There are so many books I want to read from my backlist TBR shelves in addition to all of the new ones coming out that it makes my head spin! Check out my list of the most anticipated books being published to consider for your TBR.

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 Anticipated 2023 Books for Your TBR

• If you’re looking for back-list books and reviews, check out:
  • Books Read in 2022: all the books I read in 2022, ranked in ratings from high to low
  • Ultimate Recommended Reading: a list of my favorite 4-5 star reads
• Books listed below with links in the title will bring you to my review for that book!
• Clicking the image of the book will bring you to Amazon.

2023 New Books

Featured Categories: Romance & Women’s Fiction | Non-Fiction & Memoir | Mystery, Thrillers & Cozy Mystery | Business & Personal Development | Historical Fiction | Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Witchy | Winter Holidays | Health & Wellness

Romance & Women’s Fiction

• January 3rd
  • Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
  • Snap Out of It by Maddie Dawson
  • Something Old, Something New by Amy Clipston
• January 10th
  • Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
  • Exes and O’s by Amy Lea
  • The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester
  • A Chance Inheritance by Carolyn Brown
  • The Rom-Com Agenda by Jayne Denker
• January 17th
  • The Reunion by Kayla Olson
  • A Love by Design by Elizabeth Everett
  • The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao
  • You should smile more by Anastasia Ryan
  • Speechless by Lindsey Lanza
  • The Forever Family by Shirley Jump
  • A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan
• January 24th
  • Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley; Austin Siegemund-Broka
  • The Miniscule Mansion of Myra Malone
  • Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
  • A Thousand Miles to Graceland by Kristen Mei Chase
  • The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
• January 31st
  • Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters
  • Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
  • The Second You’re Single by Cara Tanamachi
• February 7th
  • Starting Over on Sunshine Corner by Phoebe Mills
  • Not Your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher
• February 14th
  • Isha, Unscripted by Sajni Patel
  • Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year by Rochelle Bilow
  • Sweet Pea Summer by Alys Murray
  • Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
• February 21st
  • Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell
  • Best Served Hot by Amanda Elliott
  • Falling in Love on Sweetwater Lane by Belle Calhoune
• February 28th
  • The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
  • Ana Takes Manhattan by Lissette Decos
  • Too Wrong to Be Right by Melonie Johnson
• March 7th
  • A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
  • Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond
  • The House on Mulberry Street by Jeannie Chin
  • Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
  • Off the Map y Trish Doller
  • Every Bit a Cowboy by Jennie Marts
• March 14th
  • The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
  • Love and Other Flight Delays by Denise Williams
  • The Good Luck Cafe by Annie Rains
  • Not That Kind of Ever After by Luci Adams
• March 21st
  • Jane & Edward by Melodie Edwards
  • Ellie is Cool Now by Victoria Fulton & Faith McClaren
  • Infamous by Lex Croucher
• March 28th
  • Bayou Beloved by Lexi Blake
  • The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley
  • A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins
• April 4th
  • What the Hex by Jessica Clare
  • Ana Maria and The Fox by Liana De La Rosa
  • A Lakeside Reunion by C. Chilove
  • The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
• April 11th
  • The Nanny by Lana Ferguson
  • Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray
  • Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• April 18th
  • The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton
  • Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya Lalli
• April 25th
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • Bear with Me Now by Katie Shepard
• May 2nd
  • Best Men by Sidney Karger
  • Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune | Berkley Romance
• May 16th
  • Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay
• May 23rd
  • On Fire Island by Jane L. Rosen
  • The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
• May30th
  • Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry | Berkley Romance
• June 6th
  • The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley
  • Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan | Penguin Group Putnam
  • Double-Decker Dreams by Lindsay MacMillan | Alcove Press
  • Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey | Avon and Harper Voyager
• June 13th
  • Our Place on the Island by Erika Montgomery
  • Miss Matched by Wendy Million | Wattpad Webtoon Book Group
• July 11th
  • Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
  • Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke | Alcove Press
• July 25th
  • The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George | Random House Ballantine
• August 1st
  • The Déjà Glitch by Holly James | Penguin Group Dutton
• August 15th
  • The One That Got Away by Charlotte Rixon

Mystery, Thrillers, & Cozy Mystery

• January 3rd
  • The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
• January 10th
  • All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
• January 24th
  • Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews
• January 31st
  • Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
• February 7th
  • Six Sweets Under by Sarah Fox
• February 14th
  • Bright and Deadly Things by Lexie Elliott
  • Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft
• February 21st
  • Primer and Punishment by Diane Kelly
• February 28th
  • Cold-Blooded Liar by Karen Rose
• March 7th
  • Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs
  • A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn
  • Till Death Do Us Port by Kate Lansing
  • What Have We Done by Alex Finlay
• March 14th
  • Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
• March 21st
  • The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian
• April 4th
  • Digging Up Daisy by Sherry Lynn
  • Fiddling with Fate by Diane Kelly
  • Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
  • Fateful Words by Paige Shelton
  • The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
  • Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust (2nd in series) by Mindy Quigley
• April 25th
  • Deep Tide by Laura Griffin
• May 16th
  • Murder on Mustang Beach by Alicia Bessette
• May 23rd
  • Identity by Nora Roberts
• June 6th
  • The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop
  • Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates | Crooked Lane Books
  • Final Cut by Marjorie Mccown | Crooked Lane Books
  • A Botanist’s  Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari | Crooked Lane Books
• June 20th
  • The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emanuel
• June 27th
  • Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen
  • A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales | Random House
• July 18th
  • The Block Party by Jamie Day
• July 25th
  • A Fatal Groove (2nd in series) by Olivia Blacke
  • Can’t Look Away by Carola Lovering

