2023 Book Superlatives

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Cover to Cover, and welcome to the third annual book superlatives! Time to rate, judge, and categorize the best and the worst of the year. This is always so much fun to make and with more books read this year there are more categories! Let's get into it!

  • The Book That Took the Longest to Finish: The Last Word by Taylor Adams
  • The Book That Took the Fastest to Finish: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
  • The Most Romantic Book: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
  • The Most Anticipated Book of 2023: Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • The Most Surprising Book: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
  • Best Thriller: Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
  • Best World Building Book: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
  • Worst World Building Book: The Spite House by Johnny Compton
  • Most Disappointing Book: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
  • Longest Book: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
  • Shortest Book: Ghost 19 by Simone St. James
  • Most Underrated Book: Exes & O's by Amy Lea
  • Most Overrated Book: Iron Flam by Rebecca Yarros
  • Most Likely to Re-read: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  • Best Main Characters: They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
  • Best Page-Turner: One by One by Ruth Ware
  • A Book I Would Not Recommend: Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
  • New Auto-Buy Author: Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware
  • A New Book I Would Recommend: Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell
  • Best Dressed (Prettiest Cover): Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
  • Most Likely to Make You Cry: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
  • Most Likely to Change Your Life: Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • Best Romance book: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
  • Favorite Bookish Couple of 2023: Crescent City Series: Hunt and Bryce
  • Most Unique Storyline: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
  • Best Book of 2023: Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • Worst Book of 2023: Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

Alright, folks! See you next year for more content! As always, thank you for reading:)