2023 Reading List
This is the list of books I’m planning to read in 2023. Check back as I update this list often! Just about every week, I add new books I’ve accepted for review or titles I can’t resist, as well as squeeze in a few backlist titles where I can.
Some of the backlist titles on this list are books I’ve already read and written up my review for, but my calendar has been so… well, booked… that I’ve had to wait to post about them. There are some great titles on here that I can’t wait to share my reviews about.
This year, I’m breaking up my list into four categories:
Young Adult Fiction (12 and up)
Middle Grade Fiction (8-12)
Graphic Novels/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
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Young Adult Fiction
![Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other) by Livia Blackburne](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/clementine-and-danny.png?resize=255%2C385&ssl=1)
![The Secret of the Moon Conch by David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/secret-moon-conch.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mermaids-never-drown-jpg.webp?resize=265%2C400&ssl=1)
![House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig cover shows what might have been the inside of a very overgrown greenhouse with poisonous-looking plants.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/house-rust-ruin.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/into-bright-open.jpg?resize=333%2C500&ssl=1)
![Rebel, Brave and Brutal by Shannon Dittemore](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/rebel-brave-brutal.jpg?resize=331%2C499&ssl=1)
![Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/twin-crowns.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![Cursed Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber cover shows two girls in fancy gowns facing each other with one hand each on a magic mirror.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cursed-crowns.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaginary-mary.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![A Starlet's Secret to a Sensational Afterlife by Kendall Kulper cover shows a woman in a dress facing forward, her gaze looking sideways. A theater entrance fills the background and a man in a suit stands by the entrance.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starlets-secret.jpg?resize=329%2C500&ssl=1)
![Never Lore: Journey to Mt. Smolder by Taya Okerlund and Nathan Okerlund](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NeverLore.jpg?resize=333%2C500&ssl=1)
![Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/aint-burned.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson cover shows a young woman with dark hair in the foreground holding the pommel of a sword. A young dark-haired man stands behind her looking at her.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mysteries-Thorn-Manor.jpg?resize=356%2C500&ssl=1)
Middle Grade Fiction
![Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston cover shows a girl with a hand extended over a glowing ball. Swirls of light extend out from the ball, circling around her, lifting her hair.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/amari-night-brothers.jpg?resize=331%2C500&ssl=1)
![Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/amari-great-game.jpg?resize=346%2C522&ssl=1)
![The Swallowtail Legacy 2: Betrayal by the Book by Michael D. Beil](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/swallowtail-legacy-2.jpg?resize=333%2C500&ssl=1)
![Rise of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rise-school-good-evil.jpg?resize=360%2C500&ssl=1)
![Fall of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainaini](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fall-school-good-evil.jpg?resize=360%2C500&ssl=1)
![How to Train Your Dragon: How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/how-to-be-a-pirate.jpg?resize=328%2C500&ssl=1)
![The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich cover shows a young girl in the foreground with her house made of birchbark in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/birchbark-house.jpg?resize=336%2C500&ssl=1)
![Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu by Erika Lewis](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/kelcie-murphy.jpg?resize=258%2C400&ssl=1)
![The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore and Allison Hong Merrill](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/paper-daughters-chinatown.jpg?resize=331%2C499&ssl=1)
![Secrets We Tell the Sea by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, translated by Lourdes Heuer](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/secrets-we-tell-sea.jpg?resize=331%2C499&ssl=1)
![The Adventures of Mo by Carol Patton cover shows a pawprint with pastel colors](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/adventures-mo.jpg?resize=500%2C386&ssl=1)
The Adventures of Mo by Carol Patton
Review | Amazon | Goodreads | Author’s Website (free download)
Graphic Novels
I don’t consider myself a big graphic novel reader, but already this year, there are a number of graphic novels in my post queue and on my reading list. Time for them to have their own section, I believe!
![Serafina and the Black Cloak The Graphic Novel by Robert Beatty, Michael Moreci, and Braeden Sherrell cover shows the dark silhouette of a cloaked figure with glowing eyes and at its center, in a lighted space, a girl.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/serafina-black-cloak.jpg?resize=333%2C499&ssl=1)
![Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel by James Howe, Andrew Donkin, and Stephen Gilpin](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bunnicula.jpg?resize=334%2C499&ssl=1)
![The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/librarian-auschwitz.jpg?resize=354%2C500&ssl=1)
![Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Volume 1 by Shannon Messenger](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/keeper-lost-cities-graphic-vol-1.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Victory. Stand!: Raising by Fist for Justice by Anyabwile, Barnes, and Smith](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Victory-Stand-Raising-My-Fist.jpg?resize=344%2C499&ssl=1)
![Maus I - A Survivor's Tale - My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Maus.jpg?resize=350%2C499&ssl=1)
![Maus II A Survivor's Tale And Here My Troubles Began](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MausII.jpg?resize=351%2C499&ssl=1)
![They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/they-called-us-enemy.jpg?resize=346%2C499&ssl=1)
![Through the Moon: The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel Series #1 by Peter Wartman and Xanthe Bouma cover shows a human boy's face upside up and a girl elf's face upside down, separated by a glowing phoenix feather](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/through-the-moon.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
Nonfiction
I try to read and review at least one nonfiction title per month. These are the ones currently on my reading list and review calendar for this year.
![Money Out Loud by Berna Anat](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/money-out-loud.jpg?resize=230%2C346&ssl=1)
![Don't Sit on the Baby by Halley Bondy](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dont-sit-on-baby.jpg?resize=345%2C499&ssl=1)
![The Secret Life of Bees by Moira Butterfield](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/secret-life-bees.jpg?resize=412%2C500&ssl=1)
![Notorious RBG by Irin Carmoun and Shana Knizhnik](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/notorious-rbg.jpg?resize=416%2C500&ssl=1)
![Outdoor School: Tree, Wildflower and Mushroom Spotting by Mary Kay Carson and John D. Dawson](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/outdoor-school.jpg?resize=363%2C499&ssl=1)
![Gender Inequality in Sports by Kirstin Cronn-Mills](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/gender-inequality-in-sports.webp?resize=338%2C499&ssl=1)
![Spare Parts Young Readers' Edition by Joshua Davis cover shows a cartoon drawing of a square machine with the photographs of four teens' faces around it.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/spare-parts-young-readers.jpg?resize=326%2C500&ssl=1)
![Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey to America by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton cover shows a landscape with a sky barely at sunrise. Over that is an image of a boy's face so that the sky shows through it.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dont-look-back.jpg?resize=324%2C500&ssl=1)
![The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/boy-who-followed-father-Auschwitz.jpg?resize=331%2C499&ssl=1)
![Plague-Busters by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/plague-busters.jpg?resize=338%2C499&ssl=1)
![Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/adult-children-emo-immature-parents.jpg?resize=333%2C500&ssl=1)
![She Deserves Better by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky cover shows a silhouette of a girl's face, her chin lifted](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/she-deserves-better.jpg?resize=663%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Josephine.jpg?resize=318%2C398&ssl=1)
![Learning to Be Wild Young Readers' Edition by Carl Safina cover shows a yellow and blue macaw parrot with its head cocked to one side, looking at the camera.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/learning-to-be-wild.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/odd-girl-out.jpg?resize=316%2C475&ssl=1)
![Pauli Murray by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasus Jennings](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pauli-Murray.jpg?resize=338%2C499&ssl=1)
![Caste by Isabel Wilkerson](https://i0.wp.com/thestorysanctuary.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/caste.jpg?resize=224%2C346&ssl=1)