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This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shines the spotlight on her favorite unsung books of 2023. While these books may not all be five-star reads, they deserve more airtime than they got last year. Did these books fly under your radar, too?\nDo you want to go to our next Reader Retreat, happening on March 22-24? Now is a great time to follow The Bookshelf on Instagram here so you can access tickets when they\u2019re released to the public on Tuesday, January 16. We hope to see you and your reading buddies there! Learn more about Reader Retreat here and follow us on Instagram here.\nTo purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type \u201cEpisode 459\u201d into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf\u2019s official app:\nMy Husband by Maud Ventura\nThe Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring\nThe Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams\nThis Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara\nKill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker\nThe Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill\nRoaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki\nThe Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman\nHestia Strikes a Match by Christine Grillo\nIf We\u2019re Being Honest by Cat Shook\nFrom the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf\u2019s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today\u2019s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.\xa0\nA full transcript of today\u2019s episode can be found here.\xa0\nSpecial thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.\xa0\nThis week, Annie is reading Colton Gentry\u2019s Third Act by Jeff Zentner.\nIf you liked what you heard in today\u2019s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.\nWe\u2019re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.\nOur Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O\u2019Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.