Episode 455 || Best Books of the Year with Hunter

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2023.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 455” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

Annie's 2023 favorites:

1. In Memoriam by Alice Wynn2. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett3. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano4. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff5. How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key6. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward7. All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore8. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck9. Monsters by Claire Dederer10. Congratulations! The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

Hunter's 2023 favorites:

1. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff2. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray3. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue4. In Memoriam by Alice Winn5. The Guest by Emma Cline6. Monsters by Claire Dederer7. Holler, Child by Latoya Watkins8. Brother and Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella9. Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang10. Congratulations! The Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

To purchase Annie and Hunter’s mid-year favorite books referenced in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 430” into the search bar and tap enter to find those books) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. 

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew Jackson. Hunter is reading The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan.

If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O’Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.