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2023
My Year in Books
10,939
pages read
39
books read


Your Orisons May Be Recorded by Laurie Penny
Shortest Book
20
pages
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
Longest Book
724
pages

Average book length in 2023
280
pages

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Most Shelved
1,281,586
people also shelved
Count Screwloose Collection by Kari A. Therrian
Least Shelved
0
people also shelved

Steve’s average rating for 2023
4.7
4.7

Spook Street by Mick Herron
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.36 average

Steps Through the Mist by Zoran Živković

Steve’s first review of the year

it was amazing
This was my first time reading Zivkovic. The hype made it sound like I was gonna love him, just the kind of thing I like, and they say he's fantastic. Considering how high my hopes were, the stories were very good, two of them great. I give it five stars because I may have expected too much. He gets compared repeatedly to Borges and Calvino; I felt that the stories were more like really good Twilight Zones. Which is great! I'll definitely read mo ...more

STEVE’S 2023 BOOKS
Liberty Bar by Georges Simenon
Maigret and the Apparition by Georges Simenon
Spook Street by Mick Herron
it was amazing
Fifty Works of English Literature We Could Do Without by Brigid Brophy
Maigret and the Idle Burglar by Georges Simenon
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine by Georges Simenon
London Rules by Mick Herron
Mean Baby by Selma Blair
Joe Country by Mick Herron
Slough House by Mick Herron
it was amazing
Bad Actors by Mick Herron
Maigret and the Madwoman by Georges Simenon
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges Simenon
Steps Through the Mist by Zoran Živković
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood
The Mortdecai Trilogy by Kyril Bonfiglioli
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse by Georges Simenon
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
it was amazing
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
Count Screwloose Collection by Kari A. Therrian
The Spy's Wife by Reginald Hill
Maigret and the Toy Village by Georges Simenon
Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey
The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Gallows Court by Martin Edwards
Your Orisons May Be Recorded by Laurie Penny
it was amazing
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
American By Day by Derek B. Miller
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
Remembrance Day by Henry Porter
A Children's Almanac of Words at Play by Willard R. Espy
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
The Divinity Student by Michael Cisco
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
it was amazing
Metropolis by Philip Kerr

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Steve’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Like everyone says, it's a unique book. And it's incredibly complex. Somewhere along the line I missed a few things, which made the end a little confusing. The book really takes a lot of concentration, but it's worth it. ...more
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