Every year around this time, I post a list of books I really, really enjoyed over the last twelve months. I don’t artificially impose any sort of number I must reach — it’s not my Top Ten, for example. It’s just “of all the books I read this year, these are the ones I think you gotta read.”
Here you go:
- Five Decembers by James Kestrel
- Skyjacked by Paul Griffin
- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
- Every City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge
- Revival by Stephen King
- The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
- Black Volume 1 by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, & Jamal Igle
- Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book by Gerald Jones
- The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
And here’s my TikTok on this list, wherein I talk a little bit about each book:
@barrylyga 2023 Recommended Reading! #authorsoftiktok #booksoftiktok #writersoftiktok #author #writer #barrylyga #booktok #writertok #recommendations #recommendedreading ♬ original sound – Barry Lyga