Books Read in 2023
Below are the books I've read in 2023. The best books of this year have been:
- A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
- All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
- Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
- Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
- East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
- Hawaii (James A. Michener)
- Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
- Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
- Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan (James Clavell)
- The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
- The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
- The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
- The Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson)
- War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
| cover - 107 | title | author | series | read | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Forge in the Forest | Michael Scott Rohan | Winter of the World | Dec 31, 2022 - Jan 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Fool Moon | Jim Butcher | The Dresden Files | Dec 31, 2022 - Jan 5, 2023 | ⭐⭐ | |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson | Secret Projects | Jan 2, 2023 - Jan 5, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | - | Dec 30, 2022 - Jan 8, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Way of Kings | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | Jan 11, 2023 - Jan 20, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Words of Radiance | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | Jan 20, 2023 - Jan 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Ashes of Man | Christopher Ruocchio | The Sun Eater | Jan 9, 2023 - Jan 30, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Ember Blade | Chris Wooding | The Darkwater Legacy | Jan 30, 2023 - Feb 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Oathbringer | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | Jan 30, 2023 - Feb 7, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Farthest Shore | Ursula K. Le Guin | Earthsea Cycle | Jan 12, 2023 - Feb 9, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Run | Blake Crouch | - | Feb 11, 2023 - Feb 11, 2023 | ⭐⭐ |
| The Little Friend | Donna Tartt | - | Feb 5, 2023 - Feb 12, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Rhythm of War | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | Feb 8, 2023 - Feb 17, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | - | Jan 5, 2023 - Feb 20, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Fifth Season | N. K. Jemisin | The Broken Earth | Feb 17, 2023 - Feb 23, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Shadow of What Was Lost | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | Feb 25, 2023 - Feb 27, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | A Farewell to Arms | Ernest Hemingway | - | Feb 25, 2023 - Feb 28, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn | Feb 24, 2023 - Mar 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Babel | R. F. Kuang | - | Feb 28, 2023 - Mar 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan | James Clavell | Asian Saga | Mar 4, 2023 - Mar 8, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn | Mar 3, 2023 - Mar 9, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | - | Mar 3, 2023 - Mar 12, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Mending the Divides | Jon Huckins, Jer Swigart | - | Feb 22, 2023 - Mar 13, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Boy's Life | Robert McCammon | - | Mar 13, 2023 - Mar 14, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson | - | Mar 14, 2023 - Mar 16, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Hero of Ages | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn | Mar 10, 2023 - Mar 17, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| An Echo of Things to Come | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | Mar 16, 2023 - Mar 18, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Sea of Tranquility | Emily St. John Mandel | - | Mar 18, 2023 - Mar 19, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Light of All That Falls | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | Mar 19, 2023 - Mar 24, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | Hainish Cycle | Mar 25, 2023 - Apr 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | - | Apr 2, 2023 - Apr 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England | Brandon Sanderson | Secret Projects | Apr 3, 2023 - Apr 4, 2023 | ⭐⭐ | |
| The Shadow Casket | Chris Wooding | The Darkwater Legacy | Apr 4, 2023 - Apr 9, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Musashi | Eiji Yoshikawa | - | Mar 18, 2023 - Apr 10, 2023 | ⭐⭐ | |
 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | - | Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 18, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| City of Stairs | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | Apr 22, 2023 - Apr 25, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Jesus and Nonviolence | Walter Wink | - | Apr 28, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Aztec | Gary Jennings | - | Apr 15, 2023 - May 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Justice of Kings | Richard Swan | Empire of the Wolf | Apr 28, 2023 - May 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Giver | Lois Lowry | The Giver Quartet | May 2, 2023 - May 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Dragonbone Chair | Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | May 3, 2023 - May 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Tyranny of Faith | Richard Swan | Empire of the Wolf | May 8, 2023 - May 14, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story | Hyeonseo Lee | - | May 14, 2023 - May 16, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| City of Blades | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | May 15, 2023 - May 19, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Will of the Many | James Islington | The Hierarchy | May 26, 2023 - May 28, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Myth of a Christian Nation | Gregory A. Boyd | - | May 16, 2023 - Jun 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry | The Giver Quartet | Jun 3, 2023 - Jun 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Stone of Farewell | Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | May 