Best Books of 2023! 📚

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  • @jenvcampbell
    @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Thanks for watching, everyone! What were your favourite books of 2023? x

    • @tirarosaurioreads
      @tirarosaurioreads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mine where "Our Wives Under the Sea" by Julia Armfield and "Swimmers" by Julie Otsuka. I loved them both and as different as they are from each other I just cant choose over the other!

  • @bookishfairygodmother
    @bookishfairygodmother 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Just took five million screenshots! So many books to dive into!!

  • @hopefullyherereading
    @hopefullyherereading 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Watching this made me realize how many of your recommendation I read through the year (it’s a lot). So thank you.

  • @KyWill-ji8sg
    @KyWill-ji8sg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I had an amazing reading year and out of 118 books I had a top 12
    1.Maps of our spectacular bodies-Maddie Mortimer
    2.Soldier, sailor-Claire Kilroy
    3.Song of Achilles-Madeline Miller
    4.Creatures of passage-Morowa Yejidie
    5.Demon Copperhead-Barbara Kingsolver
    6.Prophet Song-Paul Lynch
    7.Ghost story- Peter Straub
    8.The trees-Percival Everett
    9.My year of rest and relaxation-Otessa Moshfegh
    10.A brief history of seven killings-Marlon James
    11.Bandit Queens-Parini Schroff
    12.Glory-NoViolet Bulawayo
    Quite a few I read because of you, so thanx haha

  • @HollyDunnDesign
    @HollyDunnDesign 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My top three books of 2023 were Chlorine by Jade Song (sorry😂), Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda and The Will of the Many by James Islington. All three will be going onto my favourites of all time list. ❤ Chrysalis, Playing Games and Prophet Song are all high on my TBR. Thank you for your recommendations, Jen!

  • @BárbaraBianchiRolim
    @BárbaraBianchiRolim 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My favourite video of the year ❤

  • @alphabuild6904
    @alphabuild6904 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Books that stayed with me the most were Creatures of Passage, I who have never known men, Kindred, Night Waking and Animal Farm (which was a first time read for me). I also read some memorable non fiction, Alice Millers For your own good and Susan Forwards Toxic Parents. No easy reads but very insightful.

  • @mehreenali5475
    @mehreenali5475 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Jen, I eagerly wait for your favourites video. ❤ So many great titles here. I'm particularly intrigued by Chrysalis, The Centre, and The Hierarchies. Would certainly be picking these up.
    My favourite fiction in 2023 was Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (recommended by you, of course). And my favourite non-fiction was Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed.

  • @kategriffiths9777
    @kategriffiths9777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My favourite books of 2023 were Owlish and also Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

  • @mradcaqbdb
    @mradcaqbdb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So interesting to hear that Claudia Pineiro’s summer release is related to All Yours! I’m even more excited that my copy of All Yours is on the way across the pond so I can be ready to read the new one this summer!
    My fiction top 10 for 2023:
    A Little Luck - Claudia Pineiro
    Clytemnestra - Costanza Casati
    Address Unknown - Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
    Black Butterflies - Priscilla Morris
    Wandering Souls - Cecile Pin
    The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett
    Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
    Grave Expectations - Alice Bell
    None of This is True - Lisa Jewell
    A Murder in the Family - Cara Hunter

  • @KendraWinchester
    @KendraWinchester 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That description of All the Little Bird-Hearts is perfection. My heart still hasn’t recovered since I first listened to it. 😭❤️

  • @benreadsgood
    @benreadsgood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing Jen - love the mix and happy to see I’m A Fan make the cut! 🎉

  • @laurayt3
    @laurayt3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Chrysalis! Thank you so much for the recommendation ❤

  • @jacquelinemcmenamin8204
    @jacquelinemcmenamin8204 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Only two books on your list overlap with mine
    All The Little Bird Hearts
    Prophets Song
    So others on my best of 2023 are
    The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowing ( debut)
    Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
    We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
    The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
    The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
    The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
    Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
    Close to Home by Michael Magee ( debut)
    Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
    Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
    All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Chein
    The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
    The New Life by Tom Crewe
    My number one book was
    Deluge by Stephen Markley
    🍀👋☘️☕️📖📚📕🇮🇪

  • @d1ame
    @d1ame 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this list Jen, I´ve been following you for a while now, and I have to say, your recommendations never disappoint. I really enjoy the way you explain and review books and also your passion for literature. I think you're brilliant! A hug from Costa Rica!

  • @Rosalind_Jane
    @Rosalind_Jane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    just to let you know I find it really helpful that you list the books in the description. Also this reminded me of your review of Is Mother Dead? which made me very keen to read Vigdis Hjorth. I've only read Will and Testament so far, bought because the cover is one of my favourite paintings. I absolutely loved it and look forward to Is Mother Dead? next. I started following your channel in 2023 and have a very long and exciting reading list as a result. Thank you.

