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23 Books To Read In 2023

December 29, 2022      3 Comments

Note: Several of the books in this list are published by HarperCollins. Please note that the HarperCollins union has been on strike since 11/10/22 to get a fair contract for their workers. Visit https://linktr.ee/hcpunion to learn more.

January 

1. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

This beloved romance author’s YA Debut

2. The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao 

Love a good con story

3. The Spare by Prince Harry

I feel like there will be nothing too ground-breaking in this but I”m curious to learn more about what it’s like being so high up in the Royal Family.

4. Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Vuolo

A Duggar speaks out

February

5. The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

I have high hopes for this one!

6. I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel Hardcover by Rebecca Makkai

A podcaster revisits a crime from her past

March

7. The Witch and the Vampire

This cover is stunning!

8. The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar 

A dark YA Fantasy with a circus

9. Clytemnestra A Novel by Costanza Casati

I haven’t read a greek retelling and I fFEEL like I rememer this story.

10. The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise’ by Colleen Oakley

A heist story ? Sign me up

April

11. The Blood Gift (The Blood Gift Duology, #2)

Reading the first one now

12. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

A Magic library in 1910’s England

13. The Haunting of Alejandra By V. Castro

Horror Novel based on La Llorona 

14. Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Excited to see romance starring middle age folks!

15. Throwback by Maurene Goo

In this YA book, a teen travels back to the 90s to team up with her teenaged mother. Ever since I read This Time Tomorrow this year, I’ve been on the hunt for something similar.

16. The Cuban Heiress Paperback by Chanel Cleeton  

I just finished watching 1899 so I’m up for a historical story set ON A BOAT

17. Romantic Comedy: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld

I’m curious how a literary author like Sittenfield will approach a rom com

June

18. Pageboy: A Memoir: by Eliot Page

Love a good celeb memoir 

19. Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara

Greek retellings are so popular right now


July

20. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

This sounds really scary and reminds me of The Last Movie podcast.

21. Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero

The blurb for this book mentions Laini Taylor, so I’ll give it a try!

22. Immortal Longings by Chole Gong

Curious to see how Gongs’ adult debut goes

October

23. Alecto the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #4) by Tamsyin Muir

I still gotta work my way through #3

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