Books I've Read: Q3 2023
Why yes, I have a book with me everywhere I go. On the way back from an art market up near the cathedral in Lausanne, I stopped in this little shaded park and read for a bit on a bench. Lausanne, Switzerland. September 10, 2023.
In rough chronological order, below I’ve listed the books I finished reading in the third quarter of 2023:
Loot, by Tania James
Dry County, by Jake Hinkson
Gentle Writing Advice, by Chuck Wendig
All the Sinners Bleed, by S. A. Cosby
The Librarianist, by Patrick DeWitt
Précipice, by Céline Denjean (French language edition)
Alchemy of a Blackbird, by Claire McMillan
The Militia House, by John Milas
Damn Fine Story, by Chuck Wendig
Ripe, by Sarah Rose Etter
The Stolen Coast, by Dwyer Murphy
How Can I Help You, by Laura Sims
Il Existera Toujours un Chemin, by Bruno Combes (French language edition)
The Nenoquich, by Henry Bean
Firebrand, by Megan Preston Meyer
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English, by Noor Naga
Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim
Big Swiss, by Jen Beagin
The Devil Takes You Home, by Gabino Iglesias
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story, by Leonie Swann
Prenez-Moi pour une Conne, by Guillaume Clicquot (French language edition)
Where the Dead Sleep, by Joshua Moehling
Breaking and Entering, by Don Gillmor
Small Town Sins, by Ken Jaworowski
L'Anomalie, by Hervé Le Tellier (French language edition)
The Men Can’t be Saved, by Ben Purkert
The Wolf Wants In, by Laura McHugh
The Way of Tarot, by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa
Secret Lives, by Mark de Castrique
Cat Brushing, by Jane Campbell
Cutting Teeth, by Chandler Baker
Terrace Story, by Hilary Leichter
Ex-Wife, by Ursula Parrott
The Marseille Tarot Revealed, by Yoav Ben-Dov
Wound, by Oksana Vasyakina
The Heart of It All, by Christian Kiefer
Black Sheep, by Rachel Harrison
North Woods, by Daniel Mason
Do You Remember Being Born?, by Sean Michaels
The September House, by Carissa Orlando
Pars Vite et Reviens Tard, by Fred Vargas (French language edition)
When I go back at the end of the quarter and review the books I’ve read, I bold the ones that wowed me in the moment and that have stuck with me over the weeks since I finished them.
And here are quick-reference links to the other books I read this year:
At the end of the year each year, I review my favorites from each quarter and narrow them down to the best of the best books I read that year. You’ll find my end-of-year list of the best of the best for 2023 here.
Click here to check out my favorites from 2022, where you’ll find as well links to that year’s quarterly favorites and to previous year’s best of the best lists as well.
As Q4 2023 has already started, you’d better believe my reading has as well!