Janine’s Best of 2023 List

I did not read as much as I usually do in 2023, and a lot of the books I read came out in earlier years. Therefore this is a list of the best books I read in 2023 rather than a list of the best 2023 releases I read. For clarity I have included the year of publication after each title.

This year I’m also taking a feature from Kaetrin’s lists and quoting from each of the books, although in my case it isn’t favorite bits I’m quoting, but opening lines. I feel that an opening line should at the ver...