The list of books I have read during 2023. A hyperlink on a book title will lead to a review, a hyperlink on an author will lead to an author’s biography. Authors are listed by A-Z of surname. This list will obviously become more populated as the year goes on.

A

• The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

B

• The Triple Echo – HE Bates
• Exit – Belinda Bauer
• The Wombles – Elizabeth Beresford

C

• Nottinghamshire Folk Tales – Pete Castle

D

• The Pachinko Parlour – Elisa Shua Dusapin
• Magpie – Elizabeth Day

E

F

• A Fool’s Alphabet – Sebastian Faulks

G

H

I

• Strange Shores – Arnaldur Indridason

J

• Moominvalley in November – Tove Jansson
• Heatwave – Victor Jestin

K

• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent

L

• The Body in the Mist – Nick Louth

M

• War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
• Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo
• Billy the Kid – Michael Morpurgo
• The Elephant in the Garden – Michael Morpurgo
• Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries – Kate Mosse

N

• The Mind’s Eye – Hakan Nesser
• Collected Poems Volume One – Henry Normal

O

P

• The Firework-Maker’s Daughter – Philip Pullman

Q

• Stairway to Doom – Robert Quackenbush

R

• Daughters of the House – Michele Roberts

S

• Red Sky at Night – Janes Struthers

T

• Miscellany One – Dylan Thomas

U

V

• Begars Abbey – VL Valentine

W

• The Optimist’s Daughter – Eudora Welty

X

Y

Z

ANTHOLOGIES

• Michael Rosen’s A to Z – Various (edited by Michael Rosen)
• The Anthology of English Folk Tales – Various (edited by Nicola Guy)
• Demos Rising – Various