Episode 32: Editors' Choice 2023
It’s December, and that means…Editors’ Choice! Booklist’s full list of our Editors’ Choice titles can be found in our December issue, but on this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, the Booklist editors share some standouts from the already stand-out list.
Here’s what everyone talked about:
Donna Seaman:
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny (Top of the List, Adult Nonfiction)
The Apartment, by Ana Menéndez (Top of the List, Adult Fiction)
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, by Claire Jiménez
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
Absolution, by Alice McDermott
Unshuttered, by Patricia Smith
Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
Sarah Hunter:
Roaming, by Mariko Tamaki, art by Jillian Tamaki
Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed, art by the author (Top of the List, Adult Graphic Novel)
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, by Thien Pham, art by the author
Bea Wolf, by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (Top of the List, Youth Graphic Novel)
Invisible Things, written and illustrated by Andy J. Pizza and Sophie Miller
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider, written and illustrated by Jessica Lanan
Mr. S, written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo (Top of the List, Picture Book)
Heather Booth:
Cutting Teeth, by Chandler Baker, read by January LaVoy (Top of the List, Adult Audio)
Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett, read by Meryl Streep
So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin, by Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik, read by the authors
Sure I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere, by Maria Bamford, read by the author
What Happened to Rachel Riley?, by Claire Swinarski, read by a full cast (Top of the List, Youth Audio)
Big Tree, by Brian Selznick, read by Meryl Streep
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White, read by Raphael Corkhill
Edoardo Ballerini, Voice of Choice
Julia Smith:
The Labors of Hercules Beal, by Gary D. Schmidt (Top of the List, Middle Grade)
Barely Floating, by Lilliam Rivera
The Otherwoods, by Justine Pucella Winans
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything, by Justine Pucella Winans (Top of the List, Young Adult)
The Worlds We Leave Behind, by A. F. Harrold
The Wild Robot Protects, by Peter Brown
Annie Bostrom:
The Vaster Wilds, by Lauren Groff
Maggie Reagan:
Champion of Fate, by Kendare Blake
This Dark Descent, by Kalyn Josephson
Painted Devils, by Margaret Owen
The Making of Yolanda la Bruja, by Lorraine Avila
The Blood Years, by Elena K. Arnold
Susan Maguire:
Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim
Much Ado about Nada, by Uzma Jalaluddin
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett
Ronny Khuri:
The Hidden World of Gnomes, written and illustrated by Lauren Soloy
18 December 2023, 3:00 pm