Best Books of 2023: Poetry
Here are the titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Books of Poetry” of 2023.
Best Books 2023
Best Books of 2023: Young Readers
Nine titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Short Fiction” of 2023.
Best Books of 2023: Short Fiction
Nine titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Short Fiction” of 2023.
Beast Body Epic by Amanda Earl
“Beast Body Epic is for anyone who’s circled the drain or knows someone who has. The book is about having the shit kicked out of you & surviving.”
You Break It You Buy It By Lynn Tait
You Break It, You Buy It features poems about disconnection, misconnections: the loss of friendships and identity, our voice, our purpose.
The Gull Workshop by Larry Mathews
The Gull Workshop is a collection of stories that features a unique combination of thematic seriousness and comic style.
Her Body Among Animals by Paola Ferrante
Through these confrontations of the complexity of living in a woman’s body, Her Body Among Animals moves us from hopelessness to a future of resilience and possibility.
Cocktail by Lisa Alward
Set in the swinging sixties and each decade since, Cocktail reveals the schism between the lives we build up around us and our deepest hidden selves.
The Hippie Pirates by Lana Shupe
There are many things that Kent, Ryan, and Amy love about their somewhat eccentric hippie-pirate grandparents, but best of all are their wonderful stories about travelling the world in search of treasure.
Of Mothers & Madonnas by Luciana Erregue-Sacchi
Of Mothers & Madonnas by Luciana Erregue-Sacchi is a small collection, a bilingual chapbook, part of The Polyglot Chapbook Series.
Knife on Snow by Alice Major
What portents must you divine when a knife falls from the sky into your snow covered yard? With Knife on Snow, Alice Major employs history, myth, and science to understand a world ablaze.
Green Islands: Poems from the Great Bear Rainforest, by Ian Thomas
Rich in metaphor and figurative language, the 26 poems in this chapbook evoke the flora, fauna, and atmosphere of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest with evocative vividness.
The Most Magnificent Idea by Ashley Spires
The long-awaited sequel to the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing that readers have been clamoring for!
Rebellion Box by Hollay Ghadery
This explosive debut collection pushes against the limitations of gender roles, race, bodies and minds, and explores our insignificance and impotence in the universe.
Lore Isle by Jiin Kim
A middle-grade fantasy that follows a young boy into a magical land of mummers, sprites, fairies, and murderous pitcher plants in an attempt to save his home — and his family.