2023 Book Priorities

Books to read, cull, or forward (in the case of changed release dates) in 2023.

Progress: 14 of 34

  1. The Stardust Thief – Chelsea Abdullah
  2. Suddenly Psychic – Elizabeth Hunter
  3. Nine Liars – Maureen Johnson * – read
  4. Sign Here – Claudia Lux
  5. Thistlefoot – GennaRose Nethercott
  6. Spells for Forgetting – Adrienne Young – read
  7. The Wilderwomen – Ruth Emmie Lang
  8. The Spare Man – Mary Robinette Kowal – read
  9. The Rewind – Allison Winn Scotch – culled
  10. The Last Party – Clare Mackintosh – culled
  11. The Book Eaters – Sunyi Dean – read
  12. A Rip Through Time – Kelley Armstrong – read
  13. The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin – Gigi Pandian * – read
  14. How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix (Jan)
  15. Tress of the Emerald Sea – Brandon Sanderson (Jan) * – read
  16. Good for a Girl – Lauren Fleshman (Jan) – read
  17. City of Nightmares – Rebecca Schaeffer (Jan) – read
  18. Unraveller – Frances Hardinge (Jan) – culled
  19. Every Gift a Curse – Caroline O’Donoghue (May) *
  20. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride – Roshani Chokshi (Feb)
  21. The Writing Retreat – Julia Bartz (Feb) – read
  22. A Tempest at Sea – Sherry Thomas (Mar)
  23. Defiant – Brandon Sanderson (Nov) *
  24. The London Séance Society – Sarah Penner (Mar)
  25. The Last Remains – Elly Griffiths (Apr) *
  26. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England – Brandon Sanderson (Apr) *
  27. Witch King – Martha Wells (May)
  28. Of Light and Shadow – Tanaz Bhathena (May)
  29. The Invocations – Krystal Sutherland (Jun) – now releasing in 2024
  30. Not That Duke – Eloisa James (Jul) *
  31. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter – Brandon Sanderson (Jul) *
  32. The Sun and the Void – Gabriela Romero-Lacruz (Jul)
  33. The Sunlit Man – Brandon Sanderson (Oct) *
  34. System Collapse – Martha Wells (Nov) *

* Guaranteed reads

TBR added post 1/1/23:

  • Spellbound – Allie Therin
  • A Cruise to Murder – Dawn Brookes
  • Witches Steeped in Gold – Ciannon Smart
  • Georgie, All Along – Kate Clayborn
  • Cage of Dreams – Rebecca Schaefer (Sept)
  • Biased – Jennifer Eberhardt
  • The Neighbor Favor – Kristina Forest
  • The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
  • Two Wrongs Make a Right – Chloe Liese
  • A Dreadful Splendor – BR Myers
  • I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – Claire Vaye Watkins
  • If We Were Villains – ML Rio
  • The Murder of Mr. Wickham – Claudia Gray
  • The Once and Future Witches – Alix Harrow
  • Six Crimson Cranes – Elizabeth Lim
  • Two Can Keep a Secret – Karen McManus
  • The Woman in the Library – Sulari Gentill
  • Death and the Conjurer – Tom Mead
  • Lute – Jennifer Marie Thorne
  • Circus of Wonders – Elizabeth Macneal
  • Nocture – Alyssa Wees
  • She is a Haunting – Trang Thanh Tran
  • Nightbirds – Kate Armstrong
  • The Alchemy of Moonlight – David Ferraro