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Top 10 Books of 2023

The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 books of the year.

Top 10 Books of 2023

  1. Ed Borowsky - Lizard of Transition
  2. R Weir- Divine Retribution
  3. Yurie Kiri- Moonlight Rocks 
  4. Gerald Darnell- The Woman in Apartment 223
  5. Michael Forester- If It Wasn’t For That Dog
  6. Yurie Kiri- Moonlight Canyon: Murder and Magic
  7. L. Diane Wolfe- In Darkness: The Werewolf 
  8. Elliott D. Light- The Jackson River Bridge
  9. Melina Druga- Mr. Right is a Myth
  10. Christopher Bowron- Waiting for Morning Time


Number one books of the "Top Ten" from previous years

2022: 

A Thousand Days In Auschwitz by Brenda Marie Webb, 


2021:

DreamRovers 3: Hearts of Deliverance by C. Valentine Powell  


2020:

The Scarlet Queen: A Gripping Epic Fantasy  by M. Reinhardt

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2019:

Foul Play Is Not Suspected by S. Murphy

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2018:

Jagdlied: a Chamber Novel for Narrator, Musicians, Pantomimists, Dancers & Culinary Artists By  D. Landon


2017:

Unraveling  by S.P. Aruna

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2016:

Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight by I. Benator

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2015: 

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda


2014: 

Fallen by Nick Stephenson


2013: 

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett

 

 

Top 20 Authors of 2023

 At the end of the year, all authors that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the Top 20 Authors of the year. 

Top 20 authors of 2023

  1. Ed Borowsky
  2. R Weir
  3. Yurie Kiri
  4. Gerald Darnell
  5. Michael Forester If It Wasn’t For That Dog
  6. L. Diane Wolfe
  7. Karen Janowsky
  8. Elliott D. Light
  9. Melina Druga
  10. Christopher Bowron
  11. Rod Glenn
  12. Sherry Hobbs
  13. John Heldt
  14. David Kummer
  15. Melanie Nowak
  16. Cesare Giannetti
  17. Donald Firesmith
  18. Ted Tayler
  19. Syntell Smith
  20. Marlene Potts 

Number 1 Authors from Previous Years

2022: 

Will Mayo


2021: 

Christie Valentine Powell 


2020: 

Mitch Reinhardt​


2019: 

Kate Rigby​


2018:  

Will Mayo


2017: 

Ted Tayler


2016: 

R Weir


2015:  

Tara Thorn


2014:  

Nick Stephenson

Top 5 Book Series of 2023

When the list is full, and a new series goes to number one, the number 5 will moved to the honorable mentions list. (If you're looking for a book series promotion, there is a new video promotion.) NOTE: If you wish, you can have a full page AD in Literate-Ly Magazine for a discounted price of $15.

Top 5 Book Series of 2023

Important Notice:

Only the volumes that have been read and reviewed, and posted will be listed. If a book is read from the series, and the series is listed in Honorable Mentions, it will be moved back to this list, and the same offers apply. If I haven't read all the books in the series, I would love to do so. If you don't know which ones I read and which ones I haven't, just ask. I keep records of all books I read and reviewed. 

1.   R Weir's The Divine Devils 

  • The Divine Devils 1
  • Fallen Star 2
  • Sold Souls 3
  • Divine Retribution 4


2. Yurie Kiri's Murder and Magic series 

  • Moonlight Beach 1
  • Moonlight Canyon 2
  • Moonlight Rocks 3
  • Moonlight Duology 4
  • Moonlight Rip Tide 5


3. Gerald Darnell's Carson Reno Mystery Series 

  • Dead End: a Carson Reno Mystery 13
  • Murder and More: 14
  • Deadly Decision:  15
  • Shadows and Lies:  16
  • Murder my Darling: 17
  • Lack of Candor 18
  • The Disappearance of Robin Murat 19 
  • The Innocent Stranger 20
  • Sin and Stilettos 21
  • Reckoning - One Degree of Separation 22
  • Memphis Confidential 23
  • The Woman in Apartment 223 24


 4. A.J. Scudiere's The NightShade Forensic Files

  • Under Dark Skies 1
  • Fracture Five 2
  • Vanishing Point 10
  • Beneath Memory 11
  • Echo and Ember 4
  • Salvage 5
  • Garden of Bone 6


5. L. Diane Wolfe's In Darkness Series

  • In Darkness: The Vampire
  • In Darkness: The Shark
  • In Darkness: The Werewolf







Honorable Mentions: (The series titles will move to this list when removed from the above list).      


 Christie Valentine Powell's The Spectra Crown Series

  • The Seventh Clan
  • The Dream Realm
  • The Cousin Pact 

Matt Cost- A Clay Wolfe / Port Essex Mysteries

  • Wolfe Trap 1
  • Mind Trap 2
  • Mouse Trap 3
  • Cosmic Trap 4

Karl Beckstrand's Young American Immigrants

  • Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl 1
  • Ida's Witness: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl 2
  • Anna's Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl 3
  • Samuel Sailing: The True Story of an Immigrant Boy 4 

Karl G Trautman's Manfred Schmidt

  • Deacon Blues 1
  • Sweet Dreams Are Made of This 2
  • Road To Nowhere 3

 R Weir's Jarvis Mann Detective Series 

  • Tracking A Shadow 1
  • The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card 2
  • Twice as Fatal 3
  • Blood Brothers 4
  • Dead Man Code 5
  • The Case of The Invisible Souls 6
  • The Front Range Butcher 7
  • Mann in the Crossfire 8
  • Lethal Blues 9  

Donald Firesmith's Hell Holes 

  • Hell Holes: What Lurks Below 1
  • Hell Holes 2: Demons on the Dalton 2
  • Hell Holes 3: To Hell and Back 3
  • Hell Holes: A Slave's Revenge 4 

Garth Pettersen's The Atheling Chronicles 

  • The Swan's Road 1
  • The Dane Law 2
  • The Cold Hearth 3 

 Karen A. Wyle's Cowbird Creek 

  • What Heals the Heart 1
  • What Frees the Heart 2
  • What Shows the Heart 3
  • What Wakes the Heart 4

                                      






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