Reader Favorites – Megan’s 12 Best Books of 2023 List
Megan sent over her Best of 2023 list and I’m so excited to post it. 🙂 We’ve got a new format for these lists, but I feel it highlights the books even better, and the reader love for each one!
Looking for 5-STAR reads? I think we have a winner right there!
And without further ado…
MEGAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023!
Megan: The 12 books I gave 5 stars to!
Tell Me Three Things
ON MEGAN’S BEST of 2023 LIST! And these fellow readers loved it too!
Jackie: I just read a really good young adult book called Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum. …I would highly recommend this one.
LisaC: …MC is 16. It was really good. Didn’t really feel like high school.
Mony: …a well done YA story with some depth…
bev: Tell Me Three Things… Cute read.
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The Love Hypothesis
ONE MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST! And our fellow readers agree!
LisaC: I have not gotten into a book this well in awhile. Slow burn deliciousness!!!!!!!! The writing is very good. It’s a fake dating trope but it was done so well. I loved the academia background of the story. Made it so interesting. All the h’s POV!!!!!! Oh and it makes you wonder what he’s thinking big time…
R. Renee: I’m finally reading The Love Hypothesis and I’m obsessed. I know I say that a lot but I mean it this time!
Lynn: The Love Hypothesis! You have to read it Maryse, it was an epic love story like no other I have ever read 🙂
Tasha J: Binged it all day, couldn’t put it down. Feels so good, I missed that. And a romance at that… I smiled and laughed throughout. Loved the academic setting and science talk…
…I loved the build up to that first really good all in the feels scene, ya know? It was just enough without being too much. Conflict was a little annoying, but most of them are. Didn’t deter my joy. Lol! Loved the writing in this one and would love to read more by the author.
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READER RECOMMENDATION!!
Pack Up the Moon
READER RECOMMENDATION TEAR JERKER ALERT!! —> IT’S ON MEGAN’S BEST of 2023 LIST & ALSO, HATTIE LOVED IT!!
Hattie: I finished reading Pack up the Moon by Kristan Higgins after reading your recommendations last week. I just wanted to let you know this book tore out every one of my heartstrings. I was sobbing at one am last night, trying to be quiet so I didn’t wake up my husband. Soooo good.
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Jar of Hearts
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!!
Nay: Jar of Hearts (LOVED)
Michele G: Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier….wow!! What a story and great narration!! I keep thinking…”why did I wait so long? …wowza!! You have to read it Maryse…no pressure 🙂
Tasha J: I finished Jar of Hearts last night and it was great! I gave it 5⭐️. …super intense. That one, I also don’t like to put down.
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The True Love Experiment
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!!
R. Renee: I’m reading The True Love Experiment now and can’t put it down!
“…Sparks fly when a romance writer and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the ultimate Hollywood love story—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script…”
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Mad Honey: A Novel
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!
Megan: Mad honey! So heart breaking and thought provoking! ❤️
“…Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her…”
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Every Summer After
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!!
Tasha J: I read Every Summer After, loved it!
“…For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart…”
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One Day With You: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!! And Lynn agrees!
Lynn: I was struggling to find that high again. Thankfully I found it after reading One Day With You by Shari Low. It was a very emotional story which brought tears of sorrow as well as tears from the hilarious banter between some lovable characters.
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The Man I Never Met: A Novel
ONE MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST! And Lisa agrees!
Lisa A: I can highly recommend The Man I Never Met. It was everything I want in a contemporary romance – fate, swoony, some angst, wrong place/wrong time, missed opportunities, personal growth. Those sensitive to certain triggers may want to hunt for some spoilers and tread carefully – but I didn’t think it was anything too triggering. Then again – I’m not sensitive to much. I was very impressed with the writing and the story.
Ana: I loved, loved the man I’ve never met. Got me out of a book slump
Maryse: I can’t wait to read it!!!! This sounds so much like my thing. …this one just blows my mind on the blurb alone!!!!! I MUST READ IT!
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Someone Like You (Wild Widows Series #1)
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!!
“…just when I think I’ve got this young widow game figured out, I find out how wrong I am.
When a friend of my sister’s connects me to the Wild Widows, I find a group of fellow travelers who understand my new reality in a way no one else in my life ever could.
The Wild Widows have one requirement for membership to their group—I must be open to the possibility of a Chapter 2, which is what they call a second chance at love...”
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This Is How It Always Is: A Novel
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST!!
“…This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes...”
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The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
ON MEGAN’S BEST OF 2023 LIST! And sooooo many agree!!
Jenn: Just finished The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. So good! I could not put it down.
Alice: I am in the middle of this one and having a hard time putting it down.
Lisa: The Housemaid & The Housemaids Secret were fantastic!! Can’t wait for the third book!
Sharon: I loved the first book so much!
Kyra: …I hit the wife’s perspective and it got good…
P.S. Here’s the entire series.
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Book 1)
SO MANY WENT CRAZY FOR THIS BOOK IN 2023!! And Megan included it on her BEST OF 2023 LIST!
Megan: Honorable mention – Fourth wing
Natasha: Best book of 2023 so far
Jamie: Fourth Wing pulled me out of a long book slump! It was AMAZING!
Alice: the ratings on that book are crazy, almost unheard of they are so high.
Ivette: …..obsessed with that book!
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