This list is part of the best books of 2023.
We've asked 1,624 authors and super readers for their 3 favorite reads of the year.
Harry McCoy is my favorite kind of detective – one who is compelled to pursue the truth, no matter where it leads him. He’s flawed, but you just have to keep reading and following him into more disasters. I love how the other characters are unusual but intriguing.
By Alan Parks,
1 author picked May God Forgive as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
This novel deals with the aftermath of a terrible crime, not its detection, which makes it stand out. Great writing, strong characters and excellent interweaving of the different perspectives. I really felt for all of the characters and couldn’t wait to find out what would happen to them.
By Fiona Sussman,
1 author picked The Last Time We Spoke as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
I read an excerpt of this first, and the beautifully poetic writing blew me away. Springsteen’s lyrics are just a taste of what he’s capable of. As a writer, I found this memoir really inspiring, with all of his ups and downs and the realities of hard work and fame.
4 authors picked Born to Run as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
"Writing about yourself is a funny business...But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." -Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began.
Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty,…
By Sherryl Clark,
She hasn't seen her brother in years. Now, he's dead.
When Judi Westerholme finds out her estranged brother has been murdered, she assumes it's connected to his long term drug addiction. She is shocked to discover he had been clean for years and led a respectable life with a wife and child. But if he had turned his life around, why was he killed in a drug deal shooting? And where is his wife?
Desperate to know what really happened, Judi sets out to uncover the truth, following the clues he left behind, even though it means confronting her own traumatic past. Along the way, she’s forced to also take care of her niece as she hunts for answers. But she's not the only one looking...
