Here is a list of all the books I’ve read in 2023 in chronological order. I have given each book a rating, with five stars being the highest (based purely on how much I enjoyed the book). I try to review every book I read, though not necessarily in the order that I finish reading them!

January

1. Prize Women by Caroline Lea (2023) ****
2. Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson (2023) ***
3. The Giant, O’Brien by Hilary Mantel (1998) ***
4. Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell (1934) ****
5. My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor (2023) ****
6. The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder (2003) ****
7. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (1936) ****
8. A Marriage of Fortune by Anne O’Brien (2023) ****
9. The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker (2023) *****
10. The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (1951) *****
11. Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler (2023) ****
12. The Shadows of London by Andrew Taylor (2023) *****
13. Homecoming by Kate Morton (2023) ****
14. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (2023) *****
15. Death of an Author by ECR Lorac (1935) ***
16. The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1921) ****

February

17. The Lodger by Helen Scarlett (2023) ****
18. Rivers of Treason by KJ Maitland (2023) ***
19. Savage Beasts by Rani Selvarajah (2023) **
20. Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb (2017) ****
21. The Empty World by D.E. Stevenson (1936) *****
22. Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (1955) ***
23. The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (2023) *****
24. A Laodicean by Thomas Hardy (1881) *****
25. Atalanta by Jennifer Saint (2023) ****
26. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020) ****
27. These Days by Lucy Caldwell (2022) ****

March

28. The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley (2022) *****
29. Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (1939) ***
30. The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau (2023) ****
31. Farewell, the Tranquil Mind by RF Delderfield (1950) ***

April

32. The Bird in the Tree by Elizabeth Goudge (1940) *****
33. The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes (1940) ****
34. Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry (2023) *****
35. The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer (1940) ***
36. The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr (1939) *****
37. Random Harvest by James Hilton (1941) *****
38. Inquest by Henrietta Clandon (1933) ***
39. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie (1939) *****
40. The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane (2022) **

May

41. The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (1957) *****
42. The Stolen Crown by Carol McGrath (2023) *****
43. Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott (1934) ****
44. The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor (2023) ****

June

45. The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens (1939) ****
46. The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins (1873) *****
47. The Embroidered Sunset by Joan Aiken (1970) ***
48. The Graces by Siobhan MacGowan (2023) *****

July

49. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay (1984) ****
50. Wonder Cruise by Ursula Bloom (1934) ****
51. The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer (2023) ****
52. Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle (2023) ****

August

53. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie (1944) ****
54. Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons (2023) ***
55. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950) ****
56. The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper (2022) *****
57. Ibiza Surprise by Dorothy Dunnett (1970) ****
58. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik (2006) ***
59. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue (2023) ****
60. A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin (2023) *****
61. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (1997) ***

September

62. Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin (1959) *****
63. The Appeal by Janice Hallett (2021) ****
64. The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian (1981) ***
65. He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr (1946) ***
66. Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir (2023) ****
67. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (1938) *****
68. Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale (2023) ***
69. Benighted by J.B Priestley (1927) ****

October

70. Night Train to Marrakech by Dinah Jefferies (2023) ****
71. Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass (2023) *****
72. Due to a Death by Mary Kelly (1962) ****
73. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (1962) *****
74. The Water Child by Mathew West (2023) ****
75. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer (1962) ***
76. Where All Good Flappers Go by various authors (2023) ***
77. The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley (2023) ****
78. The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead (2023) ****
79. The Wayward Sisters by Kate Hodges (2023) ***

November
80. The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons (1960) ***
81. Water by John Boyne (2023) *****
82. The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (2023) ****
83. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (2023) ***
84. The Fake Wife by Sharon Bolton (2023) ****
85. The Devil’s Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (1953) ****
86. The Figurine by Victoria Hislop (2023) ****
87. Endless Night by Agatha Christie (1967) ****
88. The Winter Spirits by various authors (2023) ****

December

89. The Black Crescent by Jane Johnson (2023) ****
90. A Footman for the Peacock by Rachel Ferguson (1940) ***
91. Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville (2023) ****
92. We Know You’re Busy Writing…by Edmund Crispin (2023) ****
93. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley & Harry Whittaker (2023) ***
94. A Pink Front Door by Stella Gibbons (1959) ****
95. The Witch’s Daughter by Imogen Edwards-Jones (2023) ****
96. A Lady to Treasure by Marianne Ratcliffe (2023) *****