My Top 50 Books I Read in 2023
Brand New Titles, Backlist, Anthologies, Short Story Collections, and Non-Horror
I read just about 160 books this year! Out of this list, I have divided my Best of List into the Best 25 ranked with a Top 10 and the Best 25 Backlist, Non-Horror books, Short Story Collections, and Anthologies.
Let’s get into it:
Top 25
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Light of a Black Star by C. S. Humble (book 3)
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Wild Spaces by S. L. Coney
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cass Khaw
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Linghun by Ai Jiang
Monstrilio by Gerardo SĂ¡mano CĂ³rdova
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree
The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan
Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris
Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
Deliver Me by Elle Nash
Apparitions by Adam Pottle
Top 25 Books of Backlist, Short Story Collections, Anthologies, and Non-Horror Books:
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib
Slewfoot by Brom
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Wishing Pool by Tananarive Due
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall
After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones
Opioid Indiana by Brian Allen Carr
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The History of Fear by Luke Dumas
A God in the Shed by J. F. Dubeau
Out There Screaming Anthology
Never Whistle at Night Anthology
The Inconsolables by Michael Wehunt
The Secret Life of Insects by Bernardo Esquinca
Smashed by Jung Ito
If you would like to shop all these titles, you can do so on my BOOKSHOP.ORG
I also just saw that Emily Hughes dropped her 2024 Anticipated Book List! My go-to resource all year long. If you need to add your 2024 release to that list click the link and you will see a way to contact Emily.