the best books of 2023!!
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hello everyone! today we are rounding up 2023 with the very best books i read this year. let my know what your favourite books was!
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 25 year old girl from the Netherlands who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave).
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Using the dagger as a microphone is the best thing 😂
Such a cool dagger! I like the sound it made when Leonie put it back into the sheath
It's giving Daniel Greene
@@paigesogard2385 exactlyyy
I didn't even realise it was a dagger at first ha ha 😂
Disgasting thing, a dagger isn't a toy.
Calling Death the final boss of shadow daddies will forever be in my mind 😂
I've already preordered Wisteria the third part of the Belladonna trilogy. They're just fun books (well my kind of fun). I'll never be able to get the final boss of the shadow Daddies out of my head ever. I loved the way Leonie did this video! Probably my favorite favorites video I watched this year!
she is absolutely iconic
You definitely deserve this year's award for best presentation of your favourite books! 🏅Thanks for your great recommendations. Love Wendy Cope too, one of my favourite poems of hers is "Stress".
Books mentioned !!
Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Slewfoot by Brom
A Room of One’s Own by Virgina Woolf
Period Power by Maisie Hill
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cultish by Amanda Montell
The Serpent & The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
THANK YOU
Thank you! No idea why YT creators don’t do this…
Thank you so much for the effort, I appreciate it!! 💖🤗
maybe because then some people just watch the names and not the video, I have thought haha @@HomeWorkouts_LS
oh my god you're the best, thank you
Categories:
Best caracter design 1:15
Best Vibes 3:47
Best new author 8:22
Best book that made me cry 10:16
Best books with a non-human love interest 13:15
Best non-fiction 16:49
Best romance 18:58
Best surprise 22:00
Best classic 24:46
Best book of 2023 27:23
Ok but this was such a great concept? It’s the breadth for me. My favorite read of the year hands down was My Dark Vanessa- that novel shifted gravity. Honorable mentions to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida and The Portrait of Mr. W.H. 🙌🏼
This was such a fun video. I instantly added several to my tbr.
Your editing, the categories, the books chosen, everything is fantastic!
Also, Happy New Year!❤
I am so glad I am not the only one who cried reading the very secret society of irregular witches. It was just so sweet 😭
I know, I was so surprised to burst into tears.
1:12 Best character design
3:47 Best vibes
8:22 Best new author
10:16 Best book that made me cry
12:59 Best book with non human entity
16:46 Best non fiction
19:00 Best romance
22:03 Biggest Suprise
24:22 Best Classic
26:50 Best Book of 2023
Can I just say, I’m so happy to have found booktube haha. Best finds of 2023 ❤
And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The award for Best Booktube Presentation of My Favorite Books of 2023 goes to…..Leonie from The Book Leo!! (Yay! Yay!) Unfortunately, Leonie was unable to be with us tonight. Accepting the award on her behalf is her lovely assistant…
Loving this comment 😂❤
I would like to say that your Foxhole Court video is probably the best booktube video of year! I really enjoyed the surprises we met as you were reading it for us. very fun and memorable, I would love to have another whimsical journey through a wacky series like that with you ❤
YES! It's one of those days to cozy up with tea and watch a new video by Leonie😆
So much work put in this video ! Usually I skip to the parts where the youtuber actually named theirs favorites but for this one, I'll sip it like a good tea, taking my time.
Love to see a short story collection being your favorite! I also used to think I didn’t like short stories, but I’ve read so many great short stories this year that I completely changed my mind, and plan to read a ton of collections and anthologies next year!
the concept of this video!!!!!! incredible. i loved spending this year with your content, and this one was just a cherry on top
LOVED THE HUMOUR HERE… also, the vibes were, as always, on point❤❤
I love the format you did here, the categories were a good choice for presenting your favorites and I really appreciate that you made the category backgrounds fit the category itself, they were so pretty!
Been waiting for the year end wrap up. Gives me a good guide what to get for next year.
i can tell you had such a fun time making this video so i ended up really loving watching this as well :D
Im so happy I have found this channel this year. I never thought I would need booktube in my life until then, but now, I can’t live without it. Love the vibe. ❤❤
Happy new year to you all!!
Absolutely love your category idea! Thank you for your recs, creativity, and vibes!
My five favorite books that i have read this year were : the daughter of the pirate king, restore me, a good girl's guide to murder, the last olympian and this savage song🥰🥰
Our reading taste this year had zero overlap aside from the non-fiction books but I still watched every single video of Leonie because I really enjoy the vibes and her insights into what she reads! here's to a great 2024!
I love how you'll do the same things in incredibly unique ways and make your videos entertaining and immersive!
You are so funny and creative and I love watching your content💕
This ’award’ idea was brilliant! So fun to watch and also gave a lot of tips firsoecific things I look for! ❤
I love how you structured this video! Fresh and interesting and fun!!
The way u talk about books is so poetic I love it so much
I read Bitterthorn because of you and it was one of my favorite reads of the year, thank you for the recommendation ❤️
Thank you for the list and for the presentation, too. Have a happy new year, and many more to come. Oh, and thank you for providing a space for us to interact and share - take care and enjoy!
I really loved this format. I think it’s my favorite end of year wrap up that I have watched. ❤️❤️❤️
The format, the humour, the dagger... this is such a fun video to watch, definitely my favourite booktube wrapup!🤩☺️
Fun fact: Butterfly used to be "flutterby" but people apparently liked to mispronounce it and the "wrong" version became the preferred one.
woah
that‘s… not true 😂
@@Paulinaaa02it's from my cognitive psychology textbook, if it's not true please give me a source so I can write to R.J. Sternberg and save him future embarrassment.
this is not true! the word butterfly comes from the old english ‘butorfleoge’. perhaps your cognitive psychology textbook was making a point about the spread of misinformation.
@@dopex89 Sorry, I can‘t really tell if you‘re being genuine or sarcastic, but if you‘re serious - yes, you could definitely do so! It‘s a popular belief, but not true. Butterfly stems from the old english word butterflege, which already disproves this theory. I’m studying german language sciences and literature so I don’t know if there is an english source as well, but according to the etymological dictionary of the german language by Wolfgang Pfeifer, the word actually quite literally stems from the phenomenon of butterflies being attracted by people churning butter. It was believed (mainly in eastern europe) that they were witches disguised as butterflies, trying to steal milk and curd. The modern german word Schmetterling also stems from this lore (developing from the czech word smetana, meaning something like curd) as well as the more regional, old synonyms „Milchdieb“ (Milk thief) and „Butterfliege“ (literally butter fly). I hope this clears it up.
Sorry if my original comment sounded condescending, though. Guess it‘s just a bit of a pet peeve of mine hahaha
i’ve really only just gotten into reading in 2023 at the ripe age of 23! fantasy and romantasy owns me and you have become one of my favourite/comfort youtubers for book talks and recommendations! happy new year and thank you 🖤🗡️🧚🏼♀️
You have been my best youtube discovery this past year! You have such an amazing healing vibe about you, I love your energy and your takes! We have very similar reading tastes and sometimes - and I’m not embarrassed admitting this! - when I work on my own fantasy story I think "ooof, Leonie would LOVE this line" and it motivates me so much!
Been a good reading year! And given how the year has developed I am really not surprised that you have a lot of horror on it, lol. Hope your holiday season is going well, Leonie! Happy New Year!
My TBR list for 2024 is so big now! Thanks for the amazing reviews and videos Leo ❤
I've been watching your channel for a while, but usually on my work computer so under a different account. I am SO glad Fable is working with you! I've been using the app for a while and I remember someone on the team asking for our favorite booktubers, I was quick to mention you!! I love the channel and I think we have a lot in common. You have so many of the same takes on books and it seems we have some of the same hobbies too!
I loved following along as you did the foxhole series. I really liked that you got such a kick out of it, and you explained it in such an entertaining way!
Love this way of going through your top books of the year, and yes short story collections can be amazing 🎉
I just love how creative you're with your videos! The best way to start my 2024, thank yoou
I love the vibes of your videos ❤
Loved this video! You could really tell, that Leonie had so much fun creating and ranking the books 🫶🏻📚
Loved the award retrospective! Such a good idea and style!!
i love your videos recommending books bc my list just gets sooo much bigger afterwards
I have to say this. Your videos are super entertaining. The dramatics, your expressions, the ideas, the presentation, top class. ❤
I love this separation in categories! Made the video so much more engaging and fun!
this is soo fun, happy to have found your channel this year
ahh loved this video format!! ❤❤
Loved the style of this video ❤
loved this format!
I loved your academy awards references 😂😂😂😂 It's been a lot fun and really informative! Thanks Leo, you are undoubtedly the best, Happy New Year ! (I adore Arrival too)
Absolutely LOVE this format! So fun!
im so happy you rec’d the irregular witches book in a prev video bc it’s definitely in my top 5 of 2023!!! along with the house in the cerulean sea (absolutely incredible audiobook narration!!!) something wild and wonderful by anita kelly (i read a physical book i knew absolutely nothing about and fell in love!!!) and also read many books by alexis hall and love his writing quite dearly i could never pick one book or series hahahaa
I was literally browsing for books last night to use my gift cards on! This video is perfect first thing this morning. Very interesting structure too!
Loved how you did this video Leonie!
My favourite book of the year was The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I adored my whole reading experience with it ☺️
this was so entertaining! and ty for the recs hehe
I love your format! Very original and creative.
I loved how you made the video so fun. It wasn’t the best year reading for me but I read some favs so we count that.
I’m happy I’ve found your channel this year! ☺️ gelukkig nieuwjaar!
This is so cute, love the concept!
I haven't read a lot of these !!! Gotta add them to my 2024 reading list. Thanks for the recommendations ❤
So excited to hear that you loved Chiang's writing! If you enjoyed Stories of Your Life and Others, you must read his second short story collection, Exhalation. It may be my favorite book of all time. His writing is truly one of a kind.
I'm pretty sure my favorite book/series of the year (which i just finished a few days ago) is gonna have to be All for the Game 😅 and I have you to thank for getting me into them! So thank you! Happy New Year, looking forward to more awesome videos from you 😊
Okay this might be my favourite 2023 book wrap up video... Using dagger as Mike , nominees fir different categories of books (with the 5⭐ editing ) , and ofc the Presenter with incredible sense of bookish humor ... Absolutely brilliant.. fir someone who has very short attention span I found myself watching entire video without skipping ( and wishing there were more )
Needless to say I absolutely LOVED this vid and all your content ..Love from India 😘😍😍
Gonna single-handedly buy all of the mentioned books for my birthday in two weeks. Leonie you never miss 💙
Your impression of a person who doesn't like short stories is spot on. I might have to read a few short stories, you've convinced me!
If I may add a few suggestions, I've really enjoyed Kate Chopin's stories and She by Michelle Latiolais. My favorite short story collection is Exhalation by Ted Chiang:)
I've loved watching your videos this year Leonie! So happy I stumbled upon your channel at the end of last year
i have been in a reading slump for a while but i watched this and impulsively bought three books mentioned..and they turned out to be impeccable recommendations (one even became an all time fave) you have become the holy grail of book recommendations during a time where nothing seems to be hitting
Thank you Leonie. It was great and so much fun
This was so creative, I loved ittt 💗
such a creative presentation of your best books of the year, leonie! if there was an award for that, you would have won it (bonus points for the dagger mic)
this was such a cool concept!
Is so cool to see how your videos improve on quality more and more. Besto booktuber ❤
Thank you for this. Finally could add some stuff to my 2024 reading list. The best book I've read this year was definitely Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Faeries.
So happy to see Slewfoot on your list! I love that book so much!
Love the format of this video so much 👏🏻🗡️✨
I WAS WAITING FOR THISSSS
When you said that Arrival is your favourite movie, I am so happy I immediately subscribed! 🖤 I am also in the midst of reading The Last Tale of the Flower Bride and I am hooked. So many great recommendations, I'm so glad to have found your channel!
Perfect timing. The second I finished the ballad of songbirds and snakes audiobook the notification for this video appeared.
(I cried at the end of the book btw, even though I knew what would happen bc I watched the movie first. The last sentences hit me way more than expected)
When you said about poetry that "it's not a matter of 'do I understand the poems' but more of 'oh my gosh, she understands *me*'" that just hit the spot! what a succinct appraisal
Happy new year Leonie 🎉
I discovered short story collections for myself this year aswell. I love themmm!! my fav collection so far is bliss montage
def liking the dagger mic, and happy new year!!
Some thing about this was so charming. Loved it
Such a nice video💗
Happy new year!
This was a fun video! My favourite books from this year were Frankenstein, The Moth Keeper, and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries!
Love this video format!❤ amazing~~~ my favorite short story from Ted Chiangs collection is The Great Silence and it’s what got me into sci-fi 4-5 years ago 😊
this was sooo entertaining to watch!!! thanks!
I LOVE that your best book of the year is a short story collection! 🎉
Happy New Year, Leonie!
This was a really fun and creative video idea, loved it
well, i trust you leonie. adding some of these to my tbr as of right now!
I set up my goal of 20 books for 2023 and I made it! Thanks to you and other youtube channels I have been falling more and more in love with books. My favourite book was The Adventures of Tom Swayer by Mark Twain ❤
i just yelled because Arrival is mY FAVOURITE MOVIE and I LOVED Stories of your life (and have read a few of the other stories incl 72 letters, which I loved, but not all of them, and you've just reminded me to reopen my copy of this amazing book) Ted Chiang really DID THAT!!!!
Thanks for the list, all your picks for nonfiction and your top five picks are now on my tbr.
i dont usually comment but OH MY GOD i loved the style of this video SO MUCH, please keep doing these 🙏🙏
Happy new year!!!
⭐Your recommendations are great⭐
Leonie, almost all the books on this list are literally books I've been meaning to read! And some I've been unsure about, and of course some gems I hadn't heard of.
i was waiting for this oneee
this book made me really want to read lmao thank you leonie