What I read in 2023
By Astrid Bracke
What I read in 2023
By Astrid Bracke
A list of the books I read in 2023
About half of the books I read this year are rereads--some books I reread once a year it seems--about half are new (to me) titles.
Books that are currently not available through Bookshop.org but which I read in 2023:
- Profit First, Mike Michalowicz
- Wir hätten uns alles gesagt, Judith Hermann
- Anatomie der Wolken, Lea Singer
- Das mangelnde Licht, Nino Harataschwili
- The Island of Wings, Karen Altenberg
- The Believers, Zoe Heller
- Wat mama niet vertellen kon, Marcel Maassens
- Welten Auseinander, Julia Franck
Cahokia Jazz: From the prizewinning author of Golden Hill ‘the best book of the century’ Richard Osman
Francis (author) Spufford
£20.00 £19.00
Prep: The startling coming-of-age novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld
£10.99 £10.44
The Red Bird Sings: A chilling and gripping historical gothic fiction debut, shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2023
AOIFE FITZPATRICK
£16.99 £16.14
Playing Games: The gorgeous debut novel from the acclaimed author of How We Met
Huma Qureshi
£16.99 £16.14
Wellness: An epic story of a marriage from New York Times bestselling author of The Nix
Nathan Hill
£20.00 £19.00
In the Upper Country: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024
KAI THOMAS
£9.99 £9.49
Dawnlands: the number one bestselling author of vivid stories crafted by history
Philippa Gregory
£20.00 £19.00
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
£10.99 £10.44Reread, and fun to revisit a book I used to love in my early twenties
Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Garden
Marchelle Farrell
£16.99 £16.14
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
£10.99 £10.44
The Late Americans: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Real Life
Brandon Taylor
£18.99 £18.04
Companion piece: The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of How to be both
Ali Smith
£9.99 £9.49
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death: The Breathtaking Number One Bestseller
Maggie O'Farrell
£9.99 £9.49
Kairos: Winner of the International Booker Prize
Jenny (Y) Erpenbeck
£16.99 £16.14I read this in the German original
Prodigal Summer: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Barbara Kingsolver
£9.99 £9.49Reread
Free Love: The exhilarating new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Late in the Day
Tessa Hadley
£9.99 £9.49
The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
£10.99 £10.44
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: Longlisted for the Booker Prize
David Mitchell
£10.99 £10.44Reread
Expectation: The most razor-sharp and heartbreaking novel of the year
Anna Hope
£9.99 £9.49I really enjoyed this novel about a group of friends through the years (another reread).
The Outrun
Amy Liptrot
£10.99 £10.44I enjoyed going back to this book, especially to reading about literally taking one day at a time, and island life (reread).
A God in Ruins: Costa Novel Award Winner 2015
Kate Atkinson
£9.99 £9.49Such a perfect novel, that I was pleased to read again--the end is everything!
