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Meeting New Books: First Impressions Reviews

Look Back on First Impressions 2023

Reading other people's opinions on a book is a fun way to decide whether you want to read it yourself. With BookBrowse's First Impressions program, you can dive into a variety of personal perspectives on new titles, enjoying honest reviews from multiple independent readers to form an idea of a book similar to what you might gather from a casual conversation with a group of friends.

We make sure our First Impressions reviews and ratings are free from any connections to an author or outside influences by exclusively featuring feedback from members who opt in to the program and receive books assigned by an algorithm months ahead of publication. So you can browse high-quality comments with confidence and feel excited about choosing your next read!

In 2023, our First Impressions program covered more than 50 books. We invite you to peruse these reviews as well as ones for hundreds of other titles in our archives.

  • Ghost Season
    Rating: 4.5 / 5
  • In the Time of Our History
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • The Nazi Conspiracy
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • Moonrise Over New Jessup
    Rating: 4.4 / 5
  • Wade in the Water
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • Margot
    Rating: 3.8 / 5
  • This Other Eden
    Rating: 4.4 / 5
  • Exiles
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • River Sing Me Home
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • Stealing
    Rating: 4.8 / 5
  • The Critic's Daughter
    Rating: 4.2 / 5
  • Iron Curtain
    Rating: 4.2 / 5
  • Homestead
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • Zig-Zag Boy
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • The God of Endings
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • The Lost English Girl
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • Once We Were Home
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • The Last Russian Doll
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
    Rating: 4.3 / 5
  • Panther Gap
    Rating: 4.4 / 5
  • The All-American
    Rating: 4.2 / 5
  • Sisters of the Lost Nation
    Rating: 3.8 / 5
  • The Wager
    Rating: 4.4 / 5
  • The Gifts
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • Clytemnestra
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • Hotel Cuba
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • Paper Names
    Rating: 4.1 / 5
  • Pieces of Blue
    Rating: 3.9 / 5
  • The Little Italian Hotel
    Rating: 4.1 / 5
  • Banyan Moon
    Rating: 4.4 / 5
  • The Long Ago
    Rating: 3.9 / 5
  • Do Tell
    Rating: 3.5 / 5
  • King of the Armadillos
    Rating: 4.5 / 5
  • Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
    Rating: 4.2 / 5
  • Delicate Condition
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • The Montevideo Brief
    Rating: 3.8 / 5
  • A Council of Dolls
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • The Continental Affair
    Rating: 3.9 / 5
  • The September House
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • Digging Stars
    Rating: 3.9 / 5
  • All You Have to Do Is Call
    Rating: 4.5 / 5
  • The Wren, the Wren
    Rating: 3.6 / 5
  • Devil Makes Three
    Rating: 4.2 / 5
  • This Is Salvaged
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • Alfie and Me
    Rating: 4.0 / 5
  • The Roaring Days of Zora Lily
    Rating: 4.7 / 5
  • The Witches at the End of the World
    Rating: 3.9 / 5
  • Above the Salt
    Rating: 4.4 / 5

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