The 66 Books I Read in 2023

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash.

It’s good to be writing again. And I can’t think of a better topic to start with than books!

Honestly I’m so enthused, that in 2024 I aim to read 100 of them, and to write quick reviews of each as I do.

Or at least, of those I think you’d find interesting. As you’ll see from the covers of those I read in 2023, my tastes are pretty eclectic.

Other reasons to write reviews include expanding my writing skills, and to cover a glaring absence—in hindsight, it’s just bizarre how few reviews I have actually written here over the years, despite talking about books so often. There’s also my wanting to better connect with fellow bibliophiles, and my desperate need to appear smart and know big words and stuff.

Suddenly writing sixty-six reviews at the end of 2023 was beyond even my enthusiasm though, and not just because I had a broken finger. So, I’ll wisely focus on my TBR pile instead.

As I go through it then, in the meantime here are the covers of those sixty-six books from 2023 ~~to flex~~ for your interest. And if any do look worth a read, please go to my 2023 Reading Wrap-Up at The StoryGraph (I include the link in the numbers in bold too), quickly scroll down to “2023 at a glance” at the bottom, and you can click on the covers for their details there. Which is admittedly not very tech-savvy sounding of me sorry, but frankly the 5 seconds that will take you is a much better use of our time than my creating 66 separate titles and links is (which few people would click on anyway)!

If you do take the time though, and would even like to talk about any of the titles below, please be warned I will rant or (mostly) rave about them for hours them in gratitude. If that prospect doesn’t faze you, then absolutely please do get in touch, either in the comments or via my social media! (Facebook Page, Twitter, Linkedin, Threads, Bluesky, Post, Instagram)

Happy New Year!