Heading Into 2023 with So Many Good Books to Read

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and healthy holiday. For 2022, I set a goal of reading outside my comfort zone and managed to achieve that goal. I have begun pondering my reading goals for 2023, and one thing I really want to focus on is reading more. With everything I do related to books, crazily enough sometimes it is hard to find enough time to read.

2022 was a fantastic year for books, and if early 2023 is any indication, it will be the same. Today I am highlighting some titles coming out in January through April about which I am most excited. I have read some of these books already (I starred those and only included those that I really liked), and the rest are high on my list to read very soon.

Fiction:

• The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page (Jan. 24) 
• *The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges (Jan. 24)
• Maame by Jessica George (Jan. 31) 
• *The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel (Jan. 31)
• *The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson (Feb. 7) 
• Maureen by Rachel Joyce (Feb. 7) 
• Someone Else’s Shoes by JoJo Moyes (Feb. 7) 
• *The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton (Mar. 14) 
• A Likely Story by Leigh Abramson (Mar. 14) 
• *Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Mar. 28) 
• *The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (Mar. 28) 
• This Bird has Flown by Susanna Hoffs (Apr. 4) 
• The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz (Apr. 18) 

Kate Morton returns in 2023 with a stunning tale set in Australia.

Historical Fiction:

• *Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks (Jan. 10) 
• Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff (Feb. 7)
• *The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson (Feb. 7) 
• Skull Water by Heinz Insu Fenkl (Feb. 7)
• Prize Women by Caroline Lea (Feb. 14)
• The Woman with the Cure by Lynn Cullen (Feb. 21)
• Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head (Feb. 28)
• The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford (Mar. 7)
• *Go As a River by Shelley Read (Mar. 7)
• Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt (Mar. 14)
• Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Mar. 14)
• Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner (Mar. 14)
• *Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash (Mar. 21)
• *Two Wars and a Wedding by Lauren Willig (Mar. 21)
• *The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland (April 4)
• *Homecoming by Kate Morton (Apr. 11)
• The Trackers by Charles Frazier (Apr. 11)
• Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen (Apr. 25)

Mystery/Thriller:

• *Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (Jan. 10)
• *Devil’s Way by Robert Brynzda (Jan 10)
• *Exiles by Jane Harper (Jan. 31) 
• *The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell (Mar. 7)
• *Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Mar. 7)
• A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn (Mar. 7)
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Mar. 14) 
• *The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear (Mar. 21) 
• A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi (Mar. 28) 
• I’ll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman (Apr. 1) 
• The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (Apr. 4)
• The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda (Apr. 11)

What books are you excited for in 2023?

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