  • @robgst100
    @robgst100 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great list. I love hearing you talk about books.
    My favs of the year were probably Diary of a Void or Book of Goose or Is Mother Dead.

  • @hasteyebooks
    @hasteyebooks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Hierarchies sounds so intriguing and terrifying. Watching Women & Girls is going straight on my tbr - obsessed with the gaze in my current PhD research. I also keep meaning to pick up a Vivek Shraya book!

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤️☺️

  • @Hannah0105
    @Hannah0105 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some great recommendations. I want to read The Hierarchies and Diaries of a Void. My favourite book this year was Elena Knows which you recommended previously. Thanks for your weekly videos, I always look forward to it

  • @elizabethgriffith8684
    @elizabethgriffith8684 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yay!!! My absolute favourite video of the year!!! I find so many new favourites through your recommendations so thank you:) I am so happy to see All the Little Bird Hearts on this list. It was also a favourite of mine this year, I had a full on ugly cry at the ending. Also happy to see Prophet Song as your number 1 because I just picked it up so now I'm excited to crack into it next.
    I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing holiday season:)

  • @renebecker5503
    @renebecker5503 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Firstly, I love your channel, thank you. Secondly! I finished Prophet Song just before Christmas and it gutted me. It was so beautiful, yet so upsetting. i keep thinking about it...

  • @AKBooks-fe7nf
    @AKBooks-fe7nf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I read Ms Ice Sandwich after you recommended in your gift guide video comments and I really loved it! Thank you Jen.

  • @Bearcub599
    @Bearcub599 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this review. Very helpful

  • @nanana_naaaa
    @nanana_naaaa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the way after hearing “if you want your heart to be smashed into tiny pieces” the book immediately landed on my tbr… 😂🙈

  • @kathleenwalsh3556
    @kathleenwalsh3556 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Jan such a good list. Just finished NFrench's The Favour. Good.

  • @MmllePertiwi
    @MmllePertiwi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A standout for me for 2023 was The Long Form by Kate Briggs - set over a single day a young woman looks after her 6 week old baby. Exploring narrative and time and the novel form - so interesting! I read it 39wks pregnant and now as the parent of a 4wks old I'm still thinking about it.

  • @hannahlosttheplot
    @hannahlosttheplot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think some of my favourites this year were actually ones that I picked from your best books of 2022 - Elena Knows and Our Wives Under the Sea. I also loved Prophet Song, so glad it won, and All the Little Bird-Hearts was my second favourite on the long list.
    I'll definitely be heading to Is Mother Dead and The Employees this year, and the Danielle Pender is still sitting on my shelf unread!

  • @heymimee
    @heymimee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my top favourites were the Neapolitan quartet, The List by Yomi Adegoke, and The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

  • @MercysBookishMusings
    @MercysBookishMusings 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've only read two of these (the subtweet and all the little bird hearts) but I really enjoyed them both. I'm most excited to read ordinary wonder tales and playing games but you've convinced me to add loads of them to my tbr 👍

  • @maartjedegroot9598
    @maartjedegroot9598 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Prophet Song. I’m a fan and Diary of a void are on my tbr.

  • @katgman59
    @katgman59 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for talking about Ms. Ice Sandwich. Loved Convenience Store Woman so looking forward to reading this.

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope you enjoy it x

  • @chaptersandchatter
    @chaptersandchatter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooo so many great sounding books here, some that I hadn't heard of before. Particularly interested in How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart. I also read Watching Women and Girls and loved it, interested to see more from the author!

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, me too, excited to see what she does next. x

  • @carmenvaldebenito5197
    @carmenvaldebenito5197 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My top 3 for 2023: Leave the world behind, Piranesi and Anima, by Wajdi Mouawad, a book I think you would like. Looking at my copy of Prophet song from my desk and now more eager to get to it. Thanks for this list, Jen, I got several titles to add to my wish list.

  • @YourTrueShelf
    @YourTrueShelf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really liked children of paradise, even though I didn't expect to do so!! I've added playing games to my wishlist.
    My top 3 were a place for us (thanks to you and I'm sooo glad I read it!), bridge of clay by Markus Zusak and in memoriam by Alice Winn.

  • @karenmiddlebrook5069
    @karenmiddlebrook5069 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You said the magic words "Muriel Spark", I'll be getting All Yours asap 😂 loved Idol, Burning. It's a world I've never known, so it was fascinating. The Last Devil to Die was my top read of the year, as very invested in the characters. Wandering Souls, Remarkably Bright Creatures, So late in the day, Birnam Wood, How high we go in the dark (joint first), Dice, Yellowface, Eileen, and Our wives under the sea.

  • @MnFliz1217
    @MnFliz1217 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My top reads for 2023 were…
    Parable of the Sower
    These Precious Days
    The Broken Earth Trilogy 🙏
    Eileen
    !!!

  • @jillschroeder5553
    @jillschroeder5553 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oooh yes, Prophet Song gave me a tummy ache, I really tensed up! Adored Diary of a Void. The Break by Katherena Vermette and Prima Facie by Susie Miller are right up there for me.

  • @azu_rikka
    @azu_rikka 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You inspire me to read Prophet song, Is mother dead and The center!
    My three favourite books of 2023 were
    The Neapoletan Quartet by Elena Ferrante,
    Titus Groan by Mervin Peake and Home by Marilynne Robinson
    Love your channel, I hope your pregnancy is going well and baby is behaving 😊!

  • @Hillary429
    @Hillary429 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Read the hierarchies on your recommendation and I thought it explored a lot of aspects of robotic/AI women that I hadn’t thought of in a very calm and interesting way while still keeping me gripped to know where we would go next.

  • @lunasparks12
    @lunasparks12 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a great book review of your favourites Jen. I'm not sure where you get your books from but aside from The Midwich Cuckoo's and I'm a Fan my library does not stock any of them, they are not even available in the county!

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's very weird! I don't think any of these apart from The Subtweet are hard to get hold of in the UK, so I'm sorry your library can't get hold of them. Are you able to request for them to buy them in? You can do that at my local library. x

  • @ryanand154
    @ryanand154 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Ear Canal by Simone Verity was the best book this year. It has a bizarre shell structure where metaphor goes inside into itself.

    • @ryanand154
      @ryanand154 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The coils are sick.

  • @sophiej4204
    @sophiej4204 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This year I loved Penance by Eliza Clark and Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding (a fabulous feminist crime novel set in Newcastle on New Year’s Eve 1999 - so good)! Very excited for the new Claudia Piñeiro, as I picked her up last year after you recommended All Yours and Elena Knows (and loved both) x

  • @MilenaReads
    @MilenaReads 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Idol burning sounds so interesting!

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let me know if you enjoy it if you decide to pick it up x

  • @martynaprazynska1466
    @martynaprazynska1466 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing! definitely going to check out some of the titles. one of my favourite books of the year was Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for sharing ☺️

  • @theamethyst93
    @theamethyst93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m like 75% of the way through chrysalis right now and it’s so weird and unsettling. I don’t know what to make of the main character but I’m enjoying it.

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it doesn't really let you find your footing, does it? In a good way! x

  • @romalibra_books
    @romalibra_books 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you read Chouette? I feel like you would love this one

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have and I didn’t, sadly. m.th-cam.com/video/KyvtM2wZilY/w-d-xo.html

  • @RoseArnoldd
    @RoseArnoldd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My FAVOURITE book of the year by far was Monstrilio ❤
    Followed by:
    Birnam Wood
    The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
    All The Sinners Bleed
    I’m Glad My Mom Died

  • @AlmostFound
    @AlmostFound 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Centre was my #1 of 2023 🎉

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Excellent book! x

  • @NiviAaru
    @NiviAaru 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favourite audiobook that I listened to in 2023 was The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

  • @hardbackhypebeast
    @hardbackhypebeast 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YAAAAY (12 seconds in) 🤣

  • @blaineliebnow1418
    @blaineliebnow1418 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    have cookies and coffee with you every sunday

  • @martasoltys9091
    @martasoltys9091 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you please review SOLARIS by Stanisław Lem, if you've never done it? Thank you.

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I haven’t read it, and it’s not on my TBR x

    • @martasoltys9091
      @martasoltys9091 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jenvcampbell That's too bad. I recommended ORDNARY WONDER TALES to Amanda Leduc. I ordered WATCHING WOMEN AND GIRLS- sounds fascinating. I'm loving PET and I thought it was you who recommended it, but I was wrong. Thanks anyway.

  • @starlasell5698
    @starlasell5698 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤📚📚❤️

  • @ChemicalPenguinn
    @ChemicalPenguinn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I discovered Mieko Kawakami's books at the very end of 2023, and I'm so excited to read her entire backlist!

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's actually the only one of hers that I've enjoyed; I hope you have a better success rate! x

  • @wendyvilla2904
    @wendyvilla2904 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🖤💚

  • @designerproductions
    @designerproductions 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    300 books!!! I read 24 hahaha

    • @jenvcampbell
      @jenvcampbell  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Always worth remembering that books are my job. x