So here are all the books I’ve read in 2023. (I might put up my notes for them here if there is an interested soul.)
Fiction books
- Before the Cofee Gets Cold by Toshizaku Kawaguchi
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
- Babel by R.F. Kuang
- The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
Non-fiction books
- Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
Year in Review
I found 4 new favourites this year, that I would recommend to anyone and everyone:
- Tress of the Emerald Sea
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror
- Babel
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
I also found two books that I would caution people and tell them to keep away (your life will be better without them, really):
- If Cats Disappeared from the World
- The Night Circus
