Books I read in 2023.

Black River

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by Joss Stirling

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The Venetian Candidate

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by Philip Gwynne Jones

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Devil's Table

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by Kate Rhodes

Read December 2023

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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

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by Becky Chambers

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Foe

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by Iain Reid

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A Snapshot of Murder

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by Frances Brody

Read November 2023

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Exiles

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by Jane Harper

Read October 2023

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The Night Hawks

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by Elly Griffiths

Read October 2023

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Red Team Blues

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by Cory Doctorow

Read October 2023

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Record of a Spaceborn Few

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by Becky Chambers

Read October 2023

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The Museum of Broken Promises

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by Elizabeth Buchan

Read September 2023

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Mother's Boy

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by Patrick Gale

Read August 2023

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The Long Sonata of the Dead

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by Andrew Taylor

Read August 2023

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Summer on the Little Cornish Isles: The Starfish Studio

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by Phillipa Ashley

Read July 2023

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And the Dark Sacred Night

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by Julia Glass

Read July 2023

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A Closed and Common Orbit

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by Becky Chambers

Read June 2023

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The Light of Western Stars

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by Zane Grey

Read June 2023

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Our Missing Hearts

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by Celeste Ng

Read June 2023

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The Memory of Animals

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by Claire Fuller

Read June 2023

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Tall Oaks

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by Chris Whitaker

Read May 2023

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Iron Curtain

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by Vesna Goldsworthy

Read May 2023

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Fake History

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by Otto English

Read May 2023

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A Ladder to the Sky

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by John Boyne

Read May 2023

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Control

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by Adam Rutherford

Read May 2023

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Artificial Condition

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by Martha Wells

Read May 2023

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The Heron's Cry

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by Ann Cleeves

Read April 2023

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All Systems Red

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by Martha Wells

Read April 2023

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Spring on the Little Cornish Isles - The Flower Farm

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by Phillipa Ashley

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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by Becky Chambers

Read March 2023

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The Man in the High Castle

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by Philip K Dick

Read March 2023

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Uprooted

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by Naomi Novik

Read March 2023

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Who Owns England?

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by Guy Shrubsole

Read March 2023

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Neon in Daylight

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by Hermione Hoby

Read February 2023

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The Angels of Venice

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by Philip Gwynne Jones

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Hearing Secret Harmonies

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by Anthony Powell

Read February 2023

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Mrs Death Misses Death

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by Salena Godden

Read January 2023

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The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures

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by Erin Meyer

Read January 2023

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Still Life

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by Sarah Winman

Read January 2023

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Do You Remember The First Time?

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by Jenny Colgan

Read January 2023

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