2023 READING LIST
in alphabetical order
- : Unfinished
Some I will give another go, some I won't
x : NO
Yuk! Really didn't like it! Can't recommend!
** : OK
Nothing more, nothing less, not worth the effort
*** : LIKE
Enjoyed it, a worthwhile read.
**** : RECOMMEND
Entertaining or enriching; a praiseworthy read
***** : FAVOURITE
Books to be prized!
*** Age Of Vice ~ Deepti Kapoor
** The Bee Sting ~ Paul Murray
** Birdman ~ Mo Hayder
DNF Birnam Wood ~ Eleanor Catton
DNF Bridge ~ Lauren Beukes
** The Book Of Strange New Things ~ Michael Faber
** The Book Of The Goose ~ Yiyun Li
DNF White Cat, Black Dog ~ Kelly Link
*** The Club ~ Ellery Lloyd
***. Cold People ~ Tom Rob Smith
***. The Covenant of Water ~ Abraham Verghese
***** Demon Copperhead ~ Barbara Kingsolver
***** Did I Ever Tell You This ~ Sam Neill
*** Fairy Tale ~ Stephen King
**. Falling ~ T. J. Newman
**** The Ferryman ~ Justin Cronin
**** Foster ~ Claire Keegan
**** The Future ~ Naomi Alderman
DNF The Guest ~ Emma Cline
DNF The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store ~ James McBride
**** Himself ~ Jess Kidd
**** Honor ~ Thrity Umrigar
**. Killers of the Flower Moon ~ David Grann
DNF The Land Of Lost Things ~ John Connolly
**** The Last Devil To Die ~ Richard Osman
***** Lessons in Chemistry ~ Bonnie Garmus
** The Nightingale ~ Hanna Kent
**** The Night Ship ~ Jess Kidd
**** North Woods ~ Daniel Mason
**** Olga Dies Dreaming ~ Xochitl Gonzalez
*** Prophet Song ~ Paul Lynch
** The Romantic ~ William Boyd
**** 'salem's Lot ~ Stephen King
DNF The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ~ Shehan Karunatilaka
** The Seven Skins of Ester Wilding ~ Holly Ringland
**** So Late In The Day ~ Claire Keegan
*** Small Mercies ~ Dennis Lehane
* The Suns Walks Down ~ Fiona McFarlane
**** Things In Jars ~ Jess Kidd
**** Tom Lake ~ Anne Patchett
*** Two Steps Forward ~ Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
*** Two Steps Onward ~ Graeme Simison
**** Under The Skin ~ Michael Faber
** The Vaster Wilds ~ Lauren Groff
**** Wrong Place Wrong Time ~ Gillian McAllister
** The Bee Sting ~ Paul Murray
** Birdman ~ Mo Hayder
DNF Birnam Wood ~ Eleanor Catton
DNF Bridge ~ Lauren Beukes
** The Book Of Strange New Things ~ Michael Faber
** The Book Of The Goose ~ Yiyun Li
DNF White Cat, Black Dog ~ Kelly Link
*** The Club ~ Ellery Lloyd
***. Cold People ~ Tom Rob Smith
***. The Covenant of Water ~ Abraham Verghese
***** Demon Copperhead ~ Barbara Kingsolver
***** Did I Ever Tell You This ~ Sam Neill
*** Fairy Tale ~ Stephen King
**. Falling ~ T. J. Newman
**** The Ferryman ~ Justin Cronin
**** Foster ~ Claire Keegan
**** The Future ~ Naomi Alderman
DNF The Guest ~ Emma Cline
DNF The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store ~ James McBride
**** Himself ~ Jess Kidd
**** Honor ~ Thrity Umrigar
**. Killers of the Flower Moon ~ David Grann
DNF The Land Of Lost Things ~ John Connolly
**** The Last Devil To Die ~ Richard Osman
***** Lessons in Chemistry ~ Bonnie Garmus
** The Nightingale ~ Hanna Kent
**** The Night Ship ~ Jess Kidd
**** North Woods ~ Daniel Mason
**** Olga Dies Dreaming ~ Xochitl Gonzalez
*** Prophet Song ~ Paul Lynch
** The Romantic ~ William Boyd
**** 'salem's Lot ~ Stephen King
DNF The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ~ Shehan Karunatilaka
** The Seven Skins of Ester Wilding ~ Holly Ringland
**** So Late In The Day ~ Claire Keegan
*** Small Mercies ~ Dennis Lehane
* The Suns Walks Down ~ Fiona McFarlane
**** Things In Jars ~ Jess Kidd
**** Tom Lake ~ Anne Patchett
*** Two Steps Forward ~ Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
*** Two Steps Onward ~ Graeme Simison
**** Under The Skin ~ Michael Faber
** The Vaster Wilds ~ Lauren Groff
**** Wrong Place Wrong Time ~ Gillian McAllister
