Announcing 20 Books of Summer ’23: Add your links here!
Yep, it is official, I’m doing it again.
20 Books of Summer is back for another year and this is your call to start planning!

Do you fancy getting 20 books off your TBR in three months? Think of the joys that this challenge brings:
- All that deliberating over what books to choose and how many – 10, 15 or the Full Monty?
- Crazed reading during the warmest months of the year
- Decisions over how you measure your progress – by books read per month? Or pages read by day?
- Panicked reviewing as you try to cram everything in to the time frame
Ah, but you all know it is a lot more fun than that!


It’s pretty common knowledge that I am the slackest challenge host and will bend the rules to help anyone reach their goal.
- Want to swap a book? Go for it.
- Fancy changing your list half way through? No problem.
- Deciding to drop your goal from 20 to 15 (or even 10)? I am fine with that.
Choosing your list of books is half the fun, as is following along with everyone’s progress on this years new #20booksofsummer23 hashtag.
This year I am kicking off on Thursday 1 June and finishing on Friday 1 September. Last year I just barely managed to complete 15 Books of Summer, so the pressure is well and truly on this year to get back on track with the full 20.
If you want to join in, just take the Books of Summer image, pick your own 10, 15 or 20 books you would like to read. Post the link to your choices in the comments below so I know that you are taking part, and I’ll add you to the master list.
I’d love your support and do hope some of you will join in the summer reading fun! Who’s in?
Check out who is taking part this year:
The First Ten of 20 Books of Summer – Dolce Bellezza
My 20 Books of Summer Selection – The Bookworm Chronicles
20 Books of Summer Choices – Pete Keeley on Twitter
20 Books of Summer: The Planning Stage – Marina Sofia at Finding Time To Write
10 Books of Summer – Jan at What I Think About When I Think About Reading
Samantha at PaperKnotBooks on Instagram
20 Books of Summer – Lady Book Dragon
20 Books of Summer 23 – Cathy at What Cathy Read Next
My 10 Books of Summer 2023 – Jessica at The Bookworm Chronicles
20 Books of Summer 23 – Margaret at Books Please
#20booksofsummer23 Reading List – Nancy at Nancy Elin
Another Summer, Another #20booksofsummer23 – Janet at Loves Books, Reads Books
Books of Summer 2023: Random Choices from the Shelves – Karen at Booker Talk
Summer’s Lease – Chris at Calmgrove
20 Books of Winter – Tasmanian Bibliophile at Large
20 Books of Summer 23 – Melissa The Reading Nerd
My 20 Books of Summer 2023 – Karen at Books and Me!
20 Books of Summer Challenge 23 – Jodie at The Happy Reader
20 Books of Summer 23 – Loulou Reads
20 Books of Summer: Summer Reading – Rae Reads
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Laura at Reading in Bed
10 Books of Summer – Lory at Entering the Enchanted Castle
20 Books of Summer 23 – Yvonne at It’s All About Books
20 Books of Summer 23: Sign Up Post – Claire at A Knight’s Read
20 Books of Summer 2023! – EF Sundland at That’s What She Read
15 Books of Summer 2023 (All Cozy Mysteries) – Fariba at Cozy Mystery Reads
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Emma at Words and Peace
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Lisa at Hopewell’s Library of Life
20 Books of Summer – Susan at Susan Loves Books
A New Challenge: 20 Books of Summer – Anne at Anne is Reading
20 Books of Summer – Viki at Hobbies and Everything in Between
20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge – Lynne at Fictionophile
10 Books of Summer – Vicki at I’d Rather be at the Beach
20 Books of Summer 23 – Carla at Carla Loves to Read
10 Books of Summer – Jane at Just Reading a Book
20 Books of Summer! – Jean at Howling Frog
20 Books of Summer – Tracy at Bitter Tea and Mystery
15 Books of Summer – Mallika at Literary Potpourri
20 Books of Summer – Mike at A Handful of Eels
20 Books of Summer 2023! – Rosemary at Scones and Chaises Longues
10 Books of Summer – Diana at Thoughts on Papyrus
10 Books of Summer (but not really summer) 2023 – Fanda Classiclit
20 (?) Books of Summer 2023 – Jo at Jo’s Book Blog
TCL joins the #20booksofsummer23 Reading Challenge – Davida at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
My 20 Books of Summer – Deb at The Book Stop
20 Books of Summmer – and a joker! – Emma at Book Around the Corner
My 20ish Books of Summer – Bii’s Books
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Helen at She Reads Novels
20 Books of Summer – Jo at The Book Jotter
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Maphead’s Book Blog
