Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 8 a.m.
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It's here! It's time to share my favorite reads of 2023.
In this episode, Chrissie shares her 10 favorite kids nonfiction books and 10 favorite grown-up reads of 2023.
FEATURED BOOKS:
Kids Nonfiction
- ANIMALS IN PANTS by Suzy Levinson, illustrated by Kevin and Kristen Howdeshell
- BUTT OR FACE? A HILARIOUS GUESSING GAME BOOK FOR KIDS by Kari LaVelle
- FUNGI GROW by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Diana Sudyka
- GOOD BOOKS FOR BAD CHILDREN by Beth Kephart, illustrated by Chloe Bristol\\xa0
- READY, SET, RUN!: THE AMAZING NEW YORK CITY MARATHON by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Jessie Hartland
- SEARCH FOR A GIANT SQUID by Amy Seto Forrester, illustrated by Andy Chou Musser
- STRANDED!: A MOSTLY TRUE STORY FROM ICELAND by Aevar Por Benediktsson, illustrated by Anne Wilson
- THEY HOLD THE LINE: WILDFIRES, WILDLANDS,\\xa0 AND THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO BRAVE THEM by Dan Paley, illustrated by Molly Mendoza
- TUMBLE by Adriana Hernandez Bergstrom
- UNSEEN JUNGLE: THE MICROBES THAT SECRETLY CONTROL OUR WORLD by Eleanor Spicer Rice, illustrated by Rob Wilson
Grown-Up Reads
- ANOTHER MARVELOUS THING by Laurie Colwin
- COUPLETS by Maggie Milner
- EMERGENCY by Kathleen Alcott
- THE GIRLS by John Bowen
- HIJAB BUTCH BLUES by Lamya H. (audiobook)
- IN MEMORIAM by Alice Winn
- ONE WOMAN SHOW by Christine Coulson
- ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld
- TERRACE STORY by Hilary Leichter
- TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
Possible Usurpers (aka even more grown-up reads)
- BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton
- THE VASTER WILDS by Lauren Groff
- THE UPSTAIRS DELICATESSEN: ON EATING, READING, READING ABOUT EATING, AND EATING WHILE READING by Dwight Garner
Article mentioned in the show:
NYT - Critics Picks of 2023
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