Books I finished in 2023
Dec. 25th, 2023 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
m_oonmoonI have thoroughly neglected this account. I started out with so much verve to actively engage with books that I've read by reviewing every single one, no matter how little I have to say about them. Obviously, that didn't happen. Work has been very hectic, I've been busy with my personal life and to be perfectly honest, I just have frighteningly very little to say about anything.
Anyway, I finally got a personal PC so I am once again feeling motivated to post more frequently. This list is purely for documentation purposes. I don't want to contribute to this weird culture that bookish communities only have where everyone seems to be flexing on how many books they have read in a year. This list is mostly an excuse to post something today. I have also noted down the dates when I finished each book just to track my most productive reading months.
Merry Christmas to you all!
1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (1.2)*
2. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (1.8)*
3. The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel (1.26)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2.2)
5. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (2.13)
6. Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2.16)
7. The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (2.17)
8. White Noise by Don DeLillo (2.25)
9. The Colony by Audrey Magee (3.4)
10. Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3.24)
11. The Scar by China Mieville (4.15)
12. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (4.22)
13. The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa (4.25)
14. The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace (5.5)
15. The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (5.13)*
16. New Dark Age: Technology and The End of The Future (5.22)
17. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (5.28)*
18. Lonely Castle in The Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura (6.1)
19. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (6.24)
20. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (6.25)
21. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (7.6)
22. This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Montar and Max Gladstone (7.15)
23. Ambergris Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (8.16)
24. The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel (8.22)
25. Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace (9.3)
26. Pedagogy of The Oppressed by Paulo Freire (9.14)
27. Bolla by Pajtim Statovci (9.21)
28. The Remains of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (9.25)
29. Trust by Hernan Diaz (10.10)
30. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (10.22)
31. The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty (11.4)
32. Railsea by China Mieville (11.26)
33. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (12.21)
34. The Sellout by Paul Beatty (12.30)
*Re-read
I finished less books this year but I don't mind too much. This year has treated me very well. I hope next year will be just as good to me. :)
Anyway, I finally got a personal PC so I am once again feeling motivated to post more frequently. This list is purely for documentation purposes. I don't want to contribute to this weird culture that bookish communities only have where everyone seems to be flexing on how many books they have read in a year. This list is mostly an excuse to post something today. I have also noted down the dates when I finished each book just to track my most productive reading months.
Merry Christmas to you all!
1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (1.2)*
2. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (1.8)*
3. The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel (1.26)
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2.2)
5. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (2.13)
6. Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2.16)
7. The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (2.17)
8. White Noise by Don DeLillo (2.25)
9. The Colony by Audrey Magee (3.4)
10. Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3.24)
11. The Scar by China Mieville (4.15)
12. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (4.22)
13. The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa (4.25)
14. The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace (5.5)
15. The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (5.13)*
16. New Dark Age: Technology and The End of The Future (5.22)
17. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (5.28)*
18. Lonely Castle in The Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura (6.1)
19. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (6.24)
20. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (6.25)
21. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (7.6)
22. This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Montar and Max Gladstone (7.15)
23. Ambergris Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (8.16)
24. The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel (8.22)
25. Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace (9.3)
26. Pedagogy of The Oppressed by Paulo Freire (9.14)
27. Bolla by Pajtim Statovci (9.21)
28. The Remains of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (9.25)
29. Trust by Hernan Diaz (10.10)
30. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (10.22)
31. The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty (11.4)
32. Railsea by China Mieville (11.26)
33. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (12.21)
34. The Sellout by Paul Beatty (12.30)
*Re-read
I finished less books this year but I don't mind too much. This year has treated me very well. I hope next year will be just as good to me. :)