Non-Fiction: Business / Personal Development

• January 3rd
  • The Fun Habit: How The Disciplined Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Mike Rucker, PhD
• January 10th
  • Take Command: A Dale Carnegie Book by Joe Hart & Michael Crom
  • Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer by Julia Cameron
• January 17th
  • Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work – Now and in an Uncertain Future by Gabriella Rosen Kelleman and Martin Seligman
• January 24th
  • The Power of Potential by Thomas D’eri with Sara Grace
  • The Great Money Reset by Jill Schlesinger
• February 7th
  • Intrinsic Motivation by Stefan Falk
• February 28th
  • I’m Still Writing by Virginia Ann Byrd
• June 6th
  • All the Gold Stars: Reimaging Ambition and the Ways We Strive by Rainesford Stauffer | Hachette Books

Historical Fiction

• January 3rd
  • Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz
  • The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre by Natasha Lester
• January 31st
  • River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
• February 21st
  • The Woman with the Cure by Lynn Cullen
  • The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
• March 14th
  • A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas
• March 28th
  • Her Lost Words by Stephanie Marie Thornton
• April 18th
  • Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
  • Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
• April 25th
  • Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl
• June 6th
  • The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel | Gallery Books
  • The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas | Sourcebooks Landmark
• June 13th
  • Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure by Christina Lynch
• June 20th
  • Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison

Seasonal: Witchy

• January 3rd
  • Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
• January 31st
  • Hex You: Sisters of Salem by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
• February 7th
  • Not Your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher
• March 7th
  • A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
  • Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond
• April 4th
  • What the Hex by Jessica Clare

Non-Fiction

• January 3rd
  • Drinking Games A Memoir by Sarah Levy
• January 31st
  • 8 Rules of Love: How to Find it, Keep it, and Let it Go by Jay Shetty
  • Finding Jackie: A Life Reinvented, A Biography by Oline Eaton
• February 14th
  • A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
• February 21st
  • The Case for Cancel Culture by Ernest Owens
• May 9th
  • The Joy of Politics by Amy Klobuchar
• May 16th
  • The Art of Clear Thinking by Hasard Lee
• May 23rd
  • The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries: The Education of a Doctor A Memoir by Dr. Stephen L. Hauser
  • The French Art of Living Well by Cathy Yandell
• May 30th
  • Rainbow Parenting: Your Guide to Raising Queer Kids and Their Allies by Lindz Amer
  • Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop by Maria Yagoda
• June 6th
  • We’re All in This Together… So Make Some Room by Tom Papa
  • Last Call at Coogan’s: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar by Jon Michaud
• June 13th
  • Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst by Laura Belgray | Hachette Books
• June 27th
  • To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick by Alden Wicker | Penguin Group Putnam
• July 18th
  • Jackie: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli
• July 25th
  • Dirtbag Essays by Amber A’Lee Frost
• August 1st
  • Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski

General Fiction

• January 31st
  • Maame by Jessica George
• March 7th
  • Weyward by Emilia Hart
• April 18th
  • Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
• May 2nd
  • No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
• May 9th
  • The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
• May 20th
  • It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler
• June 6th
  • Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick | Atria Books
  • How to Read a Book by Monica Wood | Mariner Books
• June 13th
  • The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman | Random House Ballantine
  • The Favor by Adele Griffin | Sourcebooks Landmark
• June 20th
  • Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie | Penguin Group Riverhead
• June 27th
  • Banyan Moon by Thao Thai | Mariner Books
• July 4th
  • The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson
  • The Sunset Crowd by Karin Tanabe
  • The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt | Ecco
  • The Second Chance Store by Lauren Bravo | Avon and Harper Voyager
• July 11th
  • One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris | Sourcebooks Landmark
  • The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward | Gallery Books
• August 1st
  • Western Alliances by Wilton Barnhardt

Sci Fi & Fantasy

• January 24th
  • The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
• January 31st
  • Hex You: Sisters of Salem by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
• February 7th
  • Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood
• March 7th
  • The Queen’s Price by Anne Bishop
• March 21st
  • The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores
• April 4th
  • Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
• May 9th
  • A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
• June 13th
  • The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson | Tor Publishing

Health & Wellness

• February 7th
  • Hello Sleep by Jade Wu, PhD
• March 7th
  • What’s Eating Us by Cole Kazdin

Seasonal: Winter / Christmas

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Young Adult

• January 24th
  • Begin Again by Emma Lord
• February 7th
  • Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood
• February 14th
  • When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
• February 21st
  • Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson
• March 7th
  • Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto
• March 14th
  • The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher
• April 4th
  • Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
• April 11th
  • Viva Lola Espinoza by Ella Ceron
• June 6th
  • When It All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyaw | Annick Press Ltd.
  • The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar | Macmillan Children’s Publishing
• June 13th
  • Kismat Connection by Ananya Devarajan | Inkyard Press
  • Borrow My Heart by Kasie West | Random House Children’s
  • Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities byby Ismée Williams; Rebecca Balcárcel | Inkyard Press
• June 20th
  • Ode to My First Car by Robin Gow | Macmillan Children’s Publishing
• June 27th
  • Plus One by Kelsey Rodkey | HarperCollins Children’s Books