The Top 10 Books I Read in 2023

Happy end of year round-up! As usual, I didn’t read as much as I should have this year cause…life. BUT, the books I did read were phenomenal. Lots of beautiful queer stories, more fiction than usual (!), and finally completed the Kiese Laymon holy trinity. Sharing my countdown here, as well as my favorite line from each book. Cheers to a 2024 fruitful with reading and writing!

**10. The Red Zone by Chloe Caldwell**

**9. The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon**

**8. Pageboy by Elliot Page**

**7. A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib**

6. Recitatif by Toni Morrison

**5. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler**

**4. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane**

**3. Abandon Me by Melissa Febos**

**2. If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude**

**1. Long Division by Kiese Laymon**

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10. The Red Zone by Chloe Caldwell

9. The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon

8. Pageboy by Elliot Page

7. A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib

6. Recitatif by Toni Morrison

5. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

4. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane

3. Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

2. If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

1. Long Division by Kiese Laymon

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