Shining Stars | The 300+ Best Books of the Year (So Far)

From flying pirate houses to excoriating studies of society, these 300+ titles are a catalogue of great reading from our pages since the start of 2023 through the June issue.

From flying pirate houses to excoriating studies of society, these 300+ titles are a catalogue of great reading from our pages since the start of 2023 through the June issue.

Books to treasure. Books that create new pathways for thought. Books to shape collections. Books to hand to readers with assured purpose. A starred title has an official meaning at LJ—an exceptional book that is essential for most libraries—but at heart they are books that our reviewers, an insightful and thoughtful cohort, were deeply pleased to read.

We hope this constellation of great reads fuels endless TBR lists, hours of happy reading, and much illumination. A spreadsheet of these starred titles is online.


Fiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Fiction

Classic Returns

Fantasy

Fiction

Horror

Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction

Suspense

Thrillers

Nonfiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arts & Humanities

Cookbooks

History

Home & Garden

Science

Self-Help

Social Sciences

Graphic Novels 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry

 

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