Books I Read in 2023

So close, and yet so far.  This year I read 50 books, two short of a goal I have long had.  The uptick is due to an entire year where I spent a lot of work lunches reading in the new building.  It makes a huge difference to have an hour or two a week devoted to reading.  Otherwise I am so busy I can barely get above 40 on a good year.  Perhaps this will be the year with a book a week average.  With that, here is what I read this year:
 
January
 
Wings of Fire: Escaping Peril – Tui Sutherland
The Life and Death of King John - William Shakespeare
The Pearl of Great Price – Various
By the Ministering of Angels – Marlene Bateman Sullivan
Rose of the Prophet: The Will of the Wanderer – Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
 
February

The Art of War – Sun Tzu
Witch Wraith - Terry Brooks
Wings of Fire: Talons of Power – Tui Sutherland
 
March
 
Tempering Steele – Glenn Rawson
Rose of the Prophet: The Paladin of the Night – Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
Allanon’s Quest – Terry Brooks
The Weapon’s Master’s Choice – Terry Brooks
The Black Irix – Terry Brooks
 
April
 
The High Druid’s Blade – Terry Brooks
The Pioneers – David McCollough
Wings of Fire: Dragons of Darkness – Tui Sutherland
Stories: Year 3 – Glenn Rawson
Rose of the Prophet: The Prophet of Akhran – Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
 
May
 
The Darkling Child – Terry Brooks
Wings of Fire: The Lost Continent – Tui Sutherland
Massacre at Mountain Meadows – Glen M. Leonard, Richard E. Turley Jr., & Ronald W. Walker
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book 1 – Bill Watterson
 
June
 
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Sorcerer’s Daughter – Terry Brooks
Wings of Fire: The Hive Queen – Tui Sutherland
 
July
 
The Tragedy of Richard the Second – William Shakespeare
The Book of Mormon - Various
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre – Will Bagley

 
August
 
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book 2 – Bill Watterson
Death Comes for the Archbishop – Willa Cather
The Black Elfstone – Terry Brooks
The New Testament – Various
Wings of Fire: The Poison Jungle – Tui Sutherland
 
September
 
Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H. Morris Collections – Richard E Turley Jr & Ronald W. Walker
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book 3 – Bill Watterson
The Virginian – Owen Wister

 
October
 
The Skaar Invasion – Terry Brooks
Wings of Fire: The Dangerous Gift – Tui Sutherland
Lost Civilizations: The Indus – Andrew Robinson
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Book 4 – Bill Watterson
Wings of Fire: The Dangerous Gift – Tui Sutherland
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Washington Irving
Aesop’s Fables – Aesop
 
November
 
The Stiehl Assassin – Terry Brooks
The Book of Mormon - Various
 
December

Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath – Barbara Jones Brown and Richard E. Turley Jr.
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
The Alliance – Gerald Lund

I don’t have a lot of superlative comments about this year’s list.  I keep plugging along on the Shannara series.  One book to go at the close of the year.  Obviously a lot of books.  I have been working on it so long it will be interesting in the new year to start a new project in that department.

The philosophy books were coincidental; they are actually part of my classic works project.  Probably worth mentioning that I read Crime and Punishment for the first time.  Really good.  I know I often gush about my re-reading, but I can’t help it.  Every time I read the Rose of the Prophet trilogy I am just delighted.  And Calvin and Hobbes is timeless.  And A Tale of Two Cities is an unparalleled masterpiece, in my opinion.  That’s enough for 2023.  Looking forward to another year of reading.

Hey, Friend, how’s it going?