Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
As always, I’m combining my Novel Heartbeat Awards with Top Ten Tuesday!
Top ten books of 2023
*doesn’t include re-reads
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/empire-of-the-damned-196x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/light-bringer-193x300.png)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/starling-house-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ink-blood-sister-scribe-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fourth-wing-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/little-thieves-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/iron-flame-201x300.png)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/encyclopaedia-of-faeries-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/map-of-the-otherlands-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/remarkably-bright-creatures-198x300.jpeg)
Top 3 science fiction
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/light-bringer-193x300.png)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/lives-of-puppets-192x300.png)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sea-of-tranquility-200x300.jpeg)
Top 5 high fantasy
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/empire-of-the-damned-196x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fourth-wing-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/little-thieves-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/iron-flame-201x300.png)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/painted-devils-199x300.jpeg)
Top 5 urban/gothic fantasy
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/starling-house-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ink-blood-sister-scribe-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/encyclopaedia-of-faeries-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/map-of-the-otherlands-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/silver-in-the-bone-199x300.jpeg)
Top 3 horror
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/find-him-where-you-left-him-dead-194x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/impact-winter-192x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/impact-winter-2-e1704146715611-218x300.jpeg)
Top 3 out of my comfort zone
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/remarkably-bright-creatures-198x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/broken-in-the-best-way-197x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/never-king-200x300.jpeg)
Top 3 mystery/thriller
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/none-of-this-is-true-198x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/initial-insult-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/last-laugh-199x300.jpeg)
Top 5 standalones
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/starling-house-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ink-blood-sister-scribe-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/remarkably-bright-creatures-198x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/none-of-this-is-true-198x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/lives-of-puppets-192x300.png)
Top 5 audiobooks
Here’s my picks for the books with the best narration that I listened to this year! I did count re-reads here, but only if I had never listened to the audiobook before. (It seemed unfair because Gemina, Ten Thousand Doors, and Iron Gold would win every year I listened lol!)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/empire-of-the-vampire-196x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/encyclopaedia-of-faeries-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/impact-winter-192x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/remarkably-bright-creatures-198x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sea-of-tranquility-200x300.jpeg)
Top 5 covers
*of books I read in 2023, not 2023 releases
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/coven-201x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/never-king-200x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bonesmith-199x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/godkiller-195x300.jpeg)
![](http://novelheartbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/initial-insult-199x300.jpeg)
What were your top books of 2023?
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