Ep 199: Best Books of the Year 2023

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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