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Sign Up Post – Nicki at Secret Library Book Blog
15 Books of Summer 2023 – Jennifer at My Book Joy
My List for 10 Books of Summer – Frances at Volatile Rune
10 Books of Summer ’23 – Lynette at Look Into Our Life
15 Books of Summer – Fariba Reads on Instagram
20 Books of Summer 23 – Kate at Everywhere and Nowhere
20 Books of Summer – Ellie at Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Rehka at The Book Decoder
20 Books of Summer 2023 – the pick! – Janet at From First Page to Last
20 Books of Summer 23 – Liz at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home
20 Books of Summer 20023 – Joanne at Portobello Book Blog
20 Books of (Summer) Winter 2023! – Brona at This Reading Life
20 Books of Summer (Except that it’s Winter) – Kate at Books are my Favourite and Best
20 Books of Summer List – Laila at Big Reading Life
20 Books of Summer: My List – Annalies at In Another Era
My 20 Books of Summer 2023 – Imogen at Imogen is Reading and Watching the World
#20booksofsummer23: The Skeleton Plan – Lizzy at Lizzy’s Literary Life
20 Books of Summer 23 – Juliana at The Blank Garden
Summer Plans: Reading Challenge – Smithereens
20 Books of Summer – Lesley at Lesley’s Book Nook
20 Books of Summer – Amy at Warm Days Will Never Cease
20 Books of Summer 2023 Edition – Phinnea at Ravenscroft Cloud
20 Books of Summer 23 – Dedra at A Book Wanderer
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Merry at Letters from the Lighthouse
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Constance at Staircase Wit
20 Books of Summer – Judith at Reader in the Wilderness
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Katrina at Pining for the West
20 Books of Summer – Louise Reads UK on Instagram
20 Books of Summer – Bookworm Blogger on Instagram
#20booksofsummer23 – Lynne Elsisy on Twitter
20 Books of Summer – Reece Warner at Typings
10 Books of Summer – Diana at Thoughts on Papyrus
15 Books of Summer (2023) – Amanda at Simpler Pastimes
20 Books of Summer – 2023 – Eva at Novel Deelights
20 Books of Summer 23 – Misty at Misty’s Book Space
20 Books of Summer – Paul at Half Man, Half Book
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Clair at Always Need More Books
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Kate at Portable Magic
20 Books of Summer 23 – Bex, Boys and Books on Instagram
20 Books for Summer – Grab This Book
My 20 Books of Summer 23 Reading List – Golden Age of Detective Fiction
20 Books of Summer – Kaitlin at Paperback Cats on Instagram
20 Books of Summer – Alison Lear on Twitter
10 Books of Summer – Jesse Jane Reads
#20BooksofSummer – A Hot Cup of Pleasure
20 Books of Summer TBR 2023 – Hayley at Rather Too Fond of Books
2023 Books of Summer – John at Thinking Out Loud
20 Books of Summer 2023 – Cindy at Cindy’s Book Corner
20 Books of Summer 2023 Plan – Rebecca at Bookish Beck
20 Books of Summer 23 – Sarah Matthews on Twitter
20 Books of Summer – Jess at The Hour of Pearl on Instagram
20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge – Julie at A Little Book Problem
20 Books of Summer – Matthew Pearce on Instagram
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I am a 40 something book buying addict trying to reduce the backlog one book at a time!
And here’s my list, with a 20 Books of Winter photo:
https://tasmanianbibliophileatlarge.wordpress.com/2023/05/10/20-books-of-winter/
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Excellent, thanks Jennifer!
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I’ll be participating again this year and thanks for hosting! Here’s my link to my 20 Book Challenge: https://www.thathappyreader.ca/20-books-of-summer-2023-challenge/
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Woohoo! Thanks Jodie, I’ll add your list to the masterpost.
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My post just went live. https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2023/05/12/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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Yay! Thanks for taking part Lisa x
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Thanks for hosting. I’m in:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2023/05/12/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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Yay!
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Hi Cathy. I will be participating too. 15 cozy mysteries: https://cozymysteryreads.wordpress.com/2023/05/13/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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Thanks for taking part Fariba!
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Thanks for hosting! 🙂 This challenge is such a fun push to read more in the summertime. Here’s the link to my list: https://efsunland.com/2023/05/13/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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Delighted that you are taking part again 🙂
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Here is my list of 10 books. I can’t resist joining in the fun.
https://enterenchanted.com/10-books-of-summer-summer-in-other-languages/
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Thanks Lory!
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Hooray! I’ll be joining in but I won’t make my pile until the end of May as usual. I really want to get 20 books off my print TBR and this usually helps me do that sort of thing!
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Woohoo! You are always very good with your strategy Liz 🙂
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https://reading-in-bed.com/2023/05/14/20-books-of-summer-2023/ Here it is!
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Woohoo!
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Despite having only finished the challenge once in all my years of doing it (and that in 2020 when I had nothing else to distract me), I’m back again for another go! This is always one of my favourite parts of my blog year – thank you for hosting again. My list is here: https://louloureads.wordpress.com/2023/05/15/20-books-of-summer-23/
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Excellent Lou! Thanks for taking part 🙂
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I’m in!! Fifth year participating!💜💜
https://susanlovesbooks.wordpress.com/2023/05/15/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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Woohoo! You’re an old hand at this point 🙂
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Ha! Well, I am old!😂😂😂💜
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This is a new challenge for me – see my list of books on my blog here
https://anneisreading.com/2023/05/15/a-new-challenge-20-books-of-summer/
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Not sure my link posted so trying again – delete duplicate if necessary please
https://anneisreading.com/2023/05/15/a-new-challenge-20-books-of-summer/
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Thanks Anne! I’ll add to the list 🙂
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I’m joining at the 10 book level but hope to end up reading at least 15.
https://irbratb.com/2023/05/15/10-books-of-summer-23/
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Great stuff!
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Hi Cathy, here is my post with my intended reads for 20 Books of Summer: https://fictionophile.com/2023/05/15/20-books-of-summer-reading-challenge-2023-my-choices-20booksofsummer23-readingchallenge/
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Yay! Thanks Lynne x
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I am joining this challenge again.
Here’s my link
http://hobbiesandeverythinginbetween.blogspot.com/2023/05/20-books-of-summer.html
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I am not sure if this has showed up twice if so you can delete one.
I am joining the challenge.
Here’s my link
http://hobbiesandeverythinginbetween.blogspot.com/2023/05/20-books-of-summer.html
Viki
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Great Viki thank you!
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Thank you for organising Cathy and here’s my list:
https://justreadingabook.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/10-books-of-summer-2/
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Yay!
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Ok, here’s my list! https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2023/05/20-books-of-summer.html
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Yay! Thanks Jean x
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Cathy, This is TracyK at Bitter Tea and Mystery. I am joining in and have posted my link, but I cannot leave a comment here with the link. I posted it on May 14th. I hope you can add it to your list.
Thanks,
Tracy
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Excellent Tracy, I’ll have a look now and add to the list.
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Thanks so much for organising this once again Cathy, I don’t know how you fit everything in!
This is my list: https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/05/20-books-of-summer-2023.html
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Thanks Rosemary!
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Count me in!
https://eelsbutnohovercraft.blogspot.com/2023/05/20-books-of-summer.html
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Great stuff Mike!
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I’ve got my list together finally: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/05/18/15-books-of-summer/
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Brilliant!
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Hi, Cathy, thanks for hosting. Here is my link to my chosen books for this challenge. It will be my first time participating, so I am going for the modest 10! https://thoughtsonpapyrus.com/2023/05/18/10-books-of-summer/
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Excellent Diana, great to have you on board!
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I’m in! This is my first time, thanks to your generosity to provide 10 or 15 books choices. 🙂 Here’s my list:
https://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2023/05/10-books-of-summer-but-not-really.html
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Great stuff, thanks for joning in!
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Hi Cathy, thanks for hosting again! I always find this challenge a good way to organize my reading for the summer. Here’s my link: https://thebookstop.wordpress.com/2023/05/20/my-20-books-of-summer-4/
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I’d like to join in this year, but I’ve been struggling to read a lot, so I’ll be realistic and go for 10 books!
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Good plan!
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I am joining in again and moving books from last years list that didn’t get read to this years!
https://wp.me/pOmSt-3Mg
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I considered making up this year’s list with all the books I didn’t manage to read in previous summers!
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Thanks for hosting this again, Cathy. Here’s my list:
https://shereadsnovels.com/2023/05/21/20-books-of-summer-2023/
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