Best of the Year on Radio Book Club

It’s another year for the books, so to speak! Our amazing Radio Book Club hosts review the favorite titles that came across their desks, laps, and nightstands in 2023. Get your pens and pencils out – there are so many diverse titles and authors in this episode guaranteed to pique your interest.

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Music in this Episode is ‘Sailing Away’ by Holizna CC

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Reviews & Mentions

Best of Year Reviews have an *asterisk

1. The Wager, David Grann
2. *Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
3. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
4. Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros
5. *The Aubrey/Maturin Series, Patrick O’Brian (Book 1: Master and Commander)
6. *Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
7. *Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens
8. North Woods, Daniel Mason
9. My Name is Barbra, Barbra Streisand
10. *I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness, Claire Vaye Watkins
11. * Checkout 19, Claire-Louise Bennet
12. *White Magic, Elissa Washuta
13. Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
14. Page Boy, Elliot Page
15. You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Maggie Smith
16. *Study for Obedience, Sarah Bernstein
17. *Path of Light, Morgan Sjogren
18. *The End of Drum-Time, Hanna Pylvainen
19. *Rabbit Hutch, Tess Gunty
20. *Brave the Wild River, Melissa Sevigny
21. *Bright Dead Things, Ada Limon
22. *Saving Time, Jenny Odell
23. *Big Swiss, Jen Beagin
24. *Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
25. Open Throat, Henry Hoke
26. *Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
27. *The Lost Daughter, Elena Ferrante
28. *The Guest, Emma Cline