Here are the top ten books every Christian woman should read in 2023

If you’re hoping to pad out your “to be read” shelf with some of 2023’s most anticipated books, help is at hand. As Joanna Davey, publisher at Hodder Faith, shares the ten books she’s eagerly anticipating this year.

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Stories of friendship are my favourite kind of story as they help me value and celebrate my own relationships with those with whom I’m journeying through life. We All Want Impossible Things follows the lives of lifelong friends, Edi and Ash as they navigate a cancer diagnosis. But despite the heavy subject matter, this promises to be ‘snorty-hilarious’. Penguin suggests it’s ideal for Nora Ephron fans and readers who loved 2021’s sensation, Sorrow and Bliss – which is 100% me, so I can’t wait to pop it into my suitcase for my summer holiday read.

Pre-order here. 

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

My first encounter with Zadie Smith’s writing was devouring her Booker-Prize-shortlisted NW one long, hot summer when I lived in Willesden Green, NW6, and I’ve been a fan ever since. NW was an acutely observed tragicomedy of modern London life, whereas The Fraud is an historical novel – a genre I don’t usually care for, but I’m hoping Smith’s dazzling writing will change my mind. Centring on the Tichbourne trial, a Victorian cause celebre that captivated Victorian England, The Fraud promises to be a thought-provoking study on truth and falsehood and why we believe the stories of some and not others.

Pre-order here.