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S2, Chapter 3: The Superlatives of 2023

• Stephany Yoder and Julia Dagen • Season 2 • Episode 3

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It's the end of 2023 which means it's time to talk about our bookish superlatives for the year.  Get ready for a fun discussion and a long list of books to either avoid or add to your TBR.

Julia’s Books:

  • The Binding by Bridget Collins
  • Verity by Colleen Hoover
  • In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  • The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
  • The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
  • The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia by C. W. Gortner 
  • Sammy Keyes (Books 1 and 2) by Wendelin Van Draanen
  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
  • The Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
  • Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
  • Fangs by Sarah Andersen
  • Emma by Jane Austen (Union Square and Co. Gilded Classics)
  • The Book of Night by Holly Black
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
  • Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
  • Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
  • Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

Stephany’s Books:

  • Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Life-Long Learners by Tom Vanderbilt
  • Weyward by Emilia Hart
  • No Exit by Taylor Adams
  • Falling Upward by Richard Rohr, narrated by Richard Rohr
  • The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
  • The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
  • Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross, narrated by Chloe Dolandis
  • With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix
  • Troy by Stephen Fry
  • The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
  • Persuasion by Jane Austen (Harper Muse Classics Painted Editions)
  • 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
  • The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
  • The Layover by Lacie Waldon
  • Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
  • The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
  • Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
  • Hidden Christmas by Timothy Keller

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