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The Reading List: Best Genre Fiction from 2023

Here are the best 2023 books published in eight genres - Adrenaline, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Relationship Fiction, Romance, and Science Fiction - as selected by the librarians of the American Library Association's Reading List Committee. (Created February 2024).

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41 items

  • Better the Blood

    Bennett, Michael, 1964-
    Adrenaline - winner
    Book, 2023New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. — MYSTERY BENNETT 2023

  • Lady Tan's Circle of Women

    a Novel

    See, Lisa
    Historical Fiction - winner
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, 2023. — FIC SEE 2023

  • The September House

    Orlando, Carissa
    Horror - winner
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley, [2023] — FIC ORLANDO 2023

  • A Disappearance in Fiji

    Rao, Nilima
    Mystery - winner
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Soho Press, Inc., [2023] — MYSTERY RAO 2023

  • The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

    Oakley, Colleen
    Relationship Fiction - winner
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023] — FIC OAKLEY 2023

  • Role Playing

    Yardley, Cathy
    Romance - winner
    Book, 2023Seattle : Montlake Romance, [2023] — FIC YARDLEY 2023

  • House of Gold

    Rwizi, C. T.
    Science Fiction - winner
    Book, 2023Seattle : 47North, [2023] — SCI-FIC RWIZI 2023

  • The Antiquity Affair

    a Novel

    Kelly, Lee
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2023[Nashville] : Harper Muse, [2023] — FIC KELLY 2023

  • Blood Sisters

    Lillie, Vanessa
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley, [2023] — FIC LILLIE 2023

  • Going Zero

    a Novel

    McCarten, Anthony, 1961-
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — FIC MCCARTEN 2023

  • The Last Word

    a Novel

    Adams, Taylor
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2023New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — FIC ADAMS 2023

  • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

    a Novel

    Chakraborty, S. A.
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — SCI-FIC CHAKRAB 2023

  • Starling House

    Harrow, Alix E.
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — FIC HARROW 2023

  • Thornhedge

    Kingfisher, T.
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — SCI-FIC KINGFIS 2023

  • Untethered Sky

    Lee, Fonda
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Tor Dot Com, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — SCI-FIC LEE 2023

  • The Bookbinder

    a Novel

    Williams, Pip, 1969-
    Historical Fiction - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Ballantine Books, [2023] — FIC WILLIAMS 2023

  • Essex Dogs

    Jones, Dan, 1981-
    Historical Fiction - short list
    Book, 2023[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — FIC JONES 2023

  • Hang the Moon

    a Novel

    Walls, Jeannette
    Historical Fiction - short list
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2023. — FIC WALLS 2023

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