One of these is my favorite book that I read in 2023. Here I present the candidates with links to my reviews. Take a look for yourself, but if I were selling these, I would offer a money-back guarantee that you would love them all. If you have a favorite book you read this year, let me know.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie.
The Humans, Matt Haig.
The Camino Club, Kevin Craig.
Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer.
The winner? Stay tuned.
I discovered a wealth of great reading last year and I reviewed the books I recommended on this website, Books and My Backpack (See List of Book Reviews in the menu).
Three stand out. If adventure is what you seek, North to Alaska is for you. Trevor Lund, a young Englishman, writes about his 16,276-mile bicycle journey from the southern tip of South America to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. Going the opposite direction in a van, Mary Hollendoner weaves a compelling story of her family’s van journey through Central and South America in Monkeys on the Road.
Lund and Hollendoner endure challenges that would send most of us home and they bring home experiences that transformed their lives.
If you are weary of people who put happy faces on even the most difficult times, you will be drawn to my third choice, Toxic Positivity, by Whitney Goodman. This book more than lived up to the hype it attracted.
Click on the titles to read my review about each book.
What were your favorite books of 2022?
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