Top Books of 2023

I read a lot this year. Here are some of the ones that changed me the most.

I have always been an avid reader. I would often get in trouble at school for reading instead of paying attention-I learned how to hide books from teachers’ gazes during classes, spent lunchtimes tucked inside pages, and worked my way around the school library. 

At some point however, the reading stalled. During college I rarely picked up books for pleas…