December 19, 2023

Ep 199: Best Books of the Year 2023

December 19, 2023/ Laura Tremaine

It's one of my favorite conversations of the year!

I love books. I love lists. I love the end of the year. So naturally I LOVE the annual Best Books of the Year conversation with my real life book club friends Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith.

We're back together for our SIXTH annual Best Books of the Year conversation. This one felt a little different from years’ past because in 2023 we chose to do a mid-year episode called Best Books of the Year (So Far). In Episode 179 from back in June, we talked about many of the big, buzzy books that released in the first half of the year, which let us share other favorites in this year-end conversation.

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Laura’s Best Books of the Year:

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Spare by Prince Harry

The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

Search by Michelle Huneven

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

How To Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key

Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and Other Lies Behind Multi-Level Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Yasmin’s Best Books of the Year:

You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

Holly by Stephen King

The Center by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter

Stephanie’s Best Books of the Year:

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (mutual best pick)

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Humans by Matt Haig

Also Mentioned:

Smartest Person in the Room series with Yasmin

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

Friends, Lovers and the Big, Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

The Color of Water by James McBride

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Misery by Stephen King

It by Stephen King

11.22.63 by Stephen King

Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen

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