Nominations open -- February 2024 group reads: Your favorite mystery, crime, thriller book of 2023

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Alexandra wrote: "The inmate and ward D"

Can you narrow that down by choosing only one? I will keep this thread open until around 5 p.m. Florida time if you want to do so. Thanks!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Riley wrote: "The Locked Door by Freida McFadden or The silent patient by Alex Michaelides"

If you wouldn't mind choosing just one of these two to nominate, I would be very grateful. Thanks!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Katyayini wrote: "Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6..."

Thanks for the nomination, but that was a group read for this past December.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Phoebe wrote: "Hidden Pictures"

the one by Jason Rekulak? Please let me know before today's over. Thanks!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Morgan wrote: "I’d like to nominate Thin Air by Kellie M.Parker and Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent."

Hey Morgan, can you narrow down your choices to one book, please? Thanks -- I'm holding open this thread until 5 pm eastern time tonight.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

sara wrote: "I would like to nominate No Exit by Taylor Adams, The Silent Patient by Alex Michealides, and A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham.

These were my top 3 thriller/mystery books I read in 2023...."

If you could narrow your choices down to one, I would be very grateful. Thank you!!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Diane wrote: "I would like to nominate the M L Rose series of books. The Arla baker is set in London, the characters and places come to life the authors stories of murder"

I'll list the first in the series on the poll. Thanks.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Hastings75 wrote: "Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone."

That was the group read for this past December. If you have another choice, you have until 5 pm Florida time today to let me know.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Sylvia wrote: "I read so many good ones in 2023! My top favourite thrillers I read (my absolute favourite genre) were The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding, Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney, On A Quiet Street by Ser..."

did you want to nominate one of these for February's group reads?

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Christi wrote: "Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger or Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris"

Thank you, Christi -- can you please choose only one to nominate?

[Sherri]

The Silent Patient was awesome!!!

[Dawn]

I recommend Paper Targets by Steve Sarnoff, Spiders and Flies by Scott Adlerberg and Penance by Eliza Clark. My favorite reads of 2023!

[Gwen]

I recommend My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni. This is the first book of the series. I am just starting the 5th book. Love his writing!

[AJ]

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose was my top 5⭐️ read of 2023. Highly recommend

[Angelina]

Some great choices this month thank you everyone. Looking forward to reading some of them 🙂

[Carolyn]

The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White was the only memorable mystery I read in 2023... Most of mine were Historical Fiction.

[Marc]

Red Queen Juan Goméz-Jurado A Spanish girl with the drain tattoo who has more class First in a series I'm waiting for the next one a real thriller

[Randy]

Hi, folks.

Just an FYI: Nominations ended on January 11 and the poll is already up at,

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

Tell you what, keep your suggestions in mind for the March group reads and we can continue with our favorite books first read in 2023. There seems to be a lot of material to choose from.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

thanks Randy, and sorry to all about not being communicative this week -- we have a new roof going up, a new bathroom being done and in short, we are again in a mess and my brain is not here.

[Marc]

I thought I commented on Red Queen Did I not?

[Laronza]

The Fourth Monkey by J.D.Barker