The Trixie and the Moai Finalist for 2023

Every year I try to pick my favorite book of the year and give them an award. It means nothing to anyone but me and yet here we are! 

This year I have an embarrassment of riches! I read over 175 books this year and as a result I had over 50 definite favorites! That's amazing!! And kind of a lot! So instead of my normal inclusion of pictures, I've decided just to list them here. One little caveat for my Trixie and the Moai Award- I only ever list the first book in a series I love since anyone looking for recommendations might not realize they're looking at book 2 or 14 in a series. So with no more fanfare, here are my favorite books of the year (listed alphabetically)!!

1. Adult Assembly Required (2022)
2. Atlas of the Heart (2021)
3. Babel (2022)
4. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks (2022)
5. Beastly Bones (2015)
6. A Beautiful Rival (2023)
7. Bellwether (1996)
8. Book Lovers (2022)
9. Book of Living Secrets (2023)
10. Cassandra in Reverse (2023)
11. The Centre (2023)
12. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015)
13. Dark Orbit (2015)
14. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words (2022)
15. The Future of Another Timeline (2019)
16. Ghostly Echoes (2017)
17. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies (2019)
18. Going Dark (2023)
19. The Golden Spoon (2023)
20. A Half-Built Garden (2022)
21. Hazards of Time Travel (2018)
22. Herland (1915)
23. A House with Good Bones (2023)
24. I Have Some Questions for You (2023)
25. I'm Not Done with You Yet (2023)
26. The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna (2019)
27. The Infinite Miles (2023)
28. Jackaby (2014)
29. Last One Alive (2022)
30. Lavender's Blue (2023)
31. The Lonely Hearts Book Club (2023)
32. A Long Stretch of Bad Days (2023)
33. Love and Saffron (2022)
34. Mend! (2020)
35. Midnight at the Houdini (2023)
36. Midnight Strikes (2023)
37. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone (2023)
38. Mister Magic (2023)
39. Monsters (2023)
40. Mother Daughter Murder Night (2023)
41. Odder (2022)
42. The Only Purple House in Town (2023)
43. Posthumous Education(2022)
44. Pretty as a Picture (2020)
45. Qualityland (2017)
46. Reckless Girls (2022)
47. Road to Roswell (2023)
48. Run Time (2022)
49. Scattered Showers (2022)
50. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux (2023)
51. The Sun Down Motel (2020)
52. Thank You for Listening (2022)
53. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (2023)
54. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (2023)
55. The Verifiers (2022)
56. The Villa (2023)
57. The Wishing Game (2023)
58. The Writing Retreat (2023)
59. Yellowface (2023)