My reading year – 2023. Happy New Year.

FICTION

Dead Lions, Mick Herron

Spies In Canaan, David Park

Seven Steeples, Sara Baume

Total, Rebecca Miller

Eden, Jim Grace

Homesickness, Colin Barrett

Marigold and Rose, Louise Gluck

The Twilight World, Werner Herzog

Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro

The Queen Of Dirt Island, Donal Ryan

Hawk Mountain, Conner Habib

The Border, Don Winslow

Pyramids, Terry Pratchett (reread)

Art In Nature, Tove Jansson

Count Zero, William Gibson (reread)

Violeta, Isabel Allende

Heat 2, Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner

Old Babes In The Wood, Margaret Atwood

Haven, Emma Donoghue

The Painted Man, Peter V Brett (illustrated by Dominik Broniek)

The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy

Athena, John Banville

Road Of Bones, Christopher Golden

Liberation Day, George Saunders

The Drift, C J Tudor

The Silence, Don DeLillo

The Sentence, Louise Erdrich

The Last Chairlift, John Irving

The Last Storm, Tim Lebbon

Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke and Other Misfortunes, Eric LaRocca

They, Kay Dick

August Blue, Deborah Levy

Rabbit Redux, John Updike

Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett (reread)

Mr. Breakfast, Jonathan Carroll

The Singularities, John Banville

Victory City, Salman Rushdie

The Reality Dysfunction, Peter F Hamilton (reread)

The Sweet Indifference Of The World, Peter Stamm (trans. Michael Hofmann)

The Butchers Of Berlin, Chris Petit

The Curator, Owen King

Solider Sailor, Claire Kilroy

The Book Of Lost Things, John Connolly (reread)

This Moose Belongs To Me, Oliver Jeffers

Infinity Gate, M R Carey

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home, Lorrie Moore

The Last Wish, Andrzej Sapkowski (trans. Danusia Stok)

Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds

Begin Again, Oliver Jeffers

The Lock-Up, John Banville

So Late In The Day, Claire Keegan

Holly, Stephen King

Undercurrent, Barney Norris

The Obelisk Gate, N K Jemisin

Baumgartner, Paul Auster

The Land Of Lost Things, John Connolly

NON-FICTION

Everybody, Olivia Laing

Circus Of Dreams, John Walsh

Recessional, David Mamet

A Book Of Days, Patti Smith

Faith, Hope And Carnage, Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan

Dickens & Prince, Nick Horny

Sleeping Among Sheep Under A Starry Sky, Wallace Shawn

Papyrus, Irene Vallejo (trans. Charlotte Whittle)

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life, Brigitta Olubas

Bloodbath Nation, Paul Auster (photographs by Spencer Ostrander)

A Thread Of Violence, Mark O’Connell

Happening, Annie Ernaux

Wonderland, Annie Leibovitz

Jo Van Gogh-Bonger, Hans Luijten (trans. Lynne Richards)

Novelist As A Vocation, Haruki Murakami (trans. Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen)

Orwell: The New Life, D J Taylor

The Real Work, Adam Gopnik

Hands Of Time, Rebecca Struthers

Going Infinite, Michael Lewis

PLAYS

This Is Paradise, Michael John O’Neill

A Night In November, Marie Jones

Stones In His Pockets, Marie Jones

The Mundy Scheme, Brian Friel

Moonshine, Jim Nolan

Akedah, Michael John O’Neill

Tartuffe, Molière (in a version by Frank McGuinness)

A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride (adapted by Annie Ryan)

November, David Mamet

The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, Tennessee Williams

POETRY COLLECTIONS

The Slain Birds, Michael Longley

Space, John Kelly

Bone Rosary, Thomas Lynch

Phantom Gang, Ciaran O’Rourke

Ephemeron, Fiona Benson

Watershed, Ruth Padel

Don’t Call Us Dead, Danez Smith

Essentials, David Whyte

Divisible By Itself And One, Kae Tempest

Shoulder Tap, Maurice Riordan

This Afterlife, A E Stallings

The Poems (1961-2020), Derek Mahon

When My Brother Was An Aztec, Natalie Diaz

Last Poems, Thomas Kinsella

Let The Light Pour In, Lemn Sissay

All The Names Given, Raymond Antrobus

What You Need To Be Warm, Neil Gaiman

Blood Feather, Patrick McGuinness

Towards A General Theory Of Love, Clare Shaw

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Giant Days 11

Batman Vs Bigby!: A Wolf In Gotham

Bad Machinery 1: The Case Of The Team Spirit

The Woods 1: The Arrow (reread)

Batman: Secret Files (2022)

Basketful Of Heads

Batman: The Imposter

Lucifer 1: Cold Heaven

Batman 12: City Of Bane Part 1

Batman 13: City Of Bane Part 2

Justice League Dark 1: The Last Age Of Magic

Aquaman: The Becoming

The Books Of Magic (reread)

Superman And The Authority

The Department Of Truth 2: The City Upon A Hill

Slaine 5: Demon Killer

Strange Adventures

Old Man Logan 6: Days Of Anger

The Immortal Hulk 2: The Green Door

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection 1 (reread)

X-Men 1 (2019)

Preacher: Book 2 (reread)

American Vampire 1 (reread)

Geiger 1

Transmetropolitan 1: Back On The Street (reread)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

Green Lantern: Earth One 1 (reread)

Giant Days 12

Slaine 6: Lord Of Misrule

The Punisher 3: Business As Usual (reread)

Silver Surfer 1: New Dawn

The Amazing Spider-Man 1: The Parker Luck (reread)

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 6 (reread)

HouseOf X/Power Of X

Wolverine 1 (2020)

Sandman Mystery Theatre 1

Daredevil: Guardian Devil (reread)

Star Wars 4: Last Flight Of The Harbinger (reread)

Doctor Strange 1: Across The Universe

All-Star Superman (reread)

Slaine 7: The Treasures Of Britain

X-Force 1 (2019)

Tony Stark: Iron Man 1: Self-Made Man (reread)

Hawk The Slayer: Watch For Me In The Night

The Nice House On The Lake 1

Justice League Of America 1: The Tornado’s Path

Star Wars: Darth Vader 3: The Shu-Torun War (reread)

Marauders 1 (2019)

DMZ 1: On The Ground (reread)

Old Man Logan 7: Scarlet Samurai

Daredevil 2: Parts Of A Whole (reread)

Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow

Time Before Time 1

Slaine 8: The Grail War

Batman ‘89

A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance 1

Superman ‘78

The Punisher 4: Full Auto (reread)

Daredevil 3: Wake Up (reread)

The Punisher 5: Streets Of Laredo (reread)

The Punisher 6: Confederacy Of Dunces (reread)

Faithless 1

Superman: American Alien

Immortal Hulk 3: Hulk In Hell

Black Orchid (reread)

The Punisher: War Zone (reread)

Excalibur 1 (2019)

Batgirls 1: One Way Or Another

The Dreaming 1: Pathways And Emanations (reread)

Batman And Robin 1: Batman Reborn (reread)

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 7

Fables 1: Legends In Exile (reread)

Big Nate: Aloha!

Sea Of Sorrows

Spawn: Origins Collection 1 (reread)

American Jesus 1: Chosen (reread)

Step By Bloody Step

Fantastic Four 1: Fourever (reread)

Books Of Magic 1: Moveable Type (reread)

Nightwing 1: Leaping Into The Light

Batman 6: Abyss

Something Is Killing The Children 1

Black Kiss (reread)

The