Read My Bookshelf 2023 - hosted by leekaufman

January Pick
Happy New Year!
All books added
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

Cold Sassy Tree

Cold Sassy #1

Olive Ann Burns

391 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

The Birdcatcher

Gayl Jones

216 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Wayward Children #2

Seanan McGuire

190 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark fast-paced
Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love by Jillian Keenan

Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love

Jillian Keenan

334 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography literary memoir reflective slow-paced
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees

Greer Family #1

Barbara Kingsolver

232 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

341 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

333 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto

Chorus of Mushrooms

Hiromi Goto

220 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction magical realism challenging reflective medium-paced