{"id":15321,"date":"2023-12-28T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2023-12-28T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T16:56:00","slug":"books-i-read-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=15321","title":{"rendered":"Books I read in 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2023, I read so many great books. Here’s a list of all the books I read in 2023 in the order I read them (not the order I enjoyed them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look back at this list, four books really stand out. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/strong><\/a> (so good I read it twice\u2014thanks Alison for the reco!), Black Cake<\/strong><\/a> (excellent, much<\/em> better than the new Hulu series), Adrift<\/a><\/strong> by a great local author Lisa Brideau, and the spectacularly ambitious and immensely readable Babel<\/a><\/strong> by R. F. Kuang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also really enjoyed the Children of Time<\/a><\/strong> trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky and the two “Moon<\/strong><\/a>” books by Waubgeshig Rice. I’d also like to mention We Do This \u2019Til We Free Us<\/a> <\/strong>by Mariame Kaba because it is the source of an amazing quote my friend Parker taught me earlier this year: Hope is a Discipline<\/em>. I think of that quote frequently when the problems of the world seem so much bigger than our efforts of repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I appreciate my book club for introducing me to books I otherwise wouldn’t have read. Every year when I publish this list I always get into great conversations about our favourite books, so what books stood out to you in 2023?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Girl, Woman, Other<\/strong> \u2014 Bernardino Evaristo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Directed by James Burrows<\/strong> \u2014 James Burrows<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Persuaders<\/strong> \u2014 Anand Giridharadas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. We Are All Made of Scars <\/strong>\u2014 Christopher Morris<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. New York 2140<\/strong> \u2014 Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. A Psalm for the Wild-Built<\/strong> \u2014 Becky Chambers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/strong> \u2014 Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy<\/strong> \u2014 Becky Chambers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Chokepoint Capitalism<\/strong> \u2014 Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. The Long Road Home<\/strong> \u2014 Debra Thompson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. The Creative Act <\/strong>\u2014 Rick Rubin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. The Myth of Normal<\/strong> \u2014 Gabor Mat\u00e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. The Theory of Crows<\/strong> \u2014 David A. Robertson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. The Power of Story<\/strong> \u2014 Harold Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Banking on a Human Scale <\/strong>\u2014 George Hofheimer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Greenwood<\/strong> \u2014 Michael Christie<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Between the World and Me<\/strong> \u2014 Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Urban Magnets <\/strong>\u2014 Bruce Haden, Mark Holland & Bruce Irvine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Care Of <\/strong>\u2014 Ivan Coyote<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Children of Time<\/strong> \u2014 Adrian Tchaikovsky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Unbroken<\/strong> \u2014 Angela Sterritt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. God Human Animal Machine<\/strong> \u2014 Meghan O\u2019Gieblyn<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Power, for All<\/strong> \u2014 Julie Battilana & Tiziana Casciaro<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Poverty, by America<\/strong> \u2014 Matthew Desmond<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. all about love<\/strong> \u2014 bell hooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Black Cake<\/strong> \u2014 Charmaine Wilkerson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece<\/strong> \u2014 Tom Hanks<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. A Visit from the Goon Squad <\/strong>\u2014 Jennifer Egan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Truth Telling<\/strong> \u2014 Michelle Good<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. How to Break Up With Your Phone <\/strong>\u2014 Catherine Price<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. An American Marriage <\/strong>\u2014 Tayari Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Junie<\/strong> \u2014 Chelene Knight<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Children of Ruin<\/strong> \u2014 Adrian Tchaikovsky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. We Do This \u2019Til We Free Us <\/strong>\u2014 Mariame Kaba<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. The Book of Boundaries <\/strong>\u2014 Melissa Urban<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Children of Memory<\/strong> \u2014 Adrian Tchaikovsky<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Stamped From The Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America <\/strong>\u2014 Ibram X. Kendi & Joel Christian Gill<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. The Country of the Blind<\/strong> \u2014 Andrew Leland<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Happy-Go-Lucky<\/strong> \u2014 David Sedaris<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. All That She Carried<\/strong> \u2014 Tiya Miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Yellowface<\/strong> \u2014 R. F. Kuang<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Post Capitalist Philanthropy<\/strong> \u2014 Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Not Here<\/strong> \u2014 Rob Goodman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Ducks<\/strong> \u2014 Kate Beaton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. American Prometheus <\/strong>\u2014 Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. Doppelganger <\/strong>\u2014 Naomi Klein<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Monsters<\/strong> \u2014 Claire Dederer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. The Righteous Mind <\/strong>\u2014 Jonathan Haidt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. Moon of the Crusted Snow <\/strong>\u2014 Waubgeshig Rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. Adrift<\/strong> \u2014 Lisa Brideau<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Moon of the Turning Leaves <\/strong>\u2014 Waubgeshig Rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. MCU: The Rise of Marvel Studios<\/strong> \u2014 Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, & Gavin Edwards<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. The Candy House: A Novel<\/strong> \u2014 Jennifer Egan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. Sure, I\u2019ll Join Your Cult<\/strong> \u2014 Maria Bamford<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. The Fire Next Time <\/strong>\u2014 James Baldwin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. Babel<\/strong> \u2014 R. F. Kuang<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/strong> \u2014 Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. Young Jane Young<\/strong>  \u2014 Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Happy 2024, all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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