My reading list

2023 was the year audiobooks snuck into the rotation. Hunter S. Thompson gonzo-ing through Vegas, Rowling’s first Harry Potter, and James Clear’s Atomic Habits all landed via headphones rather than pages. The Wheel of Time pressed on through Winter’s Heart and Crossroads of Twilight, widely considered the series’ slow patch, and I can confirm the reputation.

The Expanse pulled me in with Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War back-to-back, and Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness held the literary sci-fi corner. Harper Lee for a long-overdue classic, Brad Stone’s The Everything Store for the Bezos origin story, and Charlie Bird’s Time and Tide, a difficult and unforgettable memoir written after his MND diagnosis.

11 books out of a target of 25. A step back from last year.