S2, Chapter 4: Favorite Books of 2023

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It's time for one of our favorite shows of the year! In this episode we're gushing about our very best books of 2023.
Julia’s Books:

• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
• Ready Player One by Ernest Kline
• The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
• Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
• The Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Stephany’s Books:

• Hidden Christmas written and narrated by Timothy Keller
• How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis
• The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
• The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
• Pony by R. J. Palacio, narrated by Ian M. Hawkins
• Sweep by Jonathan Auxier, narrated by Sarah Coombs
• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, narrated by Hugh Grant
• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, narrated by Ell Potter and Michael Dodds
• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, narrated by Simon Prebble
• Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortland
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett, narrated by Mark Bramhall and Kirby Heyborne
• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
• Troy written and narrated by Stephen Fry

Also mentioned:

• My Reading Life book journal
• S2, Chapter 3: The Superlatives of 2023
• Chapter 21: 3 Peas in a Pod (The Secret History by Donna Tartt with Paige Haldeman)
• Chapter 9: 3 Peas in a Pod (The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell with Jo Hart)
• Inception movie (2010)

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