In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our favorite books of 2023.
Kelly’s Selections:  


Favorite Book of the Year: Go As a River by Shelley Read



Best Book To Recommend to Anyone: The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley



Most Unique Premise: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck


Most Likely to Feel like a Conversation with a Friend: It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway by Elizabeth Passarella



Most Tense: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon


Best Time Travel Story: The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young


Best Book Club Discussion: One Summer In Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris


The Best Love Story of the Year and My Life: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey


Most Unique Story Structure: A Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter



Most Likely to Keep You Up Past Bedtime: Drowning by T.J. Newman


Most Mysterious Storyline: Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent


Most Darkly Lyrical: On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel


Best Coming of Age Story: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger



Most Likely to Make You Laugh: Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan


Most Unforgettable Character: How to Be Remembered by Michael Thompson

 
Cindy’s Selections:


Most Unsettling  - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett


Historical Fiction Standout - Go As a River by Shelley Read 


Best Book to Get Lost In - Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head 


Most Likely to Make You Laugh - Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto 


Best Book Club Discussion - Hello Beautiful by Ann Naplitano


Most Likely to Re-read - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley 



Best Strong Sense of Place - Homecoming by Kate Morton 


Most Likely To Recommend to a Friend - Drowning by T.J. Newman 


Most Perfectly Plotted - The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos 


Best Family Saga - The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange



Best Glimpse into a Particular Time Period - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger 



Most Unique Format - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter 


Best Recommendation from a Friend - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 



Most Unforgettable Character - The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook 



Best Based On a True Story/Best Book I Didn’t Know I Needed - The General and Julia by Jon Clinch 

 
Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.
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