2023 Books

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Here are the books I read and reviewed in 2023.

★★★★☆ Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #4)
★★★★☆ Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
★★☆☆☆ The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
★★★★☆ Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
★★★☆☆ Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn (Legendborn #2)
★★★☆☆ The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
★★★☆☆ The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
★★★★☆ Book Lovers by Emily Henry
★★★★☆ The Secret History by Donna Tartt
★★☆☆☆ After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★☆☆☆ The Burden by Mary Westmacott
★★★★☆ Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #5)
★★★☆☆ The Stars Undying by Emery Robin (Empire Without End #1)
★★★★☆ Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff
★★☆☆☆ Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
★★★★☆ Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ A Jewish Bestiary: Fabulous Creatures from Hebraic Legend & Lore by Mark Podwal
★★★☆☆ Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #2)
★★★☆☆ Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke
★★★★☆ How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
★★★☆☆ The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
★★★★☆ 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #8)
★★★☆☆ The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #6)
★★★☆☆ The Dragonslayer’s Apprentice by David Calder
★★☆☆☆ Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders #1)
★★★★☆ World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
★★★☆☆ Exiles by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk #3)
★★★☆☆ The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink
★★★☆☆ Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard (Carter & Lovecraft #1)
★★★☆☆ The Afterward by E. K. Johnston
★★★☆☆ A Sliver of Darkness by C. J. Tudor
★★★☆☆ Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
★★☆☆☆ Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
★★★★★ Sabriel by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #1)
★★★☆☆ Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
★★★★☆ The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
★★★☆☆ The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings
★★★★☆ Shōgun by James Clavell (Asian Saga #1)
★★★★☆ Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
★★★☆☆ Dark One: Forgotten by Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells
★★★★☆ Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
★★☆☆☆ Belladonna by Adalyn Grace (Belladonna #1)
★★★★☆ What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD and Oprah Winfrey
★★★☆☆ Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #36)
★★★★☆ Lirael by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #2)
★★★★☆ The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum
★★★☆☆ Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
★★☆☆☆ We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
★★★☆☆ Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander by Victoria Goddard
★★☆☆☆ Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
★★★☆☆ The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
★★☆☆☆ League of Liars by Astrid Scholte (The League of Liars #1)
★★★☆☆ The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
★★★☆☆ The Killing God by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Great God’s War #3)
★★★☆☆ The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées by Agatha Christie
★★★★☆ Abhorsen by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #3)
★★☆☆☆ Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
★★★☆☆ I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter
★★★☆☆ Paradise by Toni Morrison
★★★★☆ Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
★★★★☆ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
★★★☆☆ Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
★★★☆☆ A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
★★☆☆☆ Pines by Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines #1)
★★★☆☆ Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders
★★★☆☆ The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
★★★★☆ Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories by Garth Nix
★★★★★ The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
★★★☆☆ My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
★★☆☆☆ Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
★★☆☆☆ Marley by Jon Clinch
★★★☆☆ Swamp Story by Dave Barry
★★★☆☆ It’s OK to Be Angry about Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
★★★☆☆ My Darkest Prayer by S. A. Cosby
★★★★★ Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #8)
★★★★★ How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis, LPC
★★★☆☆ Double Sin and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
★★★☆☆ Clariel by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #4)
★★★★☆ Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) by José Rizal
★★★☆☆ Witch King by Martha Wells
★★☆☆☆ A Flaw in the Design by Nathan Oates
★★★★☆ Orion by Ben Bova (Orion #1)
★★☆☆☆ Magical Bears in the Context of Contemporary Political Theory by Jenna Katerin Moran
★★★★☆ Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
★★★★☆ Those Who Hold the Fire by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
★★★★☆ All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
★★★★☆ The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #9)
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Classics Omnibus Volume 1 by Pat Mills, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Dez Skinn, Paul Neary, Steve Moore, Grant Morrison, John Ridgway, Bryan Hitch, and Steve Parkhouse
★★★★☆ Goldenhand by Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom #5)
★★★★☆ Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
★★★★☆ Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan
★★☆☆☆ The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
★★★☆☆ Flux by Jinwoo Chong
★★★★☆ The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman (Blacktongue #1)
★★★☆☆ Vengeance of Orion by Ben Bova (Orion #2)
★★★☆☆ Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
★★☆☆☆ Orion in the Dying Time by Ben Bova (Orion #3)
★★★★☆ Light Bringer by Pierce Brown (Red Rising #6)
★★☆☆☆ The Clocks by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #39)
★★★★★ Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
★★☆☆☆ Doctor Who: Doom’s Day: Four from Doom’s Day by Darren Jones
★★★★☆ Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #1)
★★★☆☆ Secret Identity by Alex Segura
★★★★☆ Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★★☆☆ Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle #4)
★★★★☆ Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
★★★★☆ Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel
★★★★☆ The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
★★★★☆ Holly by Stephen King
★★☆☆☆ A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #10)
★★★★☆ The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
★★★☆☆ Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English by Valerie Fridland
★★★☆☆ Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★★☆☆ Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang
★★★☆☆ Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
★★★★☆ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #27)
★★★☆☆ Orion and the Conqueror by Ben Bova (Orion #4)
★★★★☆ Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
★★★★☆ Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #2)
★★★☆☆ Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #7)
★★☆☆☆ At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #11)
★★★☆☆ MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards
★★★★☆ Orion Among the Stars by Ben Bova (Orion #5)
★☆☆☆☆ Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes by Brandon Sanderson, Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins
★★★★☆ The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
★★★☆☆ System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #7)
★★★☆☆ Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
★★☆☆☆ I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
★★★☆☆ Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
★★★☆☆ Horses of Fire by A. D. Rhine
★★☆☆☆ 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings
★★★☆☆ Third Girl by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #40)
★★★☆☆ Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan
★★★☆☆ A Power Unbound by Freya Marske (The Last Binding #3)
★★★★☆ Defiant by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward #4)

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