My 2023 Reading Year
Last year I read 123 books, 22 more than in 2022. Bizarrely, my total for 2021 was also exactly 123.
JanuaryClaire McGowan A Savage HungerFarzana Doctor SevenLouise Penny A World of CuriositiesMatt Haig The Midnight Library (CDs)Vanda Symon OverkillPeter Robinson Not Dark YetPeter Robinson Many Rivers to CrossJohn Banville April in SpainMarian Keyes Rachel’s HolidayVanda Symon The RingmasterClaire McGowan The Killing HouseHayley Scrivenor Dirt CreekMark S Burrows and Jon M Sweeney Meister Eckhart’s Book of SecretsBelinda Bauer Exit FebruaryGillian McAllister Wrong Place, Wrong Time Elizabeth George Something to Hide (sound file)Liane Moriarty Apples Never Fall (sound file)Ajay Chowdhury The WaiterAjay Chowdhury The CookDervla Murphy Full Tilt (CD) MarchMichael Noble The Secret Life of SpiesJoseph O’Connor Ghost LightLee Child Never Go Back (CD)Jane Harper ExilesJacqueline Winspear Birds of a Feather (audio file)Lee Child The Midnight Line (CD)Amitav Ghosh Gun Island (sound file)Vaseem Khan The Lost Man of BombayMatias Faldbakken The Waiter (only read half and lost interest)Lisa Jewell The Family Remains AprilLee Child Night School (CD)David Miles How Vaccines WorkJohn O’Donohue Walking in WonderPatrick Radden Keefe Empire of PainJoanna Quinn The Whalebone TheatreLee Child The Enemy (sound file) Roald Dahl James and the Giant PeachRobert Harris MunichSarah Jane Stratford Radio GirlsRichard Bach IllusionsAnn Cleeves Silent Voices (CD) Ann Rossiter Ireland’s Hidden Diaspora: the Abortion Trail and the Making of a London-Irish Underground 1980 – 2000 MayAnn Cleeves The Glass House Lee Child TripwireLee Child PersuaderNuala O’Faolin A Radiant LifePeter Robinson Standing in the ShadowsTim Cope On the Trail of Genghis Khan (CDs)Nuala O’Faolain Almost There: the Onward Journey of a Dublin WomanNuala O’Faolain Are You Somebody: Accidental Memoir of a Dublin WomanColette Caddle The Secrets we KeepMelodie Campbell The Merry Widow MurdersAlexander McCall Smith The Secret Life of Spies & The Exquisite Art of Getting Even JuneAlexander McCall Smith The Enigma of GarlicRobert Harris FatherlandClarice Lispector The Woman who Killed the Fish and other StoriesKevin Wignall A Death in SwedenAudrey Magee The ColonyAngela Duckworth Grit (sound file)Elly Griffiths The Last RemainsAnne M. Nochasak The Ice WidowBianca Marais Hum if you Don’t Know the WordsRenny de Groot Heritage HouseScott Shapiro Fancy Bear Goes PhishingIona Whishaw To Track a Traitor JulyBianca Marais If you Want to make God LaughMarion Ehrenburg The Language of DreamsKate Morton The HomecomingLucy Jones Losing Eden Jane Harper Exiles (re listened to notice fiction techniques)Jacqueline Winspear The White LadyEleanor Catton Birnam WoodColleen Hoover Ugly LoveBonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry 9AugustWendy Holden The Royal Governess (sound file)Kevin Kelly Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known EarlierAbigail Thomas What Comes Next and How to Like ItSarah Bakewell At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being & Apricot CocktailsAlice Miller The Drama of the ChildMick Herron Standing by the WallStephen Wolinsky Trances People Live Miranda Cowley Heller The Paper Palace SeptemberLiane Moriarty Truly Madly GuiltyJames Wolff Beside the Syrian SeaWilliam Hablitzel Dying was the Best Thing that ever Happened to meAoife Clifford Second SightSabine Hossenfelder Existential PhysicsClare MacIntosh The Last PartyJohn LeCarre A Most Wanted ManClaire Keegan FosterFrances Peck Uncontrolled FlightLisa Jewell The Girls in the Garden OctoberLiane Moriarty Nine Perfect StrangersLisa Jewell None of this is True Rosamunde Pilcher The Shell Seekers Victoria Clayton MoonshineRichard Osman The Last Devil to DieEmilia Hart WeywardJenni L. Walsh The Call of the WrensElly Griffiths The Night Hawks (sound file)Janet Sternberg The Writer on Her Work: New Essays in New TerritoryAjay Chowdhury The DetectiveMick Herron The Secret HoursAdrian McKinty The Cold Cold Ground (listened to, had read before) November John Le Carre The Pigeon TunnelAdrian McKinty Rain Dogs (listened to, had read before)Adrian McKinty Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly (audio, prev read)Adrian McKinty I Hear the Sirens in the Street (second reading)Adrian McKinty In the Morning I’ll be Gone (second reading)Kate Atkinson Normal Rules don’t Apply (audio)Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Turned On and OffAdrian McKinty The Detective Up LateStuart Neville The House of Ashes 9 DecemberJan Morris Trieste and the Meaning of NowhereOliver Burkeman Four Thousand WeeksCaroline O’Donohue The Rachel Incident100% Yes Steve WellsCarlo Rovelli White Holes Carlo Rovelli The Order of TimeParini Shroff The Bandit QueensJan Morris AllegorizingsCC Humphreys Someday I’ll Find You