Books Read in 2023

Books are listed in the chronological order I read them. The links in this list are to my reviews – some ‘reviews’ are mini reviews/notes or as parts of composite posts (not all books will be reviewed).

Key:

  • F = Fiction
  • K = Kindle
  • CF = Crime Fiction
  • HF = Historical Fiction
  • LB = library book
  • N = novella
  • S = short story/short stories
  • TBR = book acquired before 1 Jan 2021
  • RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
  • RR = re-read
  • B = book borrowed from family/friends
  • NF = non-fiction
  • AB = Audiobooks

January

  1. The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb 2.5* rounded up to 3* F, K, TBR
  2. The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jonasson 3* F, K RB, TBR
  3. Ghost Walk by Alanna Knight 3* CF, F, HF, TBR
  4. Aftermath by Peter Robinson 3* CF, F, K, TBR
  5. Underworld by Reginald Hill 5* CF,F, TBR
  6. Lion by Conn Iggulden 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
  7. The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel 3* F, HF, K, TBR
  8. Shroud of Darkness by E C F Lorac 4* CF, F K, TBR

February

  1. The Dancing Bear by Francis Faviell 5* NF, K, TBR
  2. The City of Tears by Kate Mosse 4* F, HF, K, RB TBR
  3. On the Beach by Nevil Shute 5* F, K, TBR
  4. Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry 4* F, K, RB
  5. A Death in Tuscany by Michele Giuttari 4* CF, F, TBR
  6. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 4* F, HF, K, LB
  7. The Shadows of London by Andrew Taylor 5* CF, F, HF, K, RB

March

  1. The Summer That Never Was by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  2. How to Save a Life by S D Robertson 3* F, K, RB, TBR
  3. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym 5* F, K
  4. The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves 5* CF, F, HF, K, RB, TBR
  5. Give Unto Others by Donna Leon 3* CF, F, K, TBR
  6. Not Dead Yet by Peter James 4* CF, F, K, TBR

April

  1. This Nowhere Place by Natasha Bell 3* F, K, RB, TBR
  2. Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks 2* F, K
  3. Elizabeth Macarthur: A life at the edge of the world by Michelle Scott Tucker 4* NF, K, TBR
  4. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 4* F, K, N
  5. The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson 3.5* NF, TBR
  6. Asking for the Moon by Reginald Hill 3* F, TBR
  7. The Close by Jane Casey 2* F, K
  8. Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  9. The Driftwood Girls by Mark Douglas-Home 4* CF, F, K, TBR

May

  1. Put on by Cunning by Ruth Rendell 3* CF, F, K, RR
  2. Before the Poison by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, RR
  3. The Light Between the Oceans by M L Stedman 4* F, HF, TBR
  4. A Deadly Thaw by Sarah Ward 3* CF,F, K, TBR
  5. The Road Towards Home by Corinne Demas 5* F, K
  6. The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat & Tyres: The Autobiography by Si King and Dave Myers 5* NF, TBR
  7. Empire by Conn Iggulden 5* F, HF, K, RB

June

  1. The Man With No Face by Peter May 5* CF, F, K
  2. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones 5* F, TBR
  3. Lady’s Well by L J Ross 4* CF, F, K

July

  1. The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths 5* CF, F, K
  2. The Cut by Christopher Brookmyre 4* CF, F, K
  3. The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  4. Loch Down Abbey by Beth Cowan-Erskine 4* F, HF, K, TBR
  5. Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister 5* CF, F, K, RB
  6. A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon 5* CF, F, TBR
  7. Death is Now My Neighbour by Colin Dexter 5* CF, F, TBR

August

  1. The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths 4* CF, F, K
  2. A Dirty Death by Rebecca Tope 3* CF, F, K
  3. The Vanishing Tide by Hilary Tailor 5* F, K, TBR
  4. The Birthday Girl by Sarah Ward 4* , CF, F, K
  5. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 4* F, TBR

September

  1. Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  2. Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson 4.5* CF, F, K, TBR
  3. A Winter Grave by Peter May 5* CF, F
  4. The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman 4* NF, K, RB
  5. The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz 4* CF, F, K
  6. Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  7. The Thread by Victoria Hislop 3* F, HF, LB

October

  1. The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths 4* CF, F, TBR
  2. Winter of the World by Ken Follett 4* F, HF, K, TBR
  3. The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley 4* F, HF, HK, TBR
  4. Ultra Processed People by Chris van Tulleken 5* K, NF
  5. Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley 5* K, NF
  6. Fair Stood the Wind for France by H E Bates 3.5*, F, K, TBR
  7. Virginia Woolf vol 1 by Quentin Bell 5* NF, TBR

November

  1. The Rise by Ian Rankin 3.5* CF, F, K, S
  2. Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf 4*F, K, N, TBR
  3. One Snowy Night Before Christmas by Ava Bradley 3* F, K, N, TBR
  4. Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville 4* F, K, RB
  5. The Sixth Lie by Sarah Ward 5* CF, F
  6. The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks 3* F, K
  7. Every Man For Himself by Beryl Bainbridge 3* F, HF, TBR
  8. Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson 3* CF, F, K, TBR

December

  1. Blue Murder by Cath Staincliffe 3* CF, F, K
  2. Just One Thing by Michael Mosley 5* K, NF, RB
  3. Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  4. Munich Wolf by Rory Clements 3.5* rounded up to 4* F, HF, K, RB
  5. Hemingway’s Chair by Michael Palin 4* F, TBR
  6. A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel 5* K, NF