Passionate about uniting readers with their next favorite read, the editors spend countless hours discussing and debating new releases across various categories…sharing books they couldn’t stop thinking about, raving about, or recommending!

2023’S BEST BOOKS SO FAR!

TALENT: SENIOR EDITORS AL WOODWORTH & LINDSAY POWERS

After reading titles released from January through June 2023, Amazon Books Editors select THE 20 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR, as well as the TOP 20 in popular categories like literary fiction, mystery and thrillers, romance, history, biographies and memoirs, cookbooks, and children’s books. Across these lists, you’re sure to find your next summer read from this list!

Many of the editorial picks for the annual list are customer favorites and bestsellers, but the Editors strive to spotlight the best books readers might not otherwise hear about too across categories including literature & fiction, mystery and thrillers, science fiction & fantasy, biography, children’s, young adult, and more.

The editors will reveal:

·       The Top 20 books of the Year So Far

·       The Top 20 books in popular categories and genres

·       How to find a book that fits your interests and needs

·       The methodology behind the Amazon editorial team’s selections

·       What features make a book a top book

Throughout the year, Amazon Books Editors pore over thousands of pages and hundreds of books to determine: 1) THE BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH, 2) THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR and 3) THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

About the Talent: AL WOODWORTH (she/her) is a Senior Editor on the Amazon Books Editorial team, specializing in literary fiction and biography and memoir. She has been in the book industry for more than 13 years, and got her start as a book publicist at Henry Holt. Al also manages Amazon Literary Partnership, which provides grant funding to non-profits that support writers. She lives in Brooklyn and some of her favorite books include Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Deacon King Kong, Crying in H-Mart, Empire of Pain, Pachinko, The Heart’s Invisible Furies, among many others.

LINDSAY POWERS is a Senior Editor on the Amazon Books Editorial team, specializing in nonfiction, culture, and history. She has been a writer for more than 15 years, with bylines appearing in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Us Weekly, Cosmopolitan, the New York Post, and more; and with media appearances on Good Morning America, the Today show, CBS Mornings, CNN, MSNBC, LinkedIn Live, and more. She was the editor in chief of Yahoo Parenting, a Webby honoree, where she co-founded the #NoShameParenting movement, which reached 170 million people across social media and inspired her first book, You Can’t F*ck Up Your Kids. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. Some of her favorite books include Untamed, Invisible Child, The Dutch House, Stolen Focus, Caste, and Lessons in Chemistry.