30, 2023 - Jun 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Crippled God | Steven Erikson | Malazan Book of the Fallen | Mar 8, 2023 - Jun 14, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| City of Miracles | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | Jun 15, 2023 - Jun 19, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry | - | Jun 6, 2023 - Jun 21, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Nonviolence | Preston M. Sprinkle | - | Jun 6, 2023 - Jun 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Ship of Magic | Robin Hobb | Liveship Traders | Jun 20, 2023 - Jun 30, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Yumi and the Nightmare Painter | Brandon Sanderson | Secret Projects | Jun 30, 2023 - Jul 1, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| To Green Angel Tower | Tad Williams | Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn | Jul 1, 2023 - Jul 10, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Word for World is Forest | Ursula K. Le Guin | Hainish Cycle | Jul 10, 2023 - Jul 12, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| A Farewell to Mars | Brian Zahnd | - | Jul 11, 2023 - Jul 15, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Unsouled | Will Wight | Cradle | Jul 15, 2023 - Jul 18, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | - | Jul 19, 2023 - Jul 21, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold | World of the Five Gods | Jul 22, 2023 - Jul 25, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke | - | Jul 12, 2023 - Jul 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Soulsmith | Will Wight | Cradle | Jul 30, 2023 - Jul 31, 2023 | ⭐⭐ |
| Cannery Row | John Steinbeck | - | Jul 29, 2023 - Aug 1, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Hawaii | James A. Michener | - | Jun 22, 2023 - Aug 1, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Wager | David Grann | - | Aug 3, 2023 - Aug 5, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Grace of Kings | Ken Liu | Dandelion Dynasty | Aug 3, 2023 - Aug 10, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time | Aug 13, 2023 - Aug 16, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Blackflame | Will Wight | Cradle | Aug 16, 2023 - Aug 19, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Orfeo | Richard Powers | - | Aug 16, 2023 - Aug 22, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Hand of the Sun King | J.T. Greathouse | Pact and Pattern | Aug 20, 2023 - Aug 28, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| East of Eden | John Steinbeck | - | Aug 6, 2023 - Aug 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Killing Moon | N. K. Jemisin | Dreamblood | Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Skysworn | Will Wight | Cradle | Sep 2, 2023 - Sep 5, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | - | Aug 29, 2023 - Sep 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Fall | Ryan Cahill | The Bound and the Broken | Sep 5, 2023 - Sep 7, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Wall of Storms | Ken Liu | Dandelion Dynasty | Sep 8, 2023 - Sep 21, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Middlemarch | George Eliot | - | Sep 7, 2023 - Sep 22, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | - | Sep 7, 2023 - Sep 27, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Hammer of the Sun | Michael Scott Rohan | Winter of the World | Sep 22, 2023 - Sep 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Sunlit Man | Brandon Sanderson | Secret Projects | Oct 2, 2023 - Oct 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐ | |
| The Luminaries | Eleanor Catton | - | Sep 28, 2023 - Oct 6, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte | - | Sep 24, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Hexologists | Josiah Bancroft | The Hexologists | Oct 5, 2023 - Oct 9, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Eyre Affair | Jasper Fforde | Thursday Next | Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 12, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Ghostwater | Will Wight | Cradle | Oct 12, 2023 - Oct 13, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Of Blood and Fire | Ryan Cahill | The Bound and the Broken | Oct 14, 2023 - Oct 14, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Foundryside | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy | Oct 14, 2023 - Oct 18, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | - | Oct 6, 2023 - Oct 19, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | - | Oct 12, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | The Cemetery of Forgotten Books | Oct 20, 2023 - Oct 26, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Of Darkness and Light | Ryan Cahill | The Bound and the Broken | Oct 24, 2023 - Oct 27, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | - | Oct 23, 2023 - Nov 1, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Crooked House | Agatha Christie | - | Nov 1, 2023 - Nov 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Shadowed Sun | N. K. Jemisin | Dreamblood | Oct 28, 2023 - Nov 2, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | Nov 2, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr | - | Nov 2, 2023 - Nov 10, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Claw Of The Conciliator | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | Nov 7, 2023 - Nov 15, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Taliesin | Stephen R. Lawhead | The Pendragon Cycle | Nov 16, 2023 - Nov 23, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston | - | Nov 21, 2023 - Nov 27, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky | - | Nov 2, 2023 - Nov 29, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Of War and Ruin | Ryan Cahill | The Bound and the Broken | Nov 23, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Underlord | Will Wight | Cradle | Dec 1, 2023 - Dec 3, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Empire in Black and Gold | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | Dec 4, 2023 - Dec 12, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Uncrowned | Will Wight | Cradle | Dec 15, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Dragonfly Falling | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | Dec 18, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | - | Dec 2, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese | - | Dec 14, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
