2023 Reading List

A great list, if a short one, and a middle finger to the past year.

Last year, I read less than I have in a very long time. This is due in large part to the fact that the past 12 months have been fairly tumultuous for a variety of fun and exciting reasons that in no way negatively impacted me.

I think I speak for a lot of people that, despite some sterling moments, 2023 pretty much sucked overall. So I forgive Past Me for reading less than usual. This year I intend to do a lot more reading and writing. My other goal is to only read books I haven’t read before. Oh, and to remember that I have a Kindle.

Books marked with * are rereads. I didn’t include books I reread pretty regularly, like Hogfather by Terry Pratchett or The Phineas Poe series by Will Christopher Baer. Everything on this list is highly recommended. You can follow most of these authors on social media - links in my Instagram post.

1. Inferno - Dante*

2. Vinegar - Rob McGlade

3. Poison For Breakfast - Lemony Snicket

4. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman*

5. The Evolution Man - Ray Lewis

6. A Slip of the Keyboard - Terry Pratchett

7. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov*

8. Invitation to a Hanging - Karin Rathert

9. The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton*

10. An Anthropologist On Mars - Oliver Sacks*

11. The Crow Road - Iain Banks

12. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski*

13. Mostly Void, Partially Stars: Episodes Volume 1 - Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Traior

14. Who Could It Be At This Hour? - Lemony Snicket

15. My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George*

16. The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness - Jim Cobb

17. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway*

Kindle Reads

1. I’m Glad My Mom is Dead - Jennette McCurdy

2. Mother Howl - Craig Clevenger

So fuck 2023 and all the bullshit it brought us.I have no idea if 2024 is going to be better, but I’m definitely better equipped to deal with it.

And as always, whatever happens good or bad, there will be books.