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Petrik’s Top 19 Books of the Year! (2023)

Petrik’s Top 19 Books of the Year! (2023)

Click here if you want to see the list of all the books I’ve read so far this year: Petrik’s Year in Books (2023)

Between 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2023, I read 80 books + 177 manga/manhwa volumes (76.8k pages).

Please read this first. There will be three rules I set in this list for me to give appreciation to more authors rather than having only a few authors hoarding this list. These rules allow me to highlight more authors, and at the same time, I’ll also be able to include both new and older books (many of them still need attention) that I read this year.

  • Rereads aren’t included.
  • One book per series.
  • The books listed here are not all exclusively published this year; the list consists of the top books I read for the first time this year. Non-2023 published books on this list will have their first date of publication included.

Do note that although there’s a rank to this list, I HIGHLY recommend every book/series listed below because I loved all of them immensely, and they received a rating of 4.5 or 5 out of 5 stars from me. Honorable mentions are for two best novellas and two short stories I read this year. Without further ado, here are the top 15 (or 19) books I’ve read this year! (All full reviews of the books listed can be found on Novel Notions and my Goodreads page.)

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Book Review: Eleventh Cycle (Mistland, #1) by Kian N. Ardalan

Book Review: Eleventh Cycle (Mistland, #1) by Kian N. Ardalan

ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

Cover art illustrated by: NinoIs

Cover art designed by: Shawn T. King

Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. Ardalan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Series: Mistland (Book #1 of 4)

Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Dark Fantasy

Pages: 802 pages (Paperback)

Published: 1st February 2023 (Self-Published)


Eleventh Cycle is one of the best books I’ve read. Berserk and Dark Souls fans, this page-turning epic grimdark fantasy novel is written for us.

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