Best books of 2023!

Best books of 2023!

240 books read this year. I have divided the top 5 star books list into extra categories and ordered them by the extra stars I gave to them on my list. The date of my review is after the title. The complete list by month follows the top picks.

Literary Fiction
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitan, 3/15/23, literary ****
Commitment by Mona Simpson, 3/22/23, literary ****
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard, 5/9/23, literary ****
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, 8/6/23, literary ****
Far Creek Road by Lesley Krueger, 10/21/23, literary ****
Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich, 11/11/23, literary ****
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay, 3/5/23, literary ***
Anna O. by Matthew Blake, 12/16/23 literary/mystery ***
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls, 3/25/23, literary **
Maureen by Rachel Joyce, 2/7/23 **
The Guest by Emma Cline, 5/11/23, literary **
The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright, 9/15/23,  literary **

Science Fiction
The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy, 8/10/23,  sci-fi *****
The New One by Evie Green, 3/28/23 thriller/sci-fi ****
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, 5/5/23, sci fi ****
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis, 6/25/23, sci fi ***
The Glass Box by J. Michael Straczynski, 12/30/23 sci-fi ***
The Quiet Room by Terry Miles, 9/23/23 sci-fi **

Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers (There were so many in this category it was difficult to pair it down)
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, 4/23/23, thriller ****
Tides of Fire by James Rollins, 8/15/23, thriller ***** 
The Last One by Will Dean, 8/16/23, thriller ****
After That Night by Karin Slaughter, 8/24/23, thriller ****
Dark Ride by Lou Berney, 9/5/23,  thriller ****
The House of Love and Death by Andrew Klavan, 10/22/23, mystery ****
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell, 8/3/23, thriller ***
Night Owl by Andrew Mayne, 10/7/23, thriller ***
American Girl by Wendy Walker, 10/8/23, thriller ***
With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson, 4/22/23, suspense ***
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, 5/23/23, mystery ***
The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos, 7/15/23, mystery ***
The Last Ranger by Peter Heller, 7/29/23, mystery ***

Nonfiction
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes 6/28/23 ****
The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport, 10/12/23 ****
The Lost Tomb by Douglas Preston, 12/7/23 ****
In the Garden of the Righteous by Richard Hurowitz, 1/22/23 nonfiction***
The Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftis, 3/1/23, ***
The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen, 4/15/23, ***
Being Henry by Henry Winkler, 10/28/23 ***
The Dayhiker's Guide to the National Parks by Michael Joseph Oswald, 10/7/23 ***
Vanished in Vermillion by Lou Raguse, 2/19/23  **
The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber, 7/1/23 **

 

January
1. The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent, 336 pages, 1/1/23, so-so
2. Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica, 320 pages, 1/2/23, recommended
3. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham, 336 pages, 1/4/23, highly recommended
4.The Hunter by Jennifer Herrera, 352 pages, 1/8/23, highly recommended
5. Killer Story by Matt Witten, 320 pages, 1/9/23, highly recommended
6.The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy, 304 pages, 1/11/23, highly recommended
7. My Sister's Secret by Diane Saxon, 344 pages, 1/13/23, highly recommended
8. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 416 pages, 1/16/23, very highly recommended *
9. What Happens Next by Christina Suzann Nelson, 352 pages, 1/18/23, very highly recommended *
10. Don't Open the Door by Allison Brennan, 384 pages, 1/20/23, very highly recommended *
11. In the Garden of the Righteous by Richard Hurowitz, 480 pages, 1/22/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction***
12. The Devil's Ransom by Brad Taylor, 432 pages, 1/24/23, very highly recommended *
13. The Family Reunion by Karen King, 320 pages, 1/25/23, highly recommended
14. Exiles by Jane Harper, 368 pages, 1/27/23, very highly recommended *
15.The Drift by C. J. Tudor, 352 pages, 1/30/23, highly recommended
16. My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor, 440 pages, 1/31/23, very highly recommended *

February
17.The Sanctuary by Katrine Engberg. 336 pages, 2/2/23, very highly recommended *
18. Every Missing Girl by Leanne Kale Sparks, 272 pages, 2/4/23, very highly recommended **
19. A Killing of Innocents by Deborah Crombie, 368 pages, 2/6/23, highly recommended
20. Maureen by Rachel Joyce, 192 pages, 2/7/23, very highly recommended **
21. Trembling River by Andrée A. Michaud, 416 pages, 2/8/23, highly recommended
22. Her Final Breath by Carolyn Arnold, 323 pages, 2/9/23, very highly recommended, procedural *
23. The Weekend by L. H. Stacey, 322 pages, 2/11/23, so-so
24. Shore Lodge by Susan Specht Oram, 296 pages, 2/12/23, highly recommended
25. The Writing Retreat Julia Bartz, 320 pages, 2/12/23, so-so
26. Getting Even: Two Thrilling Novels of Suspense by Lisa Jackson, 512 pages, 2/14/23, recommended
27. Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne, 316 pages, 2/16/23, very highly recommended **
28. Vanished in Vermillion by Lou Raguse, 384 pages, 2/19/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction **
29. It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison, 400 pages, 2/21/23, highly recommended
30. Device Free Weekend by Sean Doolittle, 288 pages, 2/23/23, highly recommended
31. A Cry in the Dark by Jessica R. Patch, 368 pages, 2/25/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
32. Storm Watch by C. J. Box, 368 pages, 2/26/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
33. Are You a Miserable Old Bastard? by Andrew John, Stephen Blake, 176 pages, 2/27/23, highly recommended
34. The Ship Beneath the Ice by Mensun Bound, 416 pages, 2/27/23, very highly recommended * nonfiction

March
35. The Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftis, 384 pages, 3/1/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction ***
36. The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson, 320 pages, 3/2/23, very highly recommended **
37. A Flaw in the Design by Nathan Oates, 304 pages, 3/4/23, highly recommended
38. What Have We Done by Alex Finlay, 368 pages, 3/4/23, highly recommended
39. All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay, 338 pages, 3/5/23, very highly recommended, literary ***
40. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood, 272 pages, 3/6/23, highly recommended, short stories
41. Forget What You Know by Christina Dodd, 384 pages, 3/8/23, highly recommended
42. The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell, 288 pages, 3/8/23, highly recommended
43. The Nature of Secrets by Debra Webb, 352 pages, 3/10/23, highly recommended
44. Collateral Damage by J. A. Jance, 320 pages, 3/11/23, highly recommended
45. Moths by Jane Hennigan, 312 pages, 3/12/23, highly recommended
46. I Love It When You Lie by Kristen Bird, 352 pages, 3/13/23, highly recommended
47. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano, 416 pages, 3/15/23, very highly recommended, literary ****
48. No Good Lie by Claire Stibbe,348 pages, 3/16/23, recommended
49. Something Bad Wrong by Eryk Pruitt, 448 pages, 3/18/23, highly recommended
50. The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud, 304 pages, 3/19/23, highly recommended
51. Bones Under the Ice by Mary Ann Miller, 336 pages, 3/21/23, highly recommended
52. Commitment by Mona Simpson, 416 pages, 3/22/23, very highly recommended, literary ****
53. Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline, 432 pages, 3/23/23, highly recommended
54. Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls, 368 pages, 3/25/23, very highly recommended, literary **
55. Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni, 396 pages, 3/26/23, very highly recommended legal thriller **
56. The New One by Evie Green, 400 pages, 3/28/23, very highly recommended, thriller, sci-fi ****
57. The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth, 352 pages, 3/29/23, highly recommended
58. Homecoming by Kate Morton, 560 pages, 3/30/23, highly recommended
59. Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen, 320 pages, 3/31/23, highly recommended

April
60. Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling, 304 pages, 4/1/23, recommended
61. You Know Her by Meagan Jennett, 368 pages, 4/2/23, highly recommended
62. Paradise Cove by Davin Goodwin, 304 pages, 4/3/23, highly recommended
63. The Trackers by Charles Frazier, 336 pages, 4/5/23, highly recommended
64. Everything She Feared by Rick Mofina, 448 pages, 4/8/23, highly recommended
65. Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson, 368 pages, 4/10/23, highly recommended
66. The Garden of Evil by Genoveva Ortiz, 128 pages, 4/12/23, highly recommended nonfiction
67. The Atonement Murders by Jenifer Ruff, 289 pages, 4/12/23, very highly recommended procedural **
68. Where They Lie by Joe Hart, 240 pages, 4/13/23, highly recommended
69. The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen, 576 pages, 4/15/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction ***
70. The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong, 224 pages, 4/17/23, highly recommended
71. The Lie by Kathryn Croft, 332 pages, 4/19/23, highly recommended
72. In the Orchard by Eliza Minot, 256 pages, 4/22/23, recommended
73. With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson, 336 pages, 4/22/23, very highly recommended, suspense ***
74. Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, 320 pages, 4/23/23, very highly recommended, thriller ****
75. The Last Word by Taylor Adams, 352 pages, 4/24/23, highly recommended
76. The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths, 368 pages, 4/25/23, highly recommended
77. Seven Girls Gone by Allison Brennan, 458 pages, 4/27/23, very highly recommended, procedural *
78. We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer, 368 pages, 4/28/23, recommended
79. You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg, 304 pages, 4/30/23, highly recommended

May
80. The Daydreams by Laura Hankin, 368 pages, 5/3/23, highly recommended
81. Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs, 400 pages, 5/3/23, highly recommended
82. The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, 560 pages, 5/5/23, very highly recommended ****
83. The Well-Lived Life by Gladys McGarey M.D., 256 pages, 5/6/23, recommended, nonfiction
84. Cultured by D. P. Lyle, 320 pages, 5/6/23, recommended
85. No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron, 320 pages, 5/7/23, highly recommended
86. The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard, 432 pages, 5/9/23, very highly recommended, literary *****
87. Little Lost Dolls by M.M. Chouinard, 326 pages, 5/10/23, very highly recommended, procedural *
88. The Guest by Emma Cline, 304 pages, 5/11/23, very highly recommended, literary **
89. Liquid Shades of Blue by James Polkinghorn, 208 pages, 5/12/23, highly recommended
90. The Time Has Come by Will Leitch, 304 pages, 5/13/23, highly recommended
91. True Crime Trivia by Michelle Tooker, 310 pages, 5/14/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction **
92. The Last Songbird by Daniel Weizmann, 336 pages, 5/15/23, highly recommended
93. The Lock-Up by John Banville, 320 pages, 5/16/23, highly recommended
94. The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine, 320 pages, 5/17/23, highly recommended
95. One Little Spark by Ellie Banks, 416 pages, 5/18/23, recommended
96. Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda, 288 pages, 5/19/23, recommended
97. The Body in the Web by Katherine Hall Page, 272 pages, 5/20/23, recommended
98. The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon, 368 pages, 5/21/23, very highly recommended, thriller *
99. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, 304 pages, 5/23/23, very highly recommended, mystery ***
100. The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman, 352 pages, 5/28/23, highly recommended
101. The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring, 250 pages, 5/29/23, highly recommended
102. The Feast by Margaret Kennedy, 336 pages, 5/29/23, very highly recommended, re-release *
103. The Survivor by Iris Johansen, 352 pages, 5/30/23, recommended
104. Last Call at Coogan's by Jon Michaud, 320 pages, 5/31/23, very highly recommended, nonfiction *

June
105. Backstory by William L. Myers, Jr., 320 pages, 6/1/23, recommended
106. She Started It by Sian Gilbert, 352 pages, 6/2/23, highly recommended
107. The Island of Lost Girls by Alex Marwood, 480 pages, 6/3/23, recommended
108. Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding, 304 pages, 6/3/23, recommended
109. Girls and Their Monsters by Audrey Clare Farley, 304 pages, 6/5/23 highly recommended, nonfiction
110. The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart, 384 pages, 6/7/23, very highly recommended, domestic thriller **
111. Be Mine by Richard Ford, 352 pages, 6/8/23, highly recommended
112. Don't Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna, 368 pages, 6/8/23, so-so
113. Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg, 304 pages, 6/10/23, very highly recommended * thriller
114. Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs, 336 pages, 6/11/23, highly recommended
115. What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman, 304 pages, 6/13/23, highly recommended
116. The Hotel by Louise Mumford, 336 pages, 6/14/23, highly recommended
117. The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon, 320 pages, 6/16/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
118. The Imposters by Tom Rachman, 352 pages, 6/17/23, recommended
119. The Last Sinner by Lisa Jackson, 400 pages, 6/20/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
120. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue, 305 pages, 6/22/23, highly recommended
121. The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis, 416 pages, 6/25/23, very highly recommended *** sci fi
122. Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie, 336 pages, 6/26/23, highly recommended
123. Wonder Drug by Jennifer Vanderbes, 432 pages, 6/28/23, very highly recommended **** nonfiction
124. Dead Man's Wake by Paul Doiron, 320 pages, 6/29/23, highly recommended

July
125. The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber, 368 pages, 7/1/23, very highly recommended ** nonfiction?
126. Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down, 448 pages, 7/1/23, highly recommended
127. The Woods are Waiting by Katherine Greene, 288 pages, 7/2/23, highly recommended
128. What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall, 428 pages, 7/4/23, highly recommended
129. With a Kiss We Die by L. R. Dorn, 336 pages, 7/7/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
130. Go Find Daddy by Steve Goble, 320 pages, 7/7/23, recommended
131. Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins, 320 pages, 7/8/23, highly recommended
132. I Know What You Did by Cayce Osborne, 272 pages, 7/10/23, highly recommended
133. The Block Party by Jamie Day, 384 pages, 7/12/23, highly recommended
134. The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos, 320 pages, 7/15/23, very highly recommended *** mystery
135. The Rain by Joseph A. Turkot, 354 pages, 7/17/23, highly recommended
136. Her Father's Daughter by T. M. Dunn, 272 pages, 7/18/23, recommended
137. Prom Mom by Laura Lippman, 320 pages, 7/20/23, highly recommended
138. Night Candy by Max Tomlinson, 336 pages, 7/22/23, highly recommended
139. What Harms You by Lisa Black, 336 pages, 7/26/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
140. Zero Days by Ruth Ware, 368 pages, 7/28/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
141. The Last Ranger by Peter Heller, 304 pages, 7/29/23, very highly recommended *** mystery
142. Deadly Depths by John F. Dobbyn, 320 pages, 7/30/23, very highly recommended * thriller
143. Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen, 352 pages, 7/31/23, very highly recommended * suspense

August
144. Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister, 384 pages, 8/1/23, highly recommended
145. The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs, 336 pages, 8/1/23, highly recommended
146. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell, 384 pages, 8/3/23, very highly recommended *** thriller
147. Dark Corners by Megan Goldin, 352 pages, 8/4/23, highly recommended
148. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, 320 pages, 8/6/23, very highly recommended **** literary
149. Epic True Tales And Crazy Stories by Owen Janssen, 276 pages, 8/7/23, very highly recommended * nonfiction
150. Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks, 352 pages, 8/8/23, recommended
151. The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy, 488 pages, 8/10/23, very highly recommended ***** sci-fi
152. A Killer in the Family by Gytha Lodge, 416 pages, 8/11/23, highly recommended
153. In a Quiet Town by Amber Garza, 336 pages, 8/8/23, recommended
154. Saving Myles by Carl Vonderau, 336 pages, 8/12/23, highly recommended
155. Tides of Fire by James Rollins, 480 pages, 8/15/23, very highly recommended ***** thriller/sci-fi
156. The Last One by Will Dean, 448 pages, 8/16/23, very highly recommended **** thriller
157. The Bridge by Matt Brolly, 300 pages, 8/17/23, very highly recommended ** procedural
158. My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson, 432 pages, 8/18/23, highly recommended
159. North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan, 368 pages, 8/19/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
160. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin, 416 pages, 8/20/23, highly recommended
161. Come with Me by Erin Flanagan, 300 pages, 8/21/23, highly recommended
162. After That Night by Karin Slaughter, 432 pages, 8/24/23, very highly recommended **** thriller
163. All Good Things by Amanda Prowse, 320 pages, 8/25/23, recommended
164. Five Years After by William R. Forstchen, 352 pages, 8/26/23, very highly recommended ** thriller
165. With Regrets by Lee Kelly, 320 pages, 8/28/23, very highly recommended * thriller/sci-fi
166. It Could Never Happen Here by Eithne Shortall, 400 pages, 8/30/23, highly recommended

September
167. Killer Waves by Brendan DuBois, 292 pages, 9/1/23, highly recommended
168. The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves, 400 pages, 9/2/23, highly recommended
169. This is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs, 336 pages, 9/3/23, highly recommended
170. Dreambound by Dan Frey, 400 pages, 9/4/23, highly recommended
171. Dark Ride by Lou Berney, 256 pages, 9/5/23, very highly recommended **** thriller
172. Blessing of the Lost Girls by J. A. Jance, 352 pages, 9/7/23, highly recommended
173. The Sky Vault by Benjamin Percy, 320 pages, 9/9/23, very highly recommended **** sci-fi
174. Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson, 224 pages, 9/9/23, highly recommended
175. I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner, 176 pages, 9/10/23, highly recommended
176. North Woods by Daniel Mason, 384 pages, 9/12/23, highly recommended
177. Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter, 480 pages, 9/13/23, highly recommended
178. The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright, 288 pages, 9/15/23, very highly recommended ** literary
179. Duplicity: My Mothers' Secrets by Donna Freed, 252 pages, 9/16/23, recommended
180. My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon, 320 pages, 9/18/23, very highly recommended ** horror
181. One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni, 351 pages, 9/20/23, very highly recommended ** procedural
182. The Quiet Room by Terry Miles, 432 pages, 9/23/23, very highly recommended ** sci-fi
183. The Death of Us by Lori Rader-Day , 384 pages, 9/26/23, very highly recommended * mystery
184. The Oceans and the Stars by Mark Helprin, 512 pages, 9/28/23, very highly recommended, **
185. The Lost Girls of Penzance by Sally Rigby, 254 pages, 9/29/23, highly recommended

October
186. Buried Dreams by Brendan DuBois, 326 pages, 10/1/23, very highly recommended ** mystery
187. The Day She Disappeared by Lisa Hall, 353 pages, 10/3/23, highly recommended
188. Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom, 352 pages, 10/5/23, very highly recommended ** literary
189. What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, 416 pages, 10/5/23, recommended
190. Night Owl by Andrew Mayne, 315 pages, 10/7/23, very highly recommended *** thriller
191. The Dayhiker's Guide to the National Parks by Michael Joseph Oswald, 354 pages, 10/7/23, very highly recommended, *** nonfiction
192. American Girl by Wendy Walker, 352 pages, 10/8/23, very highly recommended *** thriller
193. The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham, 352 pages, 10/10/23, highly recommended
194. The Longest Minute by Matthew J. Davenport, 448 pages, 10/12/23, very highly recommended **** nonfiction
195. Remote by Brian Shea, Stacy Lynn Miller, 260 pages, 10/13/23, recommended
196. Fatal Lies by Anita Waller, 282 pages, 10/14/23. highly recommended
197. West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman, 288 pages, 10/16/23, highly recommended
198. Islands in Deep Time by Markes E. Johnson, 312 pages, 10/18/23, highly recommended, nonfiction
199. Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger, 224 pages, 10/18/23, very highly recommended * thriller
200. Far Creek Road by Lesley Krueger, 304 pages, 10/21/23, very highly recommended **** literary
201. The House of Love and Death by Andrew Klavan, 312 pages, 10/22/23, very highly recommended **** mystery
202. The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas, 368 pages, 10/23/23, recommended
203. When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey, 320 pages, 10/25/23, highly recommended
204. Being Henry by Henry Winkler, 256 pages, 10/28/23, very highly recommended *** memoir
205. The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan, 336 pages, 10/29/23, very highly recommended * thriller
206. Data Baby by Susannah Breslin, 224 pages, 10/30/23, recommended

November
207. Death at Paradise Park by Ross Greenwood, 469 pages, 11/2/23, very highly recommended ** procedural
208. The Railroad by Matt Brolly, 360 pages, 11/4/23, very highly recommended, ** thriller
209. The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen, 364 pages, 11/6/23. very highly recommended, ** thriller
210. Odyssey's End by Matt Coyle, 320 pages, 11/8/23, very highly recommended, ** thriller
211. Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich, 400 pages, 11/11/23, very highly recommended, **** literary
212. The Professor by Lauren Nossett, 336 pages, 11/11/23, highly recommended
213. Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi, 368 pages, 11/15/23, very highly recommended * thriller
214. The Night She Lied by Lucy Dawson, 371 pages, 11/15/23, highly recommended
215. The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell, 448 pages, 11/17/23, recommended
216. Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen, 413 pages, 11/19/23, highly recommended
217. My Husband's Lies by Liz Lawler, 342 pages, 11/21/23, recommended
218. Starkweather by Harry N. MacLean, 432 pages, 11/22/23, very highly recommended, ** nonfiction
219. Primary Storm by Brendan DuBois, 256 pages, 11/23/23, very highly recommended ** mystery
220. Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell, 432 pages, 11/25/23, highly recommended
221. The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor, 304 pages, 11/26/23, recommended
222. Welcome Home, Stranger by Kate Christensen, 224 pages, 11/28/23, recommended
223. Meet the Benedettos by Katie Cotugno, 256 pages, 11/29/23, highly recommended 

December
224. Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle Brown, 368 pages, 12/2/23, so-so
225. Above the Fire by Michael O'Donnell, 256 pages, 12/2/23, highly recommended
226. Break the Glass by Olivia Swindler, 299 pages, 12/3/23, highly recommended
227. The Lost Tomb by Douglas Preston, 320 pages, 12/7/23, very highly recommended **** nonfiction
228. Deadly Cove by Brendan DuBois, 300 pages, 12/7/23, very highly recommended ** mystery
229. The Vacation by John Marrs, 464 pages, 12/9/23, highly recommended
230. The Vacation House by Jane Shemilt, 288 pages, 12/10/23, very highly recommended ** suspense
231. The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski, 352 pages, 12/11/23, highly recommended
232. Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks, 400 pages, 12/13/23, highly recommended
233. Anna O. by Matthew Blake, 432 pages, 12/16/23, very highly recommended *** literary mystery
234. The Roadmap of Loss by Liam Murphy, 315 pages, 12/20/23, highly recommended
235. True North by Andrew J. Graff, 304 pages, 12/20/23, very highly recommended ** literary
236. Mercury by Amy Jo Burns, 336 pages, 12/23/23, very highly recommended ** literary
237. The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins, 304 pages, 12/25/23, very highly recommended * mystery
238. Northwoods by Amy Pease, 288 pages, 12/27/23, very highly recommended ** mystery
239. The Guests by Margot Hunt, 303 pages, 12/27/23, highly recommended
240. The Glass Box by J. Michael Straczynski, 350 pages, 12/30/23, very highly recommended *** sci-fi