Literally Leander discussion

We're almost done with 2023! Goodreads has posted the winners from this year's reader's Choice Awards (see the results here), and now it's time for you to give out your own awards!

Look back on everything you've read this year here, as long as you've added read dates to your reviews, and share what your top books are! Since this is a YA book club, please make sure all of your given awards are for young adult audiences.

Books read in 2023:
Longest book:
Shortest book:
Best Book Club Book:

Best Fiction:
Best Mystery/Thriller:
Best Historical Fiction:
Best Fantasy:
Best Science Fiction:
Best Romance:
Best Horror:
Best Nonfiction:
Best Biography:
Best Graphic Novel:
Best Book of the Year:

Books read in 2023: 161
Longest book: Gilded (young adult, 502 pages)
Shortest book: Teacher's Pet (middle grade, 76 pages)
Best Book Club Book: See You Yesterday

Best Fiction: Today Tonight Tomorrow
Best Mystery/Thriller: The Companion
Best Historical Fiction: I Must Betray You
Best Fantasy: Legendborn
Best Science Fiction: Scarlet
Best Romance: Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl
Best Horror: The Weight of Blood
Best Nonfiction: Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
Best Biography: The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
Best Graphic Novel: Heartstopper: Volume Five
Best Book of the Year: Check & Mate

Books read in 2023: 70
Longest book: Foul Lady Fortune (YA, 528 pages)
Shortest book: Escape Room Adventures: The Hunt for Agent 9: A Thrilling Interactive Puzzle Story (Children's, 64 pages)
Best Book Club Book: Silver in the Bone

Best Fiction: This Vicious Grace
Best Mystery/Thriller: Threads That Bind
Best Historical Fiction:
Best Fantasy: Silver in the Bone
Best Science Fiction:
Best Romance: Tilly in Technicolor
Best Horror:
Best Nonfiction:
Best Biography:
Best Graphic Novel: Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 39 (honestly this entire series is to die for)
Best Book of the Year: Tilly in Technicolor