the 10 books I NEED to read this year | 2023 tbr

There are a lot of books I want to read, but these 10 books are the books I absolutely MUST get to this year! A mix of classics and literary and contemporary fiction.
What books do you really want to get to this year? Let me know in the comments, I'd love to hear them! 🥰✨
Timestamps for each book mentioned below
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 The Goldfinch
02:17 Hamnet
03:12 Beartown
04:42 The Night Circus
05:29 The Museum of Innocence
07:43 Bridge of Clay
08:54 Great Expectations
10:31 Rebecca
11:21 Little Women
12:59 Swann's Way
14:48 End

[@user-ry6uo4dn6i]

I read Little Women at the end of last year. So so so worth it! I loved it so much!

[@brabel0401]

I have Hamnet on my TBR for this year as well. I had to read Proust in French for my French literature course at university. I think it was Swann’s Way but I just remember finding it quite boring. It’d be interesting to see what you think of it.

[@mangliu8361]

I entered The Night Circus with great anticipation, but unfortunately, it didn't meet my expectations. On the other hand, Swann's Way is one of my all-time favorite books and I absolutely adore it! I hope you will enjoy it as well.
Rebecca, Hamnet, The Master and Margarita, Crossroads, Nightcrawling, Wide Sargasso Sea, and North and South are all on my 2023 to-be-read list.

[@literally_elly]

Ooh I can’t wait to sink my teeth into swann’s way! I really hope I love it
I forgot crossroads! That’s also another I want to read too! We have a very similar reading taste it looks like! 🥰✨

[@onoud9417]

rebecca and the goldfinch are top tier novels, i hope you like them!
i have the bell jar, frankenstein, and transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi on my 2023 tbr. they have been sitting on my shelf for too long 😭

[@literally_elly]

I love that! You’ll have to tell me what you thought of the bell jar when you read it! I really want to read it too! 🥰

[@carolewatson2113]

I wishI could read LittleWomenfor the first time, enjoy

[@theresas709]

I have been wanting to get to Oliver Twist for years and never seem to pick it up. I just read Great Exp. (great) and Rebecca is an all time favorite of mine.

[@literally_elly]

It’s definitely well worth the read! One of my favourite classics I read last year 🥰
I really can’t wait to read Rebecca ☺️✨

[@shiningyoonie]

I've heard that Donna Tartt had a couple of racist descriptions in The Gold Finch so now I'm not sure if I'm gonna read it :(

[@literally_elly]

Oh no. Hmm that’s disappointing 😔 I’ll have to keep my eye out when I eventually read it