Ideal Bookshelf 1261: Best of 2023

In October, you all told me your favorite books published in 2023, and I added in my opinions, and here we are with an AMAZING stack of EXCELLENT books. You can see the full list here on Bookshop.org. First offered in November 2023 Archival pigment ink print on fine art paper Based on original paintings by Jane Mount   BOOKS INCLUDED: The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll North Woods by Daniel Mason The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Shark Heart by Emily Habeck What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Weyward by Emilia Hart A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung Happiness Falls by Angie Kim All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby Maame by Jessica George The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H Go as a River by Shelley Read Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S. A. Chakraborty Phoebe's Diary by Phoebe Wahl In Memoriam by Alice Winn Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros