Book List: 2023

  1. The Jamestown Brides Jennifer Potter

  2. Quit Like a Woman Holly Whitaker

  3. Frontier Grit Marianne Monson

  4. Dream Girl Laura Lippman

  5. Good Morning, Midnight Jean Rhys

  6. Claiming the B in LGBT Katie Harrad

  7. A Game of Hide and Seek Elizabeth Taylor

  8. Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother Sarah Hermanson Meister

  9. The Couple on Cedar Close Anna-Lou Weatherly

  10. The Sisters Dervla McTiernan

  11. The Paper Garden Molly Peacock

  12. Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual who Wants Too Much Jen Winston

  13. Unstitched Brett Ann Stanciu

  14. The Defiant Middle Kaya Oakes

  15. How Birds Evolve Douglas Futuyma

  16. The Hotel Magestic Georges Simenon

  17. The Flemish House Georges Simenon

  18. The Two-Penny Bar Georges Simenon

  19. Who We Are and How We Got Here Robert Reich

  20. Madame Maigret's Own Case Georges Simenon

  21. Liar K.L. Slater

  22. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus

  23. So Shall You Reap Donna Leon

  24. The Smart Neanderthal Clive Finlayson

  25. Maigret on the Riviera Georges Simenon

  26. Proof of Life Laurie Marshall

  27. Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch Rivka Galchen

  28. Maigret Has Scruples Georges Simenon

  29. The Reformed Man Dina Santorelli

  30. Maigret and the Millionaires Georges Simenon

  31. Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded David Graeber

  32. The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle

  33. Remnants of Ancient Life Dale Greenwalt 

  34. Madman of Bergerac Georges Simenon

  35. The Belting Inheritance Julian Symons

  36. Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë

  37. The Colour of Murder Julian Symons

  38. A Fly in the Ointment Nathan Leslie

  39. Maigret's Dead Man Georges Simenon

  40. The Progress of a Crime Julian Symons

  41. Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

  42. Craeft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts Alexander Langlands

  43. Love Me Tender Constance Debré

  44. Maigret and the Old Lady Georges Simenon

  45. Drinking: A Love Story Caroline Knapp

  46. Proximity Sam Heaps

  47. Maigret and the Coroner's Georges Simenon

  48. Long Bright River Liz Moore

  49. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States James C. Scott

  50. Maigret and the Tramp Georges Simenon

  51. Homo Sapiens Rediscovered Paul Pettitt

  52. River of the Gods Candice Millard

  53. Ancestor Trouble Maud Newton

  54. Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame Tara Brach

  55. American Arcadia Laura Scalzo

  56. Empire of Gold S.A. Chakraborty

  57. The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones

  58. Front Desk Kelly Yang

  59. My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite

  60. Incandescence Mehreen Ahmed

  61. Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm

  62. Africa is not a Country Dipo Faloyin

  63. A Death in Tokyo Keigo Higashino

  64. The Turner House Angela Flournoy

  65. Forbidden City Vanessa Hua

  66. An American Marriage Tayari Jones

  67. Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

  68. Hijab Butch Blues Lamya H

  69. When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East Quan Barry S

  70. lave Religion Albert Raboteau

  71. When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

  72. The Little Devil in America Hanif Abdurraqib

  73. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality Sherronda Brown

  74. Knitting the Fog Claudia D. Herńandez

  75. A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain Imani Perry

  76. Death by Dumpling Vivien Chien

  77. Kaikeyi Vaishnavi Patel

  78. Poet Warrior Joy Harjo

  79. Fledgling Octavia Butler

  80. Brothers Da Chen

  81. A Rage in Harlem Chester Himes

  82. Punch Me Up to the Gods Brian Broome

  83. Nona's Room Cristina Fernández

  84. Cubas Wild Seed Octavia Butler

  85. The Body is Not An Apology Sonya Renee Taylor

  86. The Sex Lives of African Women Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

  87. Daddy was a Number Runner Louise Meriwether

  88. The Red Chamber Pauline Chen

  89. Light from Uncommon Stars Ryka Aoki

  90. Heaven Mieko Kawakami

  91. Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner

  92. After Lives Abdulrazak Gurnah

  93. This Close to Okay Leesa Cross-Smith

  94. Wahala Nikki May

  95. Giovanni's Room James Baldwin

  96. Summer of the Big Bachi Naomi Hirahara

  97. Stash Laura Cathcart Robbins

  98. She Who Became the Sun Shelley Parker-Chan

  99. The Art of Living Thích Nhất Hạnh

  100. Close Encounters with Humankind Sang-Hee Lee

  101. The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore

  102. There was a Country Chinua Achebe

  103. The Sakura Obsession Naoko Abe

  104. In the Country of Others Leila Slimani

  105. Buddhism for Beginners Thubten Codron

  106. Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music Amit Chaudhari

  107. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki

  108. The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man James Weldon Johnson

  109. Stone River Crossing, by Tim Tingle

  110. Spring Garden, by Tomoka Shibasaki

  111. Queens of a Fallen World: The Women of Augustine's Confessions, by Kate Cooper

  112. The Joy of Living, by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  113. The In-Betweeners, by Khem Aryal

  114. The Bog People, by P.V. Glob

  115. Sweet Potato or Pumpkin Pie, by William Lewis

    • Last updated Jan. 3, 2024