my favorite books of 2023

My top 23 of 2023:

1. The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley (Mystery/Romance)
2. The Choice by Edith Eger (Memoir)
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (duh)
4. Yes, Chef by Waitlyn Andrews (Workplace romance, enemies to lovers)
5. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover (romance, good girl/bad boy)
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8. Love Song by Sophia Bennett (YA Romance, one of us is famous trope)
9. The One by Keira Cass (Last book in YA royalty dystopian trilogy)
10. The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther (YA Summer romance)
11. To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (YA, Fake dating)
12. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (YA Romance, coming of age)
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
14. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (YA Romance, Love triangle)
15. Twisted Lies by Ana Huang (Billionaire romance, he fell first)
16. Paper Princess by Erin Watt (Romance/drama - this book is WILD)
17. Book Lovers by Emily Henry (enemies to lovers, small town romance)
18. My Leap of Faith by Melody Sweet (travel romance, love after loss)
19. The Twins of Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor (Memoir)
20. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover (found family, second chance romance)
21. Ms Perfectly Fine by Kate Callaghan (enemies to lovers, forced proximity)
22. Twisted Love by Ana Huang (brother's best friend, enemies to lovers)
23. Twisted Games (bodyguard, forbidden romance) TIED WITH Twisted Hate (enemies to lovers, best friend's brother) both by Ana Huang

I am gout to start reading the magnolia parks series. Wish me lucky.

I am all about binge reading a series or an author.

Lucy Lennox- starting with Made Marian Series- Borrowing Blue. >Forever Wilde Series. Lucy has a reading order list on her website.
My favorite book of both series - Wilde Love. ❤️

Abby Jimenez- love how she brings to light things that people just don’t talk about> Endometriosis, kidney disease, etc. She writes her dog Stuntman Mike into her first book. Videos on TikTok of her dogs are hilarious. She also references her cupcake shop Nadia Cakes (won Cupcake Wars) in her books.

Rachel Reid- M/M hockey
She was the author that got me out of Historical romance and into contemporary romance.

Eden Finley and Saxon James!!!!!! - MM Hockey Romance. I started with Fake Out- Fake Boyfriend Series by Eden Finley. CU Hockey and Puckboys series written by both authors. Favorite book being Egotistical Puckboy.

Sarina Bowen- my favorite is Him Series.
I love how she writes gay and straight romance.

Favorite explicit book- For the Fans by Nyla K

The day you document your ACOTAR journey… omg I neeeeed it!

can u stop moving ur hands so much so i can look at ur ring cuz i think its the prettiest ring ive ever seen- but i'm not really sure cuz i can't see it

I LOVE youre taste in books! Most of my books come from this channel❤

Could you give book recommendations that are mostly from the male point of view? Or duaI povs? I love cute books like that where you can see how he thinks off her

omg i’m a magnolia and julian fan too 😩😩

"I never said these books were good. I said they were my favorites." PERIOD GIRL!!!!! It's your OWN opinion at the end of the day!!

had no interest in the true love experiment until rn lol

Would you ever post an uncut vlog?

My top 3 of 2023 (my only 5 stars) were: ACOMAF, Fourth Wing and Babel!

It’s a shame that you have to put out there about what you read and enjoy makes people be judgmental thinking they can steer you to “real books”. Good for you for standing up for the love of reading and what makes you happy!!!❤

Fourth Wing and Iron Flame were my favorite books of the year.

"gossip girl 'you sold me for a hotel' vibes" is the perfect way to explain the magnolia/daisy books. its like watching a reality show about rich kids, and its bad bc its a reality show but that's why it's good

I always forget what books are about. Then they come out with a new cover and I will start to read it and realize I have already read it! hahaha So I finally started a Goodreads account and am thinking about starting a Book log/book journal of some kind. 💜💜💜

I have the exact same opinion on the shatter me series ! I say to people all the time that I would have loved it in my divergent era

I remember you. I met you at umair qureshi's house. According to you, I was "super icky" cause I diddn't know who you were and you were really rude when I genuinely had no clue who u were and when you were questioning me on my book tastes and the way I read. Your videos are cute btw x.

Aaa

you should definitely read Unsteady

Miss you Steph :(

My favorites were When In Rome, Better Than the Movies, and The Dead Romantics

Steph we need a fav books of all time or a rec list for beginner readers 🩶

mom i miss you

yesss i love the right move 💕💕

I love Renee Carlino!

As a literature student who read Charles Dickens last year: I still read and liked a lot of these books 🤭📖🩷

Your favorites were soo similar to mine!!
I loved Fourth Wing, the ENTIRE Boys of Tommen Series, The Love Hypothesis, Twisted Games, Powerless, and Better Than the Movies!! 🙂

julian and magnolia literally break my heart because theyre perfect and hes perfect and im depressed cos of them :((((

You always have the best book recommendations❤️ send you so much love ✨✨✨✨

Yes! I love your vomment anout how you feel about your top books.
I feel it's how i feel about the nook and how much i enjoyed it. ❤😊.

Why r u not in Hollywood ur like saaaaaaaaaa preety

I agree sooooo much with the knockemont series bc the second wasn’t as good as the first but then the third was incredible like I have reread sooooo many times. Sloane and Lucian for life ❤❤

My tbr is too long for Steph to drop another video😭 (but obv I need more videos)

I think about julian and magnolia every single or day

can i read things we left behind and skip the second book bc I started it but its not giving I think I wanna skip it..

Not me only being on A long way home and finding out what happens in the great undoing! 🥲

I always love your videos Steph!
Although because I'm silly and I'm obsessed with the universe, (and nothing to do with the video) and no one probably cares, I noticed the Addicted Calloway and Like Us shelves! However Like Us is in a different order. It should go:
1. Damaged Like Us
2. Lovers Like Us
3. Alphas Like Us
4. Tangled Like Us
5. Sinful Like Us
6. Headstrong Like Us
7. Charming Like Us
8. Wild Like Us
9. Fearless Like Us
10. Infamous Like Us
11. Misfits Like Us
12. Unlucky Like Us
13. Nobody Like Us

me leaving this video with 23 new books on my tbr

Hey, I have a question can you read “Practice Makes perfect”before “When in Rome” by Sarah Adams ?

Steph you HAVE to read All the Young dudes! It’s a fan fiction about the marauders era from Harry Potter but it doesn’t seem like a fanfiction AT ALL. Better than some romance books and it will make you cry (a lot) and laugh and tear you apart in the best way. Trust me on this one ❤

Pleasee do a Sarah J Maas reading vlog this year!! 💞🌷👑

Hi Steph, are you available for a collaboration?

I love your honesty about not remembering books that you loved

PLEASE read ACOTAR. I even made my boyfriend read it and HE loved it

I’m going to start reading Boys of Tommen series this year and I’m super excited ❤

I am so happy that say you swear is on the list 😭 I think that book deserves more attention !!

Waittttt I never knew what true love experiment was about but that actually sounds riiiiight up my alley

HEY steph plz read The Emperor (Dark Verse series) Book 3. soon.You'll love Dante