Hi friends! Here is the Book List for 2023.
2023 was the year of the memoir, or maybe a continuation from last year? While all stories have value, my top picks were Paris Hilton's and Beth Moore's. Though The Lord is My Courage isn't technically a memoir, it contains lots of the author's personal story. Well worth the read! Maybe my top Christian book of the year?!
Books about the process of writing made a strong showing towards the middle of the year, including my favorite by Mary Karr, The Art of the Memoir. The end of the year had me down a rabbit hole of stories of gals who've given up alcohol. Not sure I have a top pick in that category.
In terms of novels, I finally picked up Fredrik Backman. Though slow going, he eventually turns the knife at just the right time, and there I sit, ugly crying. Just so good!
I began the year with The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, author of my all-time favorite book, A Gentleman in Moscow. Loved it! Read it! I also raced through Lessons in Chemistry over Christmas break, enjoyed the journey, and was sad when it ended.
Top picks are bolded and italicized as always. Happy reading!
January
* The Mean$: A Novel by Amy Fusselman
* The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
* Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend by Joshua M. Greene
* Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung (reread)
February
* The Lord is My Courage by K.J. Ramsey
* Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church by Diane Langberg
* Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
March
* I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
* American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
* All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
* A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
* Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen
April
* The Search to Belong by Joseph R. Myers
* Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
May
* This Too Shall Last by K.J. Ramsey
* Beartown by Fredrik Backman
* The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire
* It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler
* The Joy of Home by Ashley Gilbreath
* The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs by Elaine Sciolino
June
* Integrity by Henry Cloud
* Forgive by Tim Keller
* Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
* The Writing Life by Annie Dilliard
July
* The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
August
* Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
September
* Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
* Raising Emotionally Strong Boys by David Thomas
* Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
October
* A Burning in My Bones by Winn Collier
* Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
November
* On Writing by Stephen King
* Hey, Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson
* Being Elizabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
December
* Highlight Real by Emily Lynn Paulson
* Open Book by Jessica Simpson
* Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
* We Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen
* A Way of Living by Ralph Lauren
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