Best Books 2023

Shitty Craft Club- A Club for Gluing Beads to Trash, Talking about Our Feelings, and Making Silly Things by Sam Reece

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library- A Novel by Michiko Aoyama

The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care- Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog by Maybell Eequay

Let's Eat- 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart Home by Dan Pelosi

Cocktails in Color: A Spirited Guide to the Art and Joy of Drinkmaking by Sammi Katz

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

The Comfort of Crows- A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

More Is More- Get Loose in the Kitchen- A Cookbook by Molly Baz

My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

The Six- The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush

Deep As The Sky, Red As The Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

Flowers and Their Meanings- The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms (A Flower Dictionary) by Karen Azoulay

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Emperor of Rome- Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

Outlive- The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia MD

Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Death Valley by Melissa Broder

My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

Blood Memory- The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo by Dayton Duncan

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Going Infinite- The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis

The Christmas Guest- A Novella by Peter Swanson

Gin A Tasting Course- A Flavor-focused Approach to the World of Gin by Anthony Gladman

Big by Vashti Harrison

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Varghese

Dumb Ideas- A Behind-the-Scenes Expose on Making Pranks and Other Stupid Creative Endeavors (and How You Can Also Too!) by Eric Andre

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Teddy and Booker T.- How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality by Brian Kilmeade

The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel

The Beast You Are - Stories by Paul Tremblay

Entangled Life- The Illustrated Edition- How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake

Zilot & Other Important Rhymes by Bob Odenkirk

Young Forever - The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life by Mark Hyman MD

Strong, Sweet and Bitter- Your Guide to All Things Cocktails, Bartending and Booze from Behind the Bar by Cara Devine

The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

Divine Rivals: A Novel by Rebecca Ross

A City on Mars- Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith

Chili Crisp- 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings by James Park

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan

You Stole My Name- The Curious Case of Animals with Shared Names (Picture Book) by Dennis McGregor

Hanukkah Upside Down by Elissa Brent Weissman

The Wild Robot Protects (Wild Robot Series #3) by Peter Brown