Books I Read in 2023

 

Books I Read in 2023

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain; audiobook, read by Stanley Tucci)
2. The Day the World Came to Town:  9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland (Jim DeFede; audiobook, read by Ray Porter)
3. Rez Dogs (Joseph Bruchac)
4. In Search of the Free Individual:  The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul (Svetlana Alexievich; translated by Jamey Gambrell)
5. All Systems Red:  The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1 (Martha Wells)
6. War and Peas:  Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers (Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich)
7. Star Child:  A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler (Ibi Zoboi)
8. American Sirens:  The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics (Kevin Hazzard; audiobook, read by Gilbert Glenn Brown)
9. Catch the Light:  Why I Write (Joy Harjo)
10. 4:50 from Paddington (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Joan Hickson)
11. Aliens:  Dead Orbit (James Stokoe)
12. And There Was Light:  Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle (Jon Meacham; audiobook, read by Jon Meacham)
13. Rocket Men:  The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (Robert Kurson; audiobook, read by Ray Porter)
14. South to America:  A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Imani Perry; audiobook, read by Imani Perry)
15. The 13 Clocks (James Thurber)
16. Above Ground:  Poems (Clint Smith)
17. River of the Gods:  Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Candice Millard; audiobook, read by Paul Michael)
18. The Best Strangers in the World:  Stories from a Life Spent Listening (Ari Shapiro; audiobook, read by Ari Shapiro)
19. My Dog May Be a Genius (Jack Prelutsky; audiobook, read and sung by Jack Prelutsky)
20. The Inheritance Games (Jennifer Lynn Barnes)
21. Alive at the End of the World:  Poems (Saeed Jones)
22. These Precious Days:  Essays (Ann Patchett; audiobook, read by Ann Patchett)
23. Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Edith Grossman)
24. Liberation Day:  Stories (George Saunders; audiobook read by George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi Patterson, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, Melora Hardin, and Stephen Root)
25. Mountains Beyond Mountains:  The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Tracy Kidder)
26. This is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone)
27. Amoralman:  A True Story and Other Lies (Derek Delgaudio)
28. *Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell)
29. 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike (edited by Elizabeth Catt, Emily Hilliard, and Jessica Salfia)
30. The Evidence of Things Not Seen (James Baldwin)
31. I Do Everything I'm Told:  Poems (Megan Fernandes)
32. Death in a Prairie House:  Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders (William R. Drennan; audiobook, read by Jim Fleming)
33. Stupid Hope:  Poems (Jason Shinder)
34. Musical Tables:  Poems (Billy Collins)
35. Hallowe'en Party (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
36. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
37. The Skull (Jon Klassen)
38. ABC Murders (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
39. Hickory Dickory Dock (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
40. Master of the Senate:  The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 3 (Robert Caro)
41. Murder in Three Acts (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
42. Yellowface (R.F. Kuang; audiobook, read by Helen Laser)
43. The Book of Delights:  Essays (Ross Gay; audiobook, read by Ross Gay)
44. Sleeping Murder (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Stephanie Cole)
45. The Passage of Power:  The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4 (Robert Caro)
46. Minor Threats, Volume 1:  A Quick End to a Long Beginning (Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring, and Nate Piekos)
47. A Fortune for Your Disaster:  Poems (Hanif Abdurraqib; audiobook, read by Hanif Abdurraqib)
48. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Christopher Moore)
49. Death in the Clouds (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
50. The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Stephanie Cole)
51. Thirteen at Dinner (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser)
52. White Cat, Black Dog:  Stories (Kelly Link)
53. At Bertram's Hotel (Agatha Christie; audiobook, read by Stephanie Cole)
54. One Above & One Below:  New Poems (Erin Belieu)
55. The Tragedy of Brady Sims (Ernest J. Gaines)
56. Robot Dreams (Sara Varon)
57. Sing To It:  Stories (Amy Hempel)
58. Your Pal Fred (Michael Rex)
59. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens; audiobook, abridged, read by Patrick Stewart)
60. Old in Art School:  A Memoir of Starting Over (Nell Irvin Painter; audiobook, read by Nell Irvin Painter)