My Favorite Books That I Read In 2023 | A List

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In 2023 I had 70 five-star reads, 45 of which were published in 2023! I’m so excited to share my list of favorite reads again this year!

Let’s dive in!

My Favorite Books That I Read In 2023 –

My Favorite Reads Published in 2023 –

Below is my list of new 2023 releases that I was able to read and loved. This list is organized in alphabetical order by title:

• Collected Christmas Horror Shorts III by KJK Publishing
• Dark Highways: The Cellar Door Issue #3 edited by Aric Sundquist
• Horrors Untold Volume 6 by Matt Wildasin
• Impulses of a Necrotic Heart: and Other Afflictions by Red Lagoe
• Last Stay by Brennan LaFaro
• Lost Oblivion by Katherine Silva
• Mosaic by Catherine McCarthy
• Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
• October Screams Anthology edited by Kenneth W. Cain
• SICK! Stories from the Goop Troop by Lor Gislason, Shelley LaVigne, Eric Raglin
• Silent Key by Laurel Hightower
• The Black Lord by Colin Hinckley
• The Leaves Forget by Alan Baxter
• The Only Safe Place Left is the Dark by Warren Wagner
• The Perfectly Fine Neighborhood edited by Kayleigh Dobbs, Stephen Kozeniewski, and Wile E. Young
• The Spirit of the Season by Somer Canon
• The Thing Under Your Bed by Stephen Kozeniewski
• Twisting Parallels by Steve L Clark
• You’re Mine by Somer Canon

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My Favorite Back-List Reads I Read in 2023 –

Below is my list of back-list books that I read in 2023 and loved, organized by title.

• Bishop by Candace Nola
• Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen
• Dark Thoughts by Kevin J Kennedy
• Death Blooms by Somer Canon & Wesley Southard
• Depart, Depart by Sim Kern
• DOGS by Mike Sullivan
• Ghosts of Acadia by Marcus LaBrizzi
• Hallowed Oblivion by Katherine Silva
• Inside the Devil’s Nest by John Durgin
• My Glass is Runn by Die Booth
• Orchards by Katherine Silva
• Rain by Joe Hill
• Six Rooms by Gemma Amor
• Taboo in Four Colors by Tim McGregor
• The Auld Mither by William Meikle
• The Circus of Hungry Clowns by Caesar Ruell
• The Horror Collection: Gold Edition by KJK Publishing
• The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva
• Vampiro by Kevin J. Kennedy
• Vicky Beautiful by Somer Canon
• You Only Get One Shot by Kevin J Kennedy & J.C. Michael

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My Favorite Reads from 2023 That Haven’t Yet Been Published Yet –

There are three books that I cannot wait to revisit in 2024 when they are published! Make sure to keep an eye on the following authors:

• Brennan LaFaro
• Cody J. Thompson
• John Durgin

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Thanks for reading!
What were some of your favorite books that you read in 2023? Did any on my list also make your list? Let me know in the comments!

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