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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