Anticipated Books of March 2023

It’s the end of the month so time to look ahead to my most anticipated books publishing in March. And I have so many advanced copies for March (way more than the ones listed below) that I’ve actually gotten a head start and read a few of these!  You can see my ratings and excerpts from my review for those three below; for the others I'll just provide a brief description from the publisher's blurb. Some of these are by authors I’ve read and loved; some I’ve seen major bookstagram hype; others just sound intriguing to me. 

Anticipated Books of February 2023

The approaching end of the month means it’s time for me to look ahead to my most anticipated books publishing in February of 2023.  I’m kind of relieved it’s a short list, I have so many ARCs for March and the following few months so maybe I can get ahead a bit.  I have early copies of a few of these but haven’t gotten to them yet.  Others I’ll have to wait for the publication date to get from the library.

Here they are by US publication date, with descriptions summarized from the publishers’ blurbs:

Jen's Top Books of 2022

I’m excited to bring you my list of my top ten favorite books of 2022.  Making top ten book lists is a tradition of mine dating all the way back to 1999!  In the early years, I just e-mailed my list to a small group of friends and family - then added more and more recipients over the years, then started posting to facebook, then on this blog, and a few years ago I started a bookstagram account and started posting my list on there too!  So clearly more and more people have seen my list as the years went on.

And it’s not just the audience that has increased - so has the amount of books I read a year.  Back in 1999, I read just 53 books, which means my top 10 represented almost 20% of books I read that year.  Well, this year I read an astounding 217 books, which means my top ten represents less than 5% of the books I read this year!  No wonder this list was so darn hard to narrow down!  I had three books this year which I gave 5 stars to, so those were automatic selections for this list.  But I also had 20 books which I awarded 4.5 stars.  So to choose between those, it was a combination of how the books affected me, how much they have stayed with me, and how much I have recommended them to other people, and a little dash of gut feeling.  And just like last year, choosing the final book was the most painful part!

As a reminder, these are books I read in a particular year, not necessarily books which were published that year - though most of these were in fact published in 2022. 

Without further ado, my ten most favorite of the year, listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name:

When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill
The Light Pirate - Lily Brooks- Dalton
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
A Little Hope - Ethan Joella
Notes on an Execution - Danya Kukafka
The Matchmaker’s Gift - Lynda Cohen Loigman
Count the Ways - Joyce Maynard
Nora Goes Off Script - Annabel Monaghan
This Time Tomorrow - Emma Straub
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

Read on for a little more about each book:

Anticipated Books of January 2023

A few weeks ago, I brought you my most anticipated books of 2023, and now I’m back to my monthly anticipated book posts where I can tell you about even more books I’m excited for.  So today I’m sharing my most anticipated books of January 2023.  And even this isn't the full list of books coming out in January that I'm likely to read at some point, just the ones I'm most looking forward to reading. Although I have early copies of some of them, I haven’t started reading 2023 books yet, so I have my work cut out for me - but in an exciting way! 

Here they are by US pub date - note that some of these are out already in the UK and/or Australia:

Anticipated Books of 2023

Somehow it's almost the end of the year, which means it's time for me to reveal my most anticipated books of 2023!  I’ve always enjoyed looking to see what books are going to be published in the near future.  Indeed, for me, tracking upcoming books is kind of its own hobby, separate from reading.  

For the last few years, in addition to my anticipated books of the year posts, I’ve been doing monthly anticipated book posts which allow me to feature even more books.  But putting together my most anticipated books of the year in addition to my anticipated books each month is still something I will always keep doing.  This list is limited to just the TOP books I’m most super-excited about - the ones I will be making it a priority to read.  It was so hard to narrow it down that these are all books by authors who I’ve already read and loved, though there are definitely some great sounding debuts coming next year too!  To narrow it down, I also only included a book if it had a set release date and a cover. 

My longer list has at least three times as many books as I am discussing here, but for this post, I limited myself to 25 books.  Well, I tried to limit it to 25, but I ended up with 26 anyway.  😂 But anyway, keep an eye out for my monthly posts about anticipated books to see even more books I’m looking forward to, whether they’re ones that just don’t fit here, or ones I hear about later.  And if you are looking for even more bookish content from me, check out my instagram account where I post book-related stuff almost every single day from reviews to anticipated books to other book features.

Now without further ado, here are the 2023 releases that I’m most looking forward to, so you can go ahead and request from Netgalley/get on the library waitlist/pre-order them if you so desire!  I am lucky enough to have ARCs of a few of these, but I decided not to read any of my 2023 advanced copies of books until 2023, so I haven’t read any yet!  So all my descriptions are just based on their publisher blurbs or what I’ve heard from early reviewers.

So, here they are, listed in order of their current US publication date, which is listed in parentheses after the title and author of each book:

Anticipated Books of December 2022

The end of the month really snuck up on me!  So, it's time to look ahead to the books publishing in December that I’m most excited for.  I’m happy it’s a short list so I can also use December to catch up on books I missed this year and backlist books I meant to get to. And stay tuned for my list of my most anticipated books of 2023, coming soon!

I haven’t read any of these yet, but looking forward to checking them out.

Anticipated Books of November 2022

As the end of the month approaches, it's time to look ahead to the books publishing in November that I’m most excited for.  So if you too like to look ahead with me, it’s time to get your library holds and pre-orders ready! I haven’t read any of these yet, but I'm looking forward to checking them out.