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2023
My Year in Books
18,273
pages read
Ilja Pfeijffer
44
books read
Ilja Pfeijffer
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Alcibiades by Walter M. Ellis
Shortest Book
142
pages
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman Hansen
Longest Book
1,416
pages
Average book length in 2023
415
pages
Serotonine by Michel Houellebecq
Most Shelved
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Prosopographia Attica, Volume 1 - Primary Source Edition by Johannes Kirchner
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Ilja’s average rating for 2023
4.3
4.3
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman Hansen
Highest Rated on Goodreads
it was amazing
5.00 average
Serotonine by Michel Houellebecq

Ilja’s first review of the year

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Een erg goed geschreven slecht boek.
ILJA’S 2023 BOOKS
Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership by Matthew A. Sears
The Peloponnesian War by J.F. Lazenby
Prosopographia Attica, Volume 1 - Primary Source Edition by Johannes Kirchner
it was amazing
The Athenian Trireme by J.S. Morrison
Hellenica Oxyrhynchia (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts) by Paul McKechnie
A History of the Classical Greek World, 478 - 323 BC by P.J. Rhodes
Athenian Officials 684-321 BC by Develin
A History of Greece to 322 B. C by N. G. HAMMOND
Athenian Propertied Families, 600-300 B.C. by John Kenyon Davies
Strategy by Lawrence Freedman
Democracy Ancient and Modern by M.I. Finley
The Trial of Sokrates from the Athenian Point of View by Mogens Herman Hansen
it was amazing
Thucydides on Strategy by Constantinos Koliopoulos
Prosopographia Attica, Volume 2 by Johannes Kirchner
Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis by Elspeth R.M. Dusinberre
The People of Plato by Debra Nails
Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World by Giulia Sissa
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman Hansen
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens by Jenifer Neils
Alcibiades by Walter M. Ellis
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
The Life of Alcibiades by E.F. Benson
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
it was amazing
The School of History by Mark Munn
Alcibiade. Il leone della democrazia ateniese. Stratega, poli... by Cinzia Bearzot
The Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
Xenophon I. Historia Graeca by unknown author
The Persian Empire by Amélie Kuhrt
it was amazing
An Historical Commentary on the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia by I.A.F. Bruce
Topographie von Athen by Walther Judeich
The Life of Alcibiades by Jacqueline de Romilly
The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
The Library of History, Volume V, Books 12.41-13 by Diodorus Siculus
Persians by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Nemesis by David Stuttard
Grand Strategies by Charles Hill
The Greek World 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower
Alcibiades by P.J. Rhodes
The Archaeology of Athens by John M. Camp
Serotonine by Michel Houellebecq
Sellinger by Allard Schröder
it was amazing
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
Luister by Sacha Bronwasser
Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris by Anjet Daanje
Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris by Anjet Daanje

Ilja’s last review of the year

Eindelijk heb ik het veelbesproken boek uit en dat dat zo lang heeft geduurd, is niet uitsluitend aan tijdgebrek te wijten. Natuurlijk is het goed. Het lijkt nergens op en dat is een groot compliment. Alle lof en prijzen zijn terecht. Toch heb ik ook een paar bedenkingen. Het mag misschien een bijzaak heten dat Daanje geen poëzie kan vertalen en dat ze geen goede titel heeft kunnen verzinnen. Het gebrek aan humor is wellicht eveneens overkomelijk ...more
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