The years go by, don’t they? And although my blog continues to take a back seat to my writing and my running of the non-profit Writing Through, it lies fallow in my brain, awaiting its annual post about what I have read this year. And here we are.
This year’s list is a pretty eclectic one. It seems I escaped quite a bit into the noir world of spies and detectives. But I also dove back into my early interest in classical Greece, its mythology and culture. Plus there have been a few gaps filled, a few beloved authors revisited, and even some politically-leaning nonfiction. I must also now include the annual apology for not listing here the poetry books I read this year, but I assure you they are continually being read and, as importantly, bought.
So here is my reading list of 2023, and my wish that your 2024 is filled with joy, peace and health, plus a library full of beautiful and enlightening books.
- Louise Penny, Glass Houses
- Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind
- Louise Penny, A Better Man
- Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
- Jennifer Saint, Electra
- Robert Graves, Homer’s Daughter
- Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities
- Salman Rushdie, Victory City
- Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Your Brain on Art
- Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Today
- Emil Zola, Germinal
- Anthony Trollope, The Warden
- Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
- Arthur C. Brooks, From Strength to Strength
- Ann Patchett, The Precious Days
- Eric Foner, The Second Founding
- Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
- Henri Bosco, The Child and the River
- David Kinney, The Big One
- Mick Herron, Slow Horses
- Bill Eville, Washed Ashore
- Mick Herron, Dead Lions
- Patrick Leigh Fermor, Mani – Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
- Valerie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers
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