We’re gearing up to close out our year of reading with today’s podcast episode, featuring the Best Books of 2023 Superlatives with Susie (@NovelVisits). Our wrap-up is split into two episodes: today’s Superlatives and next week’s Genre Awards. Today, we’re diving into more than 25 Superlative categories, including Most Deserving of the Hype, Biggest Surprise, the Darkest Book of the Year, and many others!

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Highlights

Our best books of the year from over 25 categories, including:
- Most Deserving of the Hype
- FOMO-Worthy Book
- Third Time’s the Charm
- Darkest Book of the Year
- Top Underrated Gem
- Biggest Surprise
- The Book You Flew Through
- Most Polarizing Favorite
- Most Heartbreaking

2023 Superlatives [6:52]

Susie

Sarah

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:42]
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:10]
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [15:03]
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:43]
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:56]
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:55]
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:21]
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:26]
I Could Live Here Forever by Hannah Halperin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:53]
How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:44]
Drowning by T. J. Newman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:11]
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:09]
Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:01]
Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:40]
The Longest Race by Kara Goucher | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:56]
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:53]
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:01:01]
We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:05:08]

Other Books Mentioned

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano [7:23]
Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby [19:27]
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby [19:30]
Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent [23:28]
Talking at Night by Claire Daverley [24:30]
Maame by Jessica George [24:32]
The Power by Naomi Alderman [30:11]
Wellness by Nathan Hill [31:30]
Day by Michael Cunningham [31:32]
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [31:35]
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai [32:47]
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain [37:03]
The Push by Ashley Audrain [37:20]
Our Town by Thornton Wilder [56:12]

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