Best Reads 2021

2023 Best Reads

Each year, Colby Community Library Director Vicky Calmes compiles a list of favorite books.

The list for 2023 contains her top fiction reads, from 40th favorite counting down to #1 best choice.

40. The Exchange: After the Firm by John Grisham

39. Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

38. An Honest Man by Michael Koryta

37. How It Had to Be by Marissa Vanskike

36. Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos

35. Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

34. The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

33. Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni

32. Heart of Disaster by Rachel Wesson

31. The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore

30. Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

29. What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman

28. What She Found by Robert Dugoni

27. Stolen from Her Mother by Rachel Wesson

26. The Zero Night by Brian Freeman

25. The Only One Left by Riley Sager

24. Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

23. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben

22. Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

21. Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

20a.    The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple (Read this first)

20b.   The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple (Read this second)

19. My Child is Missing by Lisa Regan

18. Exiles by Jane Harper

17. Go As a River by Shelley Read

16. The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

15. The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey

14. Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen

13. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

12. October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

11. The Rise of Light by Olivia Hawker

10. One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker

9. The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker

8. The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

7. The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker

6. West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

5. The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelley

4. The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff

3. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

2. All the Broken Places by John Boyne

…And the Number One Choice for 2023 (Do not be intimidated by the length of this book!):

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese