Top Book Selections and Favorites of 2023: Reviewers, Writers, and Readers' Picks

Anchorage Daily News book reviewers Nancy Lord and David James share their favorite books of 2023. Lord's list includes "Lookout" by Christine Byl, "On Heaven's Hill" by Kim Heacox, "I'm Here: Alaskan Stories" by David Nikki Crouse, "Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong" by Michael Wejchert, "Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother's Pursuit of the Truth" by Megan Nix, "Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses" by David Scheel, and "What Water Holds" by Tele Aadsen. James highlights "Sivulliq: Ancestor" by Lily Tuzroyluke, "Eagle Drums" by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson, "The Ravenstone Chronicle" by J. Harper Haines, "Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest" by Ian Hartman and David Reamer, "Northwest Epic: The Building of the Alaska Highway" by Heath Twichell, "The History of Sled Dogs in North America: From the Bering Sea to the Atlantic Ocean" by Helen Hegener, "Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk" by Buddy Levy, "Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap" by David Roberts, "Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of the Modern Media" by Darrell Hartman, "Land of Bear and Eagle: A Home in the Kodiak Wilderness" by Tanyo Ravicz, and "Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft" by Tom Crestodina.