117: Best Books of 2023 Superlatives

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To paraphrase the band REM, it’s the end of the year as we know it! 2023 was an interesting reading year for us and we’ve loved sharing our reads with you on the show. Today, we’re giving you some end of year best book superlatives and we think you might be surprised by some of our picks. Tune in to hear our favorite audiobooks, the books we never want to hear about again, the books that made us laugh and cry, and so much more! We’re taking a holiday break after this episode, so we’ll be back in your ears in January. Happy Holidays!

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Best Books Superlatives:

[10:53] M: The Travel Bog Diaries by Liz Deacle

[11:15] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

[11:52] S: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

[12:17] M: Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee

[12:53] M: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

[13:12] S: The One by John Marrs

[13:32] The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

[14:55] M: A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins

[15:21] The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

[15:36] S: Someday Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

[16:00] In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

[16:36] S: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

[17:05] M: The Measure by Nikki Erlick

[17:53] M: Normal People by Sally Rooney

[18:12] Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

[18:56] S: Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

[19:38] M: The Possibilities by Yael Goldstein-Love

[20:02] S: The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook

[20:28] Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander

[20:50] S: In Memoriam by Alice Winn

[21:26] M: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

[22:13] M: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

[22:40] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

[25:31] M: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

[25:58] Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton

[26:22] S: Off the Hook by Julie Olivia

[26:26] Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

[26:29] The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

[26:33] The One With the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel

[26:59] S: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

[27:10] Good For a Girl by Lauren Fleshman

[27:33] M: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

[27:52] M: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

[28:31] S: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

[28:49] Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

[30:35] M: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey and Michaela Angela Davis

[30:39] Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson

[31:01] S: Spare by Prince Harry

[31:16] The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

[31:52] S: Yellowface by RF Kuang

[32:09] M: The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

[32:42] M: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

[32:54] S: The Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams

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