2023 Book Club Lists

2023 Idaho Book Worms Book Club – my book club 😊

💫Jan - Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

💫Feb - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

💫Mar - Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

💫Apr - The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman

💫May/June - The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

💫Jul - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

💫Aug - West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

💫Sep - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

💫Oct - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

💫Nov - The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

💢We do not meet in December since the holidays are hectic enough.  

2023 Well-Read Moose Gems wellreadmoose.com

💎Jan – Bandit Queen Parni Shroff

💎Feb – House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

💎Mar – I Have Some Questions for you by Rebecca Makkai

💎Apr – Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

💎May – No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister  

💎Jun – Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

💎Jul – The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

💎Aug – The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

💎Sep – The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

💎Oct – Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

💎Nov – Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

💎Dec – The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

 

2023 Good Reads Choice Awards

🏆Fiction – Yellowface by RF Kuang

🏆Mystery – The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden

🏆Historical Fiction – Weyward by Emelia Hart

🏆Fantasy – Hell Bend by Leigh Bardugo

🏆Romance – Happy Place by Emily Henry

🏆Sci-Fi – In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

🏆Humor – Being Henry by Henry Winkler

 

2023 Read with Jenna Book Club

♦️Jan – Sam by Allegra Goodman

♦️Feb – Maame by Jessica George

♦️Mar – Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown

♦️Apr – Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

♦️May – Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

♦️Jun- The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

♦️Jul – Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

♦️Aug – Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

♦️Sep – Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood

♦️Oct – How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

♦️Nov – The Sun Sets in Singapore by Kehinde Fadipe

♦️Dec – We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein

 

2023 Reese’s Book Club

🌞Jan – The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

🌞Feb – The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

🌞Mar – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

🌞Apr – Romantic Comedy by Curtis Steinfeld

🌞May – Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

🌞Jun – Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale

🌞Jul – Yellowface by RF Kuang

🌞Aug – Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

🌞Sep – Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

🌞Oct – Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

🌞Nov- Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major

🌞Dec – Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman

 

2023 Good Morning America Book Club

🔅Jan – Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

🔅Feb – River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

🔅Mar – Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

🔅Apr – Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose

🔅May – The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters

🔅Jun – Ink Blood Scribe Sister by Emma Törzs

🔅Jul – Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano

🔅Aug – Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

🔅Sep – Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

🔅Oct – The List by Yomi Adegoke

🔅Nov – Class by Stephanie Land

🔅Dec – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon  

2023 Barak Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year

🎯The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

🎯The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut

🎯Poverty in America by Matthew Desmond

🎯How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

🎯The Wager by David Grann

🎯The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

🎯Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell

🎯King:  A Life by Jonathan Eig

🎯The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

🎯The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen

🎯All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

🎯The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta

🎯Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista

Here's hoping 2024 brings you nothing of 5-star rated books that will knock your socks off!

Happy New Reading Year!

Annette