BookTrib Lit Picks: First Chapters from the Hottest Books - Holiday/Winter 2023

1.
Coming To Find You
Coming To Find You 3.65 avg rating — 4,711 ratings
2.
Since She's Been Gone
Since She's Been Gone 3.63 avg rating — 734 ratings
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Nosy Neighbors
Nosy Neighbors 3.77 avg rating — 9,813 ratings
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All We Buried (Sheriff Bet Rivers #1)
All We Buried (Sheriff Bet Rivers #1) 4.02 avg rating — 659 ratings
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The Other Mothers
The Other Mothers 3.83 avg rating — 35,077 ratings
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The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3)
The Empty Kayak (Queen City Crimes #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Saving Myles
Saving Myles 3.99 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Killer in a Winter Wonderland: A Rosalie Hart Mystery
Killer in a Winter Wonderland: A Rosalie Hart Mystery 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice 4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter 3.80 avg rating — 35,859 ratings
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Bride of the Tornado
Bride of the Tornado 3.17 avg rating — 837 ratings
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Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga
Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga 3.76 avg rating — 708 ratings
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River of Ashes (St. Benedict, #1)
River of Ashes (St. Benedict, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 808 ratings
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Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)
Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)
by: A.Y. Chao
3.37 avg rating — 3,098 ratings
15.
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic 3.19 avg rating — 43,412 ratings
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Grievar's Blood (The Combat Codes Saga, #2)
Grievar's Blood (The Combat Codes Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,077 ratings
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The Man of Legends
The Man of Legends 4.02 avg rating — 15,915 ratings
18.
The Girl from Wudang
The Girl from Wudang
by: PJ Caldas
3.71 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Dangerous Blues: Kind of a Ghost Story
Dangerous Blues: Kind of a Ghost Story 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Message
The Message 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
21.
Smokeshow (Smoke #1)
Smokeshow (Smoke #1) 4.12 avg rating — 6,267 ratings
22.
My Goodbye Girl
My Goodbye Girl 3.93 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #1)
Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 9,192 ratings
24.
When the Wind Chimes
When the Wind Chimes
by: Mary Ting
4.52 avg rating — 176 ratings
25.
Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club: a novel
Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club: a novel 3.67 avg rating — 136 ratings
26.
Write Christmas
Write Christmas 4.04 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Christmas in Silverwood
Christmas in Silverwood 4.36 avg rating — 91 ratings
28.
A Very Inconvenient Scandal
A Very Inconvenient Scandal 3.18 avg rating — 2,617 ratings
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Sun Seekers: A Novel
Sun Seekers: A Novel 3.95 avg rating — 327 ratings
30.
Maribelle’s Shadow
Maribelle’s Shadow 3.46 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Faded Genes: Searching for a Cure and Finding Home in Altamura, Italy
Faded Genes: Searching for a Cure and Finding Home in Altamura, Italy 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
32.
A Little Rain
A Little Rain it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Red Chaos (Red Hotel #3)
Red Chaos (Red Hotel #3) 4.64 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs 4.15 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Missing Diary (Crime Scene Kosovo #1)
The Missing Diary (Crime Scene Kosovo #1) 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Osprey (Miranda Chase NTSB, #13)
Osprey (Miranda Chase NTSB, #13) 4.60 avg rating — 141 ratings
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File
File
by: Gary Born
4.33 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Rain Falling on Embers (Katie McCabe, book 1)
Rain Falling on Embers (Katie McCabe, book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings
39.
The Art of Time (The Art of Time Series)
The Art of Time (The Art of Time Series) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings
40.
The Night Weaver
The Night Weaver 3.65 avg rating — 210 ratings
41.
Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong 4.48 avg rating — 14,013 ratings
42.
The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)
The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) 4.14 avg rating — 6,924 ratings
43.
The Moon That Fell from Heaven
The Moon That Fell from Heaven 4.33 avg rating — 46 ratings
44.
The Last Professional
The Last Professional
by: Ed Davis
4.03 avg rating — 192 ratings
45.
We Never Knew of Darkness
We Never Knew of Darkness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Island of the Four Ps: A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future
The Island of the Four Ps: A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future
by: Ed Hajim
4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
47.
Principles of Decision-Making and People: From a Soldier's Perspective
Principles of Decision-Making and People: From a Soldier's Perspective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
48.
The Politzer Saga
The Politzer Saga 4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings
49.
Never Say Whatever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference
Never Say Whatever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
50.
There Are (No) Stupid Questions . . . in Science
There Are (No) Stupid Questions . . . in Science 4.12 avg rating — 180 ratings
51.
Flight of the Rondone: High School Dropout VS Big Pharma: The Fight to Save My Son's Life
Flight of the Rondone: High School Dropout VS Big Pharma: The Fight to Save My Son's Life 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity (Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination)
This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity (Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings