Sunday, December 31, 2023

2023 Reading List

 

“Speech codes and book bans may start in opposing camps, but both warm their hands over freedom’s ashes.”

--Ron Charles, Washington Post


January
1. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

2. Joe Country, Mick Herron

3. The Woman In Cabin 10, Ruth Ware

4. The Philosophy of Modern Song, Bob Dylan

5. The Kings of Cool, Don Winslow

6. Slough House, Mick Herron

7. Everybody Knows, Jordan Harper

8. The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware


February

9. Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis

10. Maus Now, Selected Writings, ed. Hillary Chute

11. Bad Actors, Mick Herron

12. The Damned Lovely, Adam Frost

13. The Trail to Buddha’s Mirror, Don Winslow

14. Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

15. My Captain America, A Granddaughter’s Memoir of a

        Legendary Comic Book Artist, Megan Margulies

16. Around the World with Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis

17. Still Pictures, On Photography and Memory, Janet Malcom

18. A Cool Breeze on the Underground, Don Winslow

19. Oath of Loyalty, Kyle Mills

20. Every Man A King, Walter Mosley


March

21. Total Power, Kyle Mills

22. The Way They Were, Robert Hofler

23. East of Eden, John Steinbeck

24. Stan Lee, The Man Behind Marvel. Bob Batchelor

25. Separation of Power, Vince Flynn

26. The Lying Game, Ruth Ware

27. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Maggie O’Farrell

28. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

29. The Chill, Ross Macdonald


April

30. The Big Sleep, Raymond  Chandler

31. My Lover’s Love, Maggie O’Farrell

32. My Antonia, Willa Cather

33. Storm Watch, C.J. Box

34. Order to Kill, Kyle Mills

35. Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls

36. So Shall You Reap, Donna Leon

37. Ozark Dogs, Eli Cranor

38. Comic Books and America 1945-1954, William W. Savage Jr.

39. Beastly Things, Donna Leon


May

40. The Trackers, Charles Frazier

41. Superman Is Jewish?, Harry Brod

42. Enemy at the Gates, Kyle Mills

43. Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan, Rick Bowers

44. The Rescue, T. Jefferson Parker

45. Standing in the Shadows, Peter Robinson

46. City of Dreams, Don  Winslow

47. Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane. Novel

48. The Wager, A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

        David Grann

49. Season of Skulls, Charles Stross


June

50. Independence Square, Martin Cruz Smth

51. Fixit, Joe Ide

52. Lethal Agent, Vince Flynn

53. A Brutal Reckoning, Peter Cozzens

54. The Hag, The Life, Times, and Music of 

        Merle Haggard, Marc Eliot

55. The Haunted Lady, Mary Roberts Rinehart

56. The Siberian Dilemma, Martin Cruz Smith

57. Beware the Woman, Megan Abbott


July

58. All The Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby

59. Zero Days, Ruth Ware

60. King A Life, Jonathan Eig

61. Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky

62. Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead

63. Transfer of Power, Vince Flynn


August

64. Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky

65. Be Mine, Richard Ford

66. American Assassin, Vince Flynn

67. Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky

68. Tom Lake, Ann Patchett

69. Pursuit of Honor, Vince Flynn

70. Wool, Hugh Howey

71. Our Town, Thornton Wilder

72. The Last Man, Vince Flynn

73. The Second Murderer, Denise Mina

74. The Invincible Gene Colan, ed. Clifford Meth


September

75. Invisible Sun, Charles Stross

76. Somebody’s Fool, Richard Russo

77. The Rediscovery of America, Native Peoples 

        and the Unmaking of U.S. History, Ned Blackhawk

78. Prom Mom, Laura Lippman

79. Holly, Stephen King

80. Chenneville, Paulette Jiles

81. The Secret Hours, Mick Herron

82. The Longmire Defense, Craig Johnson

83. Executive Power, Vince Flynn


October

84. Peter & Max, Bill Willingham

85. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, David Browne

86. Memorial Day, Vince Flynn

87. O Pioneers, Willa Cather

88. Shift, Hugh Howey

89. The Funeral and Other Stories, Tessa Hadley

90. Monica, Daniel Clowes

91. Menewood, Nicola Griffith


November

92. Larry McMurtry, A Life, Tracy Daugherty

93. The History of Tom Jones, A  Foundling, Henry Fielding

94. The Secret, Lee & Andrew Child

95. Sharpe’s Havoc, Bernard Cornwell

96. Dust, Hugh Howey

97. Resurrection Walk, Michael Connelly

98. Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Kate Atkinson

99. Sharpe’s Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell

100. Sharpe’s Triumph, Bernard Cornwell

101. MCU, The Reign of Marvel Studios, Joanna Robinson, 

        Dave Gonzales & Gavin Edwards

102. Analysis of Bone, Stephen Weiner

103. Uhtred’s Feast, Bernard Cornwell


December

104. Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens

105. Dark Ride, Lou Berney

106. Thomas Nast, The Father of Modern Political Cartoons,  

        Fiona Deans Halloran

107. Code Red, Kylle Mills

108. Sharpe’s Assassin, Bernard Cornwell

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