2023 Bookshelf

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In 2023, my goal is to read at least 50 books. When I finish one, I’ll add it here and provide a rating to help fellow readers decide which book to read next.

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For additional book recommendations, check out 20 Books That Changed My Life and my 2022 Bookshelf.


  1. Organizing Your Office and Your Life: Clear the Clutter and Your Mind — Laura Stack (3.5/5 stars)

  2. The 15-Minute Inbox: Control Email. Create Time. Lead Your Business. — Joost Wouters (2.5/5 stars)

  3. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones — James Clear (5/5 stars)

  4. The Violin Conspiracy — Brendan Slocumb (5/5 stars)

  5. Time is a Mother — Ocean Vuong (1.5/5 stars)

  6. Rebecca — Daphne du Maurier (3/5 stars)

  7. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate (5/5 stars)

  8. Dolly Parton: Storyteller — Dolly Parton (4/5 stars)

  9. It Ends With Us — Colleen Hoover (3.5/5 stars)

  10. Have I Told You This Already? — Lauren Graham (3/5 stars)

  11. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir — Matthew Perry (4/5 stars)

  12. Winter in Paradise — Elin Hilderbrand (3.5/5 stars)

  13. What Happens in Paradise — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)

  14. Spare - Prince Harry (2.5/5 stars)

  15. Troubles in Paradise — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)

  16. The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters — Joanna Gaines (2/5 stars)

  17. Be A Triangle — Lilly Singh (1.5/5 stars)

  18. The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility — Heather Holleman (4/5 stars)

  19. Happy Place — Emily Henry (3.5/5 stars)

  20. Here Goes Nothing — Eamon McGrath (1/5 stars)

  21. A Flicker in the Dark — Stacy Willingham (5/5 stars)

  22. How to Keep House When Drowning — KC Davis (3/5 stars)

  23. Pineapple Street — Jenny Jackson (4/5 stars)

  24. The Five-Star Weekend — Elin Hilderbrand (5/5 stars)

  25. Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life — Sutton Foster (4/5 stars)

  26. Super Competent: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best — Laura Stack (3.5/5 stars)

  27. The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity & Success After Baby — Lauren Smith Brody (3.5/5 stars)

  28. The Fire Next Time — James Baldwin (4/5 stars)

  29. The Family Across the Street — Nicole Trope (5/5 stars)

  30. Below Zero — Ali Hazelwood (2/5 stars)

  31. Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff — Matt Paxton (2.5/5 stars)

  32. The Hunting Wives — May Cobb (2/5 stars)

  33. The Daughter In Law — Nina Manning (4.5/5 stars)

  34. Rock Paper Scissors — Alice Feeney (5/5)

  35. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable — Patrick Lencioni (3.5/5 stars)

  36. Hello Molly! A Memoir — Molly Shannon (4/5)

  37. Then She Was Gone — Lisa Jewell (4.5/5 stars)

  38. Letters to My Daughter — Maya Angelou (3.5/5 stars)

  39. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography — Neil Patrick Harris (3.5/5 stars)

  40. Dear Future Mama — Meghan Trainor (4/5 stars)

  41. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J.K. Rowling (4.5/5 stars)

  42. I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion but Found My Faith — Lecrae Moore (4/5)

  43. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — J.K. Rowling (5/5)

  44. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I was and Who God Has Always Been — Jackie Hill Perry (4.5/5 stars)

  45. The Beautiful Ones — Prince (2/5 stars)

  46. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — J.K. Rowling (4/5 stars)

  47. Winter Street — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)

  48. Live Wire: Long-winded Short Stories — Kelly Ripa (4/5 stars)

  49. Winter Stroll — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)

  50. The Christmas Clock — Kat Martin (2.5/5 stars)

  51. Upon Waking: A Sixty-Day Devotional — Jackie Hill Perry (4/5 stars)