Our Top Reads in 2023

Over here at Kierstin Smyth Design, we’ve got a few avid readers, so we figured, why not share our favourite books that we read in 2023 with you. We’ve got a good mix of fiction, non-fiction, biographies and a few thrillers. A little something for everyone, no?

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Heather’s Book Picks

First up is Heather. She tends to read all genres, but primarily fiction with some biographies and mystery books thrown in for good measure, which is representative of her top reads for 2023.

• The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

• Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

Maddie’s Book Picks

Maddie is all about the biographies and her 3 favourites that she read this year are:

• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

• Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley

• Still Foolin’ Em by Billy Crystal

Kierstin’s Book Picks

I tend to flip between fiction and non-fiction books. I love escaping into a good story but I’m also someone who is constantly wanting to expand my knowledge. Remarkably Bright Creatures was also my most favourite book that I read this year, but since Heather already had it on hers, I kept it off my list:

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

• Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

• Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Sandy’s Book Picks

And finally Sandy’s top books contain a little fiction, some thrillers and non-fiction. Here are her top 5 for the year:

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

• Brave not Perfect by Reshma Saujani

• The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

• Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Are any of these books on your favourites list too? Any other must reads that we should know about? Let us know in the comments below.