Books I Read in 2023

New Year, New Books

I hope everyone has been having a wonderful Christmas season and that 2024 has been treating them well.

For some reason, I enjoy looking at the lists of books people have read in a given year. I’m not really sure why I enjoy that, but I do. Maybe it’s because it gives me a peak into their lives and I get to see the diversity of topics people are interested in. Maybe it’s because I get the chance to vicariously connect with someone over a shared book.

Who knows?

Anyway, here is the list of books I finished in 2023 in roughly the order I read them. I started a bunch of other books, but I have not finished them yet. Maybe they will appear in the next year’s book list.

I also read a number of Gene Wolfe short stories found in a couple of his collections.

What did you read in 2023? Post your favorites in the comments below.

1. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

   

2. Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Donald H. Calloway, MIC

   

3. Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code by Grzegorz Gorny, Janusz Rosikon

   

4. The Turquoise Serpent by Alexander Palacio

   

5. The R. A. Lafferty Megapack by R. A. Lafferty

   

6. Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty

   

7. The Owl, The Raven, and The Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales by G. Ronald Murphy, S. J.

   

8. Seren of the Wildwood by Marly Youmans

   

9. Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)

   

10. Beowulf translated by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)

    

11. Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney

    

12. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

    

13. The Flowers of the Moon by Alexander Palacio

    

14. On Teaching Fairy Stories by Junius Johnson

    

15. Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis (reread)

    

16. Perelandra by C. S. Lewis (reread)

    

17. My Brother’s Keeper by Tim Powers

    

18. The Angels and Their Mission by Jean Danielou, S. J.

    

19. Declare by Tim Powers (reread)