It's one of my favorite conversations of the year! 

I love books. I love lists. I love the end of the year. So naturally I LOVE the annual Best Books of the Year conversation with my real life book club friends Yasmin Dunn and Stephanie Newman-Smith. 

We're back together for our SIXTH annual Best Books of the Year conversation. This one felt a little different from year's past because in 2023 we chose to do a mid-year episode called Best Books of the Year (So Far). In Episode 179 from back in June, we talked about many of the big, buzzy books that released in the first half of the year, which let us share other favorites in this year-end conversation. 

LISTEN TO US DISCUSS THE BOOKS WE DIDN'T LIKE IN 2023 ON PATREON

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Laura’s Best Books of the Year:

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck 

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman 

Spare by Prince Harry 

The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler 

Search by Michelle Huneven 

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim 

How To Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key

Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and Other Lies Behind Multi-Level Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson 

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix 

 

Yasmin’s Best Books of the Year:

You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith 

Holly by Stephen King 

The Center by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi 

Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter 

 

Stephanie’s Best Books of the Year:

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (mutual best pick) 

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride 

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 

The Humans by Matt Haig 

 

Also Mentioned:

Smartest Person in the Room series with Yasmin

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 

Friends, Lovers and the Big, Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 

The Color of Water by James McBride 

Deacon King Kong by James McBride 

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King 

Misery by Stephen King 

It by Stephen King 

11.22.63 by Stephen King  

Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman 

American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 

The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen 

 

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