2023

 

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 **      
Birnam Wood ~ Eleanor Catton DNF  
Bridge ~ Lauren Beukes DNF  
The Book Of Strange New Things ~ Michael Faber **      
The Book Of The Goose ~ Yiyun Li **      

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 ****         

The Guest ~ Emma Cline DNF       

DNF       The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store ~ James McBride DNF       
Himself ~ Jess Kidd ****         
Honor ~ Thrity Umrigar ****         

Killers of the Flower Moon ~ David Grann **.           

The Land Of Lost Things ~ John Connolly DNF       
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 ****        
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ~ Shehan Karunatilaka DNF       
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 **           

White Cat, Black Dog ~ Kelly Link DNF      
Wrong Place Wrong Time ~ Gillian McAllister ****