Ben Fox at Shepherd.com polled hundreds of authors to discover their 3 favorite reads of 2023. My 3 favorites are pictured above, and you can read why I loved them at this link:

https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/patricia-bracewell

Take a look, too, at the full list of books recommended by the nearly 1000 authors who were polled:  https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023