Books of 2023 (so far!)

I have been on some good reading streaks this year and also found myself in some ruts. Regardless, I’ve managed to read 36 books so far in this first half of 2023. Listening to audiobooks (most memoirs and the occasional historical fiction) has helped me keep “reading” while I’m driving my minivan taxi around transporting my kids.

Memoirs

1. “Everything Sad is Untrue” (audio) by Daniel Nayeri {Instagram Review}
2. “Spare” (audio) by Prince Harry {Instagram Review}
3. “Becoming Free Indeed” (audio) by Jinger Duggar Vuolo {Facebook Review}
4. “I’m Glad My Mom Died” (audio) by Jennette McCurdy {Instagram Review}
5. “All My Knotted-Up Life” (audio) by Beth Moore {Facebook Review}
6. “Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life” (audio) by Sutton Foster {Instagram Review}
7. “Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home” (audio) by Jane Blasio {Goodreads Review}
8. “And the Good News Is …: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side” (audio) by Dana Perino {Goodreads Review}

Non-fiction

1. “Grace in the Gray: A More Loving Way to Disagree” (audio) by Mike Donehey {Instagram Review}
2. “The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland” (audio) by Jim DeFede {Facebook Review}

Historical fiction

1. “Next Year in Havana” (Perez Family #1) by Chanel Cleeton {Goodreads Review}
2. “When We Left Cuba” (Perez Family #2) by Chanel Cleeton
3. “The Last Train to Key West” (Perez Family #3) by Chanel Cleeton {Instagram Review}
4. “The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba” (Perez Family #4) by Chanel Cleeton {Instagram Review}
5. “Our Last Days in Barcelona” (Perez Family #5) by Chanel Cleeton {Instagram Review}
6. “House of Eve” by Sadeqa Johnson {Facebook Review}
7. “The Girls of Pearl Harbor” (audio) by Soraya M. Lane {Facebook Review}
8. “The Book of Lost Names” by Kristin Harmel {Instagram Review}
9. “The Room on Rue Amelie” by Kristin Harmel {Goodreads Review}

Romance / Romantic Comedy

1. “One Night on the Island” by Josie Silver {Facebook Review}
2. “Georgie, All Along” by Kate Clayborn {Instagram Review}
3. “Meet Me in Paradise” by Libby Hubscher {Facebook Review}
4. “Love Lettering” by Kate Clayborn {Instagram Review}
5. “Yours Truly” by Abby Jimenez {Facebook Review}
6. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry {Goodreads Review}
7. “Good for You” by Camille Pagan {Instagram Review}
8. “Meet Me at the Lake” by Carly Fortune {Facebook Review}

Contemporary Fiction

1. “Half Way to You” by Jennifer Gold {Instagram Review}
2. “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick {Instagram Review}
3. “Saint Anything” by Sarah Dressen {Instagram Review}

Suspense / Thrillers

1. “Wrong Place Wrong Time” by Gillian McAllister {Instagram Review}
2. “The Last Party” by Clare Mackintosh {Facebook Review}
3. “The Only Survivors” by Megan Miranda {Instagram Review}
4. “The House Across the Lake” by Riley Sager {Instagram Review}
5. “The Dry” (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper {Goodreads Review}
6. “The Silent Bride” by Shalini Boland {Facebook Review}

I’d love to hear what books you’ve loved recently and if you’ve read any on my list!

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Need more recommendations? Here are #KHTreads from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017. Also, here are some tips on how I manage to read books.