Squadpod’s Top Books of 2023

Happy New Year Bibliophiles! Today I’m sharing the Squadpod’s Top Books of 2023. I know it is a day late but I wasn’t organised enough to get it out before the year ended, so I’m starting the year with it instead. I want to start this by saying a huge thank you to all the amazing authors and publishers who have allowed us to read their books as a group. We’ve had so many fantastic group reads this year.

Now for the individual lists. Unless the lists are numbered, these are in no particular order but I’ve shared each person’s favourite at the end of their lists if they have one. You can find links to their social media in each post and a list of our overall group favourites at the very end of this post.

Vikkie at Little Miss Book Lover 87

The Ugly Truth by L. C. North
All Of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins
Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh
The New Mother by Nora Murphy
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
One Moment by Becky Hunter
None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Good Girls Die Last by Natali Simmonds
The Honeymoon by Kate Gray
One by Eve Smith
Ten Dates by Rachel Dove
The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas
Loyalty by Martina Cole
The Confession Room by Lia Middleton
Upstairs at the Beresford by Will Carver
His Favourite Graves by Paul Cleave
Her by Mira V. Shah
You’d Look Better As A Ghost by Joanna Wallace
Mother’s Day by Abi Burdess
Dating For December by Lyndsey Gallagher
The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison
The Man of Her Dreams by Sarra Manning
Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Just Another Missing Person by Giillain McAllister
The Beach Party by Nikki Smith
Fearless by M. W. Craven
Game of Lies by Clare Macintosh

Book of the year: (Joint Favourite) The Ugly Truth by L. C. North and All Of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins

Sue at Brown Flopsy’s Book Burrow

When I First Held You by Anstey Harris
Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer
The Drift by C. J. Tudor
The Broken Afternoon by Simon Mason
The Forcing by Paul Hardisty
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
One Moment by Becky Hunter
The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick
Vita and the Birds by Polly Crosby
The Moon Gate by Amanda Geard
The Wedding Dress Repair Shop by Trisha Ashley
You Can’t See Me by Eva Borg Aegisdottir
One by Eve Smith
The Sentence by Christina Dalcher
Dirty Geese by Lou Gilmond
The Crash by Robert Preston
Devil’s Breath by Jill Johnson
The Man of Her Dreams by Sarra Manning
Shot With Crimson by Nicola Upson
Upstairs at the Berseford by Will Carver
His Favourite Graves by Paul Cleave
Joe Nurthin’s Guide To Life by Helen Fisher
Past Lying by Val McDermid
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson
The Beaver Theory by Antti Tuomainen
Consumed by Greg Buchanan
The Good Daughter by Laure van Rensburg
The Truth About Her by Annie Taylor
Thirty Days of Night by Jenny Lund Masden
The Ski Trip by Sarah Clarke

Book of the Year: (Multiple Favourites) The Moon Gate by Amanda Geard, The Drift by C. J. Tudor, Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life by Helen Fisher, and One Moment by Becky Hunter.