Friday, January 5, 2024

2023 Read Books

 I am under the impression that blogs are really not a thing anymore, as evidenced by my complete neglect of this one. However, I still like to list my reading accomplishments here because Goodreads is a cesspool of slime and hate second only to the rest of the internet.

Nevertheless, here are the many books I read in 2023. 77 new record. Pretty eclectic list all told.


The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton

The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy

Pure Meditation, Pema Chodron

The Man Who Would be King and other stories, Rudyard Kipling

A Fatal Grace, Louise Penny

5


The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny

Live Wire, Harlan Coben

White Noise, Don DeLillo

Of Boys and Men, Richard V. Reeves

A Rule Against Murder, Louise Penny

10


Origins of the Gods, Andrew Collins and  Gregory L. Little, Ed.D.

Home, Harlan Coben

A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore

The Brutal Telling, Louise Penny

Stella Maris, Cormac McCarthy

15


Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz

Future Home of the Living God, Louise Erdrich

Suspect, Robert Crais

20


The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz

It’s Okay to Be Angry at Capitalism, Bernie Sanders

Iron Gold, Pierce Brown

Zone One, Colson Whitehead 

Red Team Blues, Cory Doctorow

25


Activities of Daily Living, Lisa Hsiao Chen

This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar

The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Mark Twain

Back to the Garden, Laurie R. King

The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan

30


The Giver, Lois Lowry

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein

From Russia with Love, Ian Fleming

The Quantum and the Lotus, Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Quan Thuan

The Maltese Iguana, Tim Dorsey

35


Cannery Row, John Steinbeck

Fatal Journey, Peter. C. Mancall

Dr. No, Ian Fleming

Diamond of Jeru, Louis L’Amour

The Idea, Erik Bork

40


A Man Called Trent, Louis L’Amour

How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu

Thunderball, Ian Fleming

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Robert A. Heinlein

The Wager, David Grann

45


Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor E Frankl

Master and Commander, Patrick O’Brian

Post Captain, Patrick O’Brian

The Rider of the Lost Creek, Louis L’Amour

How I Write, Janet Evanovich, Ina Yolof

50


The Dark Sphere, Johnny Worthen

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin

Now is Not the Time to Panic, Kevin Wilson

Dark Age, Pierce Brown

Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs

55


Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weiden

A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny 

The Man From the Broken Hills, Louis L’Amour

Tenth of December, George Saunders

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig

60


Life after Life, Kate Atkinson

When Race Trumps Merit, Heather Mac Donald

HMS Surprise, Patrick O’Brian

The Shadow Over Innsmouth, H.P. Lovecraft

Stranger in a Strangle Land, Robert A. Heinlein

65


The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov

The Fifth Agreement, Don Miguel Ruiz

Total Meditation, Deepak Chopra, M.D.

I, Claudius, Robert Graves

Story Genius: Lisa Cron

70


Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey

Gilgamesh, Stephen Mitchell 

Trans, Helen Joyce

Sackett’s Land, Louis L’Amour

Beowulf, Stephen Mitchell

75


Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour

All Systems Red, Martha Wells

77


I'll consider using this blog more in 2024. Or not. I am nothing if not a lazy man. I will certainly continue to enjoy reading.



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