In 2023, I plan to read 50 books. This is the list, compiled as I go along.
- 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson
- How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age, Dale Carnegie and Associates
- Possession, A. S. Byatt
- Une langue venue d’ailleurs, Akira Mizubayashi
- Atomic Habits, James Clear
- Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
- The Pearl, John Steinbeck
- Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare
- The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis
- Humorous Stories and Sketches, Mark Twain
- Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
- A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, David Crockett
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass
- Co. Aytch, Sam R. Watkins
- The Cat of Bubastes, G. A. Henty
- The Art of War, Sun Tzu
- In His Steps, Charles Sheldon
- Deep Work, Cal Newport
- Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington
- Lettres de mon moulin, Alphonse Daudet
- Learn Chess, John Nunn
- Paul et Virginie, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
- The Battle in Gatlinburg, Bill Morris
- Primii Pasi in Sah, Elisabeta Polihroniade
- O Viata pentru Arta, Angela Georghiu
- The Second Mrs. Astor, Shana Abe
- Driving Force, Dick Francis
- Bolt, Dick Francis
- The Danger, Dick Francis
- 10 lb Penalty, Dick Francis
- Things We Wish We’d Known, Diana Waring
- 52 Ways to Walk, Annabel Streets
- Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent, Charles Hummel
- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
- An American Beauty, Shana Abe
- Women of the Smokies, Courtney Lix
- The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, John Muir
- The Tall Woman, Wilma Dykeman
- The Einkorn Cookbook, Shanna and Tim Mallon
- From Plant to Plate, Tami Bivens
- The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook, Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis-Hearne
- It Happened in the Great Smokies, Michael R. Bradley
- Smoky Mountain Black Bears, Courtney Lix
- Tennessee Woman, an Infinite Variety, Wilma Dykeman
- The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
- Coffee and Cake, Rick Rodgers
- Bless Yourself, Joel Osteen
- Thrive, Arianna Huffington
- Baking with Mary Berry: Cakes, Cookies, Pies and Pastries with the British Queen of Baking, Mary Berry
- How to Grill Everything, Marc Bittman