Favorite Reads of 2023

In my list of this year’s favorite reads, my fiction choices admittedly betray a Susan Howatch obsession, and my nonfiction choices demonstrate a thirst to understand this world we live in. We’re sharing this post with both paid and unpaid subscribers, and all are welcome to comment, so I’d love to get your feedback: have you read any of these books, and what are some of your favorite reads over the past year?

These books are divided by fiction and non-fiction but aren’t listed in any particular order. I wanted to whittle this list down to ten, but I’m such a fan of reading and so appreciate the hard work that goes into so many books, that I just couldn’t.

I shouldn’t need to say this every year, but here it is anyway: Listing a book as a favorite read is not an endorsement of everything a writer says. The fiction I’m listing wasn’t published by Baker Christian Publishing and has material that may offend some. And while the nonfiction books listed all challenged and enlightened my own thinking, that’s a long way from saying I was convinced by every argument they put forth. But I do think they’re worth your time. 

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