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What was your favorite read of 2023?
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Some favorites in no particular order:
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Bel Canto and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
All the books on birds by Jennifer Ackerman
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Nettle & Bone and Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Dutch House was one of my favorite reads from 2022.