My Favorite Reads of 2023!

Let’s get into my favorite books of 2023! I read 119 books this past year and here are my top 27.

Romance

• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

• Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. Lopez

• Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reid

• A Dish Best Served Hot by Natalie Caña

• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma

• Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

• The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado

Historical Fiction

• The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

• Tempest by Beverly Jenkins (and romance)

• An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera (and romance)

• Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (horror & romance)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

• To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

• The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez

• Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

• Babel by R.F. Kuang

• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

• The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

• The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Literary Fiction & Contemporary Fiction

• Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

Magical Realism

• High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

• A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban

Non-Fiction

• Incantations for Rest: Poems, Meditations, and Other Magic by Atena O. Danner

• Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.

• State of Emergency: How We Win in the Country We Built by Tamika D. Mallory

• “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

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