BEST BOOK you've read in 2023 so far?

[Jordyn]

A Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

[Lani]

The Keeper of Hidden Books

[Tessa]

probably slouching towards bethlehem for me!!

[Laila]

The Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

[Thaddeus]

Debunked by Dito Abbott. It’s a self published book, self described as Indiana Jones meets Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It’s a great read. I did a review on m page.

I’m currently reading, Murder your Employer. It’s a great book so far, only halfway through it.

[Mark]

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 😊

[skybunny :3]

Definitely "Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow" !!

[Emilly]

Stargirl

[Emilee]

Violeta by Isabel Allende was really good...also enjoying Harry Potter in Spanish.

[Michael]

The best book I've read so far this year is The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell. It's a strange, post apocalyptic zombie story with one of my favorite protagonists I've ever read. I just loved this strange and weirdly beautiful book.

[Sally]

Silence of the Lambs

The Haar

The Hacienda

Carmilla

[Morally A. Grey]

Prey Tell

or

Pestilence

[Novelette]

This one is underrated, The Loneliest Girl In The Universe.

[Dee]

I actually don't have a favourite for this year but these were really good!- The body keeps the score - non fiction
the family remains - true crime
the marriage lie - scifi

[Nika]

Six of crows

[Rbcca]

either 'Pachinko' or 'And Then There Were None' <3

[Anjianie]

Sundial by Catriona Ward

[Cori]

Go as a River by Shelley Read was a book that surprised me, and I still think about so I'm saying that is my best read so far this year!

[Amberb03]

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

[Lorraine]

The reading list Sara Nisha Adams

[Peter]

The Watchers by A. M. Shine and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for gripping gothic thrillers.

[Ethel]

Missing Piece by Katlego Ethel Diphare

[Sue]

The question says "read in 2023" not published in 2023.... I have 2 favorites that I have read this year. First... Horse by Geraldine Brooks. Amazing book. Great story. Antebellum south. Great Historical context. Loved it! Second... Overstory by Richard Powers. Published in 2018, I just stumbled across it this summer. I was in Mendocino county contemplating the last remaining Old Growth Redwood trees. Again, absolutely amazing!

[Lis]

Quite a few favs, but today I’ll go with Realm/Blade Breaker, Sword Catcher, and Widow of Rose House! Can’t pick just one!

[N.]

The Atlas Six = Olivie Blake

[Rita]

Fourth Wing, no doubt

[Dawn]

Patrick Rothfuss' The Wiseman's Fear. Looking forward to the next book!

[Stefanie]

A few good ones!
Ready Player One I think tops the list.
Followed closely by Lost Among the Living by Simone St James.
Artemis by Andy Weir was also fantastic.

[Jazzy]

Hard to choose one within The Realm of The Elderlings by Robin Hobb - but this series changed my life !!!! Amazing amazing

[Dirk]

These are the books I gave 5 stars this year:


Tress of the Emerald Sea
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Translation State
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Remote Control
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

But If I have to choose just one it is this:

The Oceanography of the Moon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Anaya]

Life Lessons from the Terminator by Bruis Cabilio,

[Sandra]

“Dear Child” / “Liebes Kind” by Romy Hausmann

[kate :)]

1000 boy kisses this made me cry about 100 times

[cia]

The Grapes of Wrath

[Rachael]

Haunting Adeline 100%

[Aditi]

I can't choose between Unwind by Neal Shusterman and 'Before I Fall' by Lauren Oliver
both are so good <333

[Akshay]

Less by Andrew Greer

Totally not my normal kind of reading but it seemed light and easy and it was but something about the low-key little novel blew me away.
Had a kind of gentle-lightning-in-a-bottle vibe!

[Divine]

sooooo manyyyy.....reading zodiac academy now........best ig a once upon a broke. heart aur fourth wing and so manyyyyyyy

[Divine]

the good lie tooo.....a masterpiece mystery

[MySmallReadingCorner]

You've reached Sam, the story was so beautiful

[Daniele]

The best book I have read so far this year is from Italy and I don't think it has been translated. All'orizzonte finisce la terra ("The Earth Ends at the Horizon") by Andrea Pagani. It is the journey of a young tormented soul travelling through Africa to reach Paris, a book describing the needs to find oneself and more.

My review here:
Narrated with a well educated pen and full of emotions, this story envelops you from the very first pages and kidnaps you: a journey in search of oneself begins, a journey full of feelings, sensations and evaluations. The main character is a 16 year old boy looking for his own path, and to find it he must go through unexpected and unimaginable obstacles. The true nature of man emerges and Momar must draw courage from the depths of his soul. The ending is not obvious and leaves us with the hope that the world can improve.

[Veronica]

The House of Roots and Ruin

[aarna]

twisted hate

[Sarah]

“The First to Die at the End” by Adam Silvera

[Mary]

I think my favorite book so far has been either Hooked by Emily McIntire or Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber.

[Wyetha]

It's a toss-up, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, and Mister Magic by Kiersten White

[Candy]

Homecoming by Kate Morton

[Hayley West]

Sur le bord de la rivière piedra, je me suis assise et j’ai pleure

[Smriti]

The Girl You Left Behind

[Jailynn]

Song of Achilles (literally the best ending I've read in a book, so poetic and beautiful)
Runner ups- the shepherd king duology book #2, folk of the air books #2 & 3