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2023
My Year in Books
28,808
pages read
Kristel | Your Novel Ambitions
100
books read
Kristel | Your Novel Ambitions
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An Unexpected Twist by Andy Borowitz
Shortest Book
18
pages
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Longest Book
560
pages
Average book length in 2023
288
pages
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Most Shelved
13,458,087
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I am Jewish by Judea Pearl
Least Shelved
651
people also shelved
Kristel | Your Novel Ambitions ’s average rating for 2023
4.2
4.2
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.70 average
Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

Kristel | Your Novel Ambitions ’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Essential reading for today’s Jewish progressive.
KRISTEL | YOUR NOVEL AMBITIONS ’S 2023 BOOKS
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
it was amazing
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō
Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen
An Unexpected Twist by Andy Borowitz
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel
it was amazing
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
it was amazing
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Educated by Tara Westover
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
it was amazing
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
You Don’t Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
it was amazing
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
it was amazing
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
Go as a River by Shelley Read
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Calling Ukraine by Johannes Lichtman
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
it was amazing
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Maus I by Art Spiegelman
I am Jewish by Judea Pearl
Maus II by Art Spiegelman
People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung
Paper Names by Susie Luo
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
it was amazing
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Melissa by Alex Gino
Pageboy by Elliot Page
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Looking for Alaska by John Green
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
it was amazing
Tweakerworld by Jason Yamas
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
it was amazing
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
Trust by Hernan Diaz
it was amazing
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty
Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Kristel | Your Novel Ambitions ’s last review of the year

really liked it
One of Vonnegut’s later works that carries his signature style of biting satire and classism intended to be told through snippets of scratch paper by a Vietnam vet turned professor awaiting trial in prison. Still processing this one, but always in awe of Vonnegut’s ability to tell a story within a story within another story like a nesting doll.
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