2023 END OF YEAR STATS & LIST

Total Books Read
Liz: 57        Lily: 50

Favorite Biography or Memoir
Liz: THE LIGHT WE CARRY
by Michelle Obama
Lily: PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Caroline Fraser

Average Book Length
Liz: 358       Lily: 370

Favorite By A Non-White Author
Liz: WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY
by Pearl Cleage
Lily: THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL
by Nadia Hashimi

Favorite Children's Book
Liz: BIG TRUCK, LITTLE ISLAND
by Chris Van Dusen
Lily: PIRATE NELL'S TALE TO TELL
by Helen Docherty

Favorite Non-Fiction
Liz and Lily: PATIENT H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets
by Luke Dittrich

Favorite Classic That I Finally Got Around To Reading
Liz: THE BLUEST EYE
by Toni Morrison
Lily: I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
by Maya Angelou

Biggest Impact On Me
Liz: THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION
by Brene Brown
Lily: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Total Pages Read
 Liz: 20,397     Lily: 18,510

Most Unexpected Ending
Liz: THE BEE STING
by Paul Murray
Lily: UNDERGROUND AIRLINES
by Ben H. Winters

Longest Book
Liz: THE DELUGE
by Stephen Markley
896 pages
Lily: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
by Henry James
797 pages

Favorite Historical Fiction
Liz: THE GREAT BELIEVERS
by Rebecca Makkai
Lily: (Three-Way Tie)
HESTER by Laurie Lico Albanese
THE PAYING GUESTS by Sarah Waters
MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce

Oldest Book
Liz: THE SCARLET LETTER
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Originally Published 1850
Lily: PERSUASION
by Jane Austen
Originally Published 1817

Funniest Book
Liz: DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
by Julie Schumacher

Most Defies Categorization
Liz: THE IN-BETWEEN
by Hadley Vlahos
Lily: THE STARLESS SEA
by Erin Morgenstern

Characters I Miss The Most
Liz: TOM LAKE
by Ann Patchett
Lily: NORTHERN SPY
by Flynn Berry

Shortest Book
Liz: FOSTER
by Claire Keegan
89 pages

Lily: UNCOMMON READER
by Alan Bennett
120 pages

Most Recommended To Friends
Liz: TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
by Gabrielle Zevin
Lily: THE PAYING GUESTS
by Sarah Waters

Most Unexpectedly Good Book
Liz: LITERARY FEUDS
by Anthony Arthur

2022 GIFT GUIDE FOR BOOK LOVERS