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My year in books 2023

(B denotes a Buckeye Book Fair Author)

  • The Thursday Murder Club- Richard Osman
  • Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions- Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
  • The All of It – Jeannette Haien
  • An Immense World- Ed Yong
  • The Devil Amongst the Lawyers- Sharyn McCrumb
  • The Younger Wife- Sally Hepworth
  • The Pioneers- David McCollough
  • Where the Forest Meets the Stars- Glendy Vanderah
  • Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People- Tracy Kidder
  • The Villa- Rachel Hawkins
  • The Man Who Died Twice- Richard Osman
  • A Heart That Works- Rob Delaney
  • Waco: David Koresh, the Brand Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage- Jeff Guinn
  • In the Upper Country- Kai Thomas
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures- Shelby VanPelt
  • The Magic Kingdom- Russell Banks
  • Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World- Laura Fleshman
  • Small World- Laura Zigman
  • Really Good, Actually- Monica Heisey
  • Decent People- De’Shawn Charles Winslow
  • Finley Donovan Jumps the Gun- Ellie Cosimano
  • The Sweet Hereafter- Russell Banks
  • Run- Ann Patchett
  • The Kind Worth Killing- Peter Swanson
  • Looking for Jane- Heather Marshall
  • I Have Some Questions For You- Rebecca Makkai
  • My Last Innocent Year- Daisy Alpert Florin
  • The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen- Robert Hofler
  • Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter- John Hendrickson
  • The Killing Kind- Jane Casey
  • We Should Not Be Friends- Will Schwalbe
  • Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone- Benjamin Stevenson
  • Soul of an Octopus- Sy Montgomery
  • Red Lip Theology- Candice Marie Benbow
  • The Family Remains- Lisa Jewell
  • Waco Rising: David Koresh, The FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias- Kevin Cook
  • The Cloisters- Katy Hays
  • A Killing of Innocents- Deborah Crombie
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed-John Green
  • Trust Me When I Lie- Benjamin Stevenson
  • The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality- Karen Fine
  • The Dog of the North- ElizabethMcKenzie
  • Poverty By America- Matthew Desmond
  • The End of Your Life Book Club- Will Schwalbe
  • Hello Beautiful- Ann Napolitano
  • If We’re Being Honest- Cat Shook
  • It.Goes.So.Fast- Mary Louise Kelly
  • Silver Alert- Lee Smith
  • The Next Thing You Know- Jessica Strawser  B
  • I Will Find You- Harlan Coben
  • You Could Make This Place Beautiful- Maggie Smith
  • The Magician’s Assistant- Ann Patchett
  • We Were Too Many- Hannah Pittard
  • The Postcard- Anne Berest
  • The Light We Carry- Michelle Obama
  • The Time Has Come- Will Leitch
  • Spare- Prince Harry
  • No Two Persons- Erica Bauermeister
  • Trespasses- Louise Kennedy
  • The Portable Veblen- Elizabeth McKenzie
  • Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies- Rossi Anastopoulo
  • Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe- Heather Webber  B
  • Goshen Road- Bonnie Proudfoot    B
  • The News from Spain- Joan Wickersham
  • Marple: Twelve New Mysteries- Agatha Christie
  • Tell Me Everything- Minka Kelly
  • Banyan Moon- Thao Thai  B
  • Daisy Darker- Alice Feeney
  • The Black Bird- Tim Weaver
  • The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy- Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter
  • The Secret Book of Flora Lee- Patti Callahan Henry
  • Such Kindness- Andre Dubus lll
  • The Close- Jane Casey
  • Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
  • Going Rogue- Janet Evanovich
  • In the Wheelhouse- Jeffrey Keiper
  • American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal- Neil King
  • Someone Else’s Shoes- JoJo Moyes
  • Sweet Little Lies- Caz Frear
  • The Wager: A Taale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder- David Grann
  • Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge- Helen Ellis
  • The Spectacular- Fiona Davis
  • If He Had Been With Me- Laura Nowlin
  • Go as a River- Shelly Read
  • The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life- Sally Jenkins
  • The Outsider- Linda Castillo   B
  • Morning in this Broken World- Katrina Kittle  B
  • The Shadow at the Door- Tim Weaver
  • Affliction- Russell Banks
  • The Five Star Weekend- Elin Hilderbrand
  • The Connellys of County Down- Tracey Lange
  • The Rachel Incident- Caroline O’Donoghue
  • Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets- Burkhard Bilger
  • You Were Always Mine- Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
  • Old Babes in The Wood- Margaret Atwood
  • Elsewhere- Richard Russo
  • Happy Place- Emily Henry
  • The Bodyguard- Katherine Center
  • I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
  • A Killer in the Family- Gytha Lodge
  • None of This is True- Lisa Jewell
  • 5 Days- Wes Moore
  • The Bee Sting- Paul Murray
  • Take it Back- Kia Abdullah
  • The Invisible Girl- Torey Hayden
  • Started Early, Took My Dog- Kate Atkinson
  • Oh Love Come Close- Lindsey Frazier
  • My Love Story- Tina Turner
  • State of Wonder- Ann Patchett
  • About Grace- Anthony Doerr
  • The Last Remains- Elly Griffiths
  • The Overnight Guest- Heather Gudenkauf
  • Geneology of a Murder- Lisa Belkin
  • The Color of Compromise- Jemar Tisby
  • Kala- Colin Walsh
  • Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma- Claire Dederer
  • The Raging Storm- Ann Cleeves
  • Lost Child- Torey Hayden
  • Ours Was The Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream- David Leonhardt
  • Mother Daughter Movie Night- Nina Simon
  • No Filter- Paulina Porizkova
  • We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, A President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude, and Grace- Denise Kiernan
  • The Do Over- Suzanne Park
  • Homecoming- Kate Morton
  • Trial of the Century- Gregg Jarrett
  • Demon Copperhead- Barbara Kingsolver
  • Necessary Trouble- Drew Gilpin Faust
  • Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet- Jamie Ford
  • Christmas is Murder- C.S. Challinor
  • The Barbizon- Paulina Bren