New Year, New Wave 2023 - hosted by nobodyspoet

Read a book with a character you love to hate
Isle of You by The Motels

What could be more beautiful
What could be more nice
Has turned my heart to stone
And love to cold, cold ice 
All books added
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

Death of a Bookseller

Alice Slater

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
All's Well by Mona Awad

All's Well

Mona Awad

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark funny slow-paced
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Love, Theoretically

Ali Hazelwood

389 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry

The Secrets of Us

Lucinda Berry

264 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Awakening by L.J. Smith

The Awakening

The Vampire Diaries #1

L.J. Smith

253 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult dark mysterious medium-paced
30 Days of Night, Vol. 1 by Steve Niles

30 Days of Night, Vol. 1

30 Days of Night #1

Steve Niles

104 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction comics horror adventurous dark fast-paced
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

The Perfect Marriage

Jeneva Rose

334 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

9 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced