Oh yes, it is that time of year when top whatever lists are everywhere! Denver Public Library customers are the ones behind these two lists - top 10 fiction items and top 10 nonfiction titles borrowed from DPL in 2023. We thought you'd want to know so you can put these on your To Be Read list for 2024, but since you might end up in a holds queue we're offering a couple of read-alikes for each title to keep you company while you wait - and I have to mention it is Winter of Reading season, and bet you can use something from the lists below to check off an activity!
FICTION
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tart; The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel; Dearie, The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker; You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons; Gravity is the Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell; The Light at the End of the World by Siddhartha Deb
- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
- The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde; Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack by Katherine C. Mooney
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- The Leavers by Lisa Ko; Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
- To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan; The Dead Husband by Carter Wilson
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
- Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan; Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi; Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
NONFICTION
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Because I Come from a Crazy Family: the Making of a Psychiatrist by Edward M. Hallowell; Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz
- Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Elizabeth & Margaret: the Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton; Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh; Owner of a Lonely Heart by Bich Minh Nguyen
- An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
- The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa by Jonathan Losos; The Wise Hours: a Journey Into the Wild and Secret World of Owls by Miriam Darlington
- Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: an Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-career World by Bruce Feiler; You Are Not Stuck: How Soul-guided Choices Transform Fear into Freedom by Becky Vollmer
- Cheap Land Colorado: Off-gridders at America's Edge by Ted Conover
- Losing Eden: an Environmental History of the American West by Sara Dant; Homestead Survival: an Insider's Guide to Your Great Escape by Marty Raney
- The Wager: a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. Van der Kolk
- Beautiful Trauma: a Journey of Discovery and Healing by Rebecca Fogg; Tell Me What You Want: a Therapist and Her Clients Explore Our 12 Deepest Desires by Charlotte Fox Weber
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most by Cassie Mogliner Holmes; Hanging Out: the Radical Power of Killing Time by Sheila Liming
- The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood by Julian Rubinstein
- The Last Outlaws: the Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin; Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell S. Jackson
Don't forget to look at our Recommendations page for Books on Order, Coming Soon, and other suggested reads and listens!
