded me of Open Water by Caleb Azuma Nelson ❤️

Are you ready for The sunshine court (book set after The king's men, it will follow Jean, and it will be dual pov so i am assuming the other pov will hopefully be Jeremy)??? I am pretty sure it will come out this year!

Have I told you lately how much I love your cat? You're great, too, of course, but that cat!

My copy of Humans Acts is so water damaged from my non stop crying

the fochole court ikrt and we getting book 4 soon!!

YES 👏🏽 to Night Sky in Exit Wounds (still gotta read his other collection). And YES 👏🏽 to Piranesi. An all-time favorite for sure.

a day of fallen night, the broken earth trilogy and piranesi were my favorite books from 2023! I have some of the ones you mentioned here on my tbr but sadly my library doesn't currently have them :(

My favourite read of 2023 was Interview with the Vampire We all need more Piranesi based book recs, masterpiece

I enjoyed Lie With Me far more than Swimming in The Dark, and wasn’t obsessed with Piranesi, but aside from that I agree with all these takes!

Just picked up the cat who saved books on my birthday trip to the bookstore!

I love the foxhole court 🥹

I received The Cat Who Saved Books for Christmas and ate that shit up! It felt kind of like reading an anime, the way each chapter plays out.

She and Her Cat is amazing - feels very much like The Cat Who Saved Books

lovely video 🩷 do you plan on reading Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat? or maybe you've mentioned it but i was distracted lmao

I recently read Open Throat by Henry Hoke and you should check it out. It's a fast novella, but I thought it was excellent.

my god, that cat just looked into my soul...and all he found was my desire to reread The Foxhole Court...

So cute❤❤❤ I’m sending you and your kitty love (;

You must read "Shadow of the Wind" if you love books about books. Its a story within a story within a story!! One of my best reads of 2023

Man I'm not going to lie I personally feel like you over hyped Swimming in the dark but it was good and bittersweet

Ellias BOOK FOUR OF THE FOXHOLE COURT COMING THIS YEAR?!!!!!!!!! Also if you don’t know they are finally getting hard cover special editions!!!!!!! Rainbow Crate are the ones doing it.

piranesi is just the best book ever

Molly Ringwald translates books?? 🤯

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I so deeply respect that you are publicly ride-or-dying with aftg

Piranesi is really a book that doesn't fit any genre or category. I need to go reread it now.

Swimming in the dark was trash. Read like a middle school project on similes and metaphors lesson.

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