2023 Reading Goals & Hopefuls

The past few years I have posted a list of the books I plan to read as Goals and even some Hopefuls. I don’t have a stealer track record with this list, I get to some but not all. This past year it was about half. Many of my book friends have gone with the theme of 23 in ’23 but I just couldn’t narrow down that last one from 24 to 23, so I will stick with 24. Seems ridiculous, no? Just cross one off! Nope, I couldn’t do it! Ha! 24 is the number I have chosen in the past and it comes down to two a month.

There are a few I listed that have made an appearance on this list before, I am determined to get to them this time. And there are 6 titles here with 3 repeats authors appearing twice. One book (the first listed), I did read as my first book of 2023. It was great and its nice to already have one completed. As I write this, I am currently reading a second from this list but will be finished soon. Two others I already know are selections for my monthly book clubs.

Here are the 24 books I plan to read in 2023. If they haven’t been released quite yet, I have included the date that should be published.

1. All of the Dangerous Things – Stacy Willingham 1/10/23
2. The Personal Librarian – Marie Benedict
3. Exiles – Jane Harper 1/31/23
4. A Quiet Life – Ethan Joella
5. A Little Hope – Ethan Joella
6. The Housemaid – Frieda McFadden
7. Black Cake – Charmaine Wilkerson
8. Signal Fires – Dani Shapiro
9. For The Love of Friends – Sara Goodman Confino (If you have Prime, this is a current a free offering on Kindle Prime – could end any time.)
10. Say Nothing – Patrick Radden Keefe
11. She’s Up to No Good – Sara Goodman Connfino
12. Before I Let Go – Kennedy Ryan
13. Mad Honey – Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan
14. The Kind Worth Saving – Peter Swanson 3/7/23
15. The Last Party – Clare Mackintosh
16. The Marriage Portrait – Maggie O’Farrell
17. Happy Place – Emily Henry 4/25/23
18. Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
19. The Resemblance – Lauren Nossett
20. These Silent Woods – Kimi Cunningham Grant
21. Last Summer on State Street – Toya Wolfe
22. Same Time Next Summer – Annabel Monaghan 6/6/23
23. Maame – Jessica George 1/31/23
24. Hello Stranger – Katherine Center 7/11/23

Here are a few more I will list as “Hopefuls” if the shiny new squirrels don’t completely distract me. Which is a tad funny, as half of these ARE shinny new squirrels.

• Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby
• Fellowship Point – Alice Elliott Dark
• The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• Redeeming Love – Francine Rivers
• Cover Story – Susan Rigetti
• Mary Jane – Jessica Anya Blaugh
• Fairy Tale – Stephen King
• The Displacements – Bruce Holsinger
• Hell of a Book – Jason Mott
• Babel – R.F. Kuang
• The Murder Rule – Dervla McTiernan
• The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot – Marianne Cronin
• Age of Vice – Deepti Kapoor
• Small World – Laura Zigman 1/10/23
• Really Good, Actually – Monica Heisey 1/17/23
• I Have Some Questions For You – Rebecca Makkai 2/21/23
• The Writing Retreat – Julia Bartz 2/21/23
• The London Seance Society – Sarah Penner 3/21/23
• Homecoming – Kate Morton 4/4/23
• Symphony of Secrets – Brendan Slocumb. 4/18/23
• The Half Moon – Mary Beth Keane 5/2/23
• The Collected Regrets of Clover – Mikki Brammer 5/9/23
• Lady Tan’s Circle of Women – Lisa See 6/6/23
• Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent 7/18/23

Happy Reading!