The best books of 2023

This list is part of the best books of 2023.

We've asked 1,707 authors and super readers for their 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Every Last Lie

Cam Torrens I ❤️ loved this book because...

Mary Kubica might be my favorite author. She’s the master of psychological suspense, and I’m like a little fanboy waiting for her next book to come out. But back to this audiobook.

A woman’s husband dies in a car wreck. But it’s not what it seems. Or is it? The tension between Clara’s post-crash grief and Nick’s pre-crash stress is brought to the forefront by the dueling narrators—Robins and Hamilton—telling each protagonist’s story in a dual timeline.

This is easily a one-day read—good luck putting it down. 

By Mary Kubica,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Every Last Lie as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL Mary Kubica is back with another exhilarating thriller as a widow’s pursuit of the truth leads her to the darkest corners of the psyche.

Clara Solberg’s world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident…until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon.

Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick’s death was far more than just an accident, Clara is…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Watch Me Disappear

Cam Torrens I ❤️ loved this book because...

Brown delivers with this riveting exploration of loss, secrets, and love.

The novel opens in the aftermath of Billie Flanagan's mysterious disappearance during a solo hike, leaving her husband, Jonathan, and teenage daughter, Olive, grappling with grief and unanswered questions. Olive's unsettling visions of her mother--still alive--ignite a father-daughter quest for the truth.

Brown keeps readers rapt with her unique talent for writing puzzling whodunnits wrapped in intricate personal relationships. This book stuck with me...long after the last page. I mention Brown in my acknowledgments for my recent suspense novel. She's had a significant impact on my writing.

By Janelle Brown,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Watch Me Disappear as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The disappearance of a beautiful, charismatic mother leaves her family to piece together her secrets in this propulsive novel for fans of Big Little Lies—from the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything and the upcoming Pretty Things.

“Watch Me Disappear is just as riveting as Gone Girl.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Who you want people to be makes you blind to who they really are.

It’s been a year since Billie Flanagan—a Berkeley mom with an enviable life—went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. Her body was never…


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My 3rd favorite read in 2023…

Book cover of Daisy Jones & The Six

Cam Torrens I ❤️ loved this book because...

Taylor Jenkins Reid has produced a novel with multiple characters where everyone gets a first-person voice, putting the listener smack in the head of each character. 

Then, there’s Reid’s talent with dialogue. Like all skilled authors, she uses it to set the scene, the mood, to reveal the past—for everything that makes this such a good book. 

Finally, she does something I haven’t encountered in an audiobook. Remember the scene in the latest A Star Is Born remake where Ally (Lady Gaga) steps on stage for the first time? When she hit the line, "I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in…" my head prickled. You all know that feeling. Taylor Jenkins Reid did this to me during a song in this book where I couldn’t even hear the music! How is that possible?

By Taylor Jenkins Reid,

Why should I read it?

11 authors picked Daisy Jones & The Six as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

SOON TO BE AN AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONE

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling MALIBU RISING

'I LOVE it . . . I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so fun' DOLLY ALDERTON

Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six.

From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation.

Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They…


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Stable: Someone is Taking Them...

By Cam Torrens,

Book cover of Stable: Someone is Taking Them...

What is my book about?

A 911 call sends Search & Rescue on a search for a missing girl in the Collegiate Peaks. They find a child…but not the one they seek.

Air Force pilot Tyler Zahn's life disintegrated when he lost his son. He discarded his family, his career, and his dignity, finding solace in apathy and beer. Eight years later, armed with new confidence, he invites his estranged daughter, Daria, to visit his Rocky Mountain home. But Zahn can't get the missing girl he found—and the one he can't find—out of his mind. Someone in this mountain valley is collecting children, and Zahn is gradually drawn into the case while still trying to break through to his daughter.

Then she disappears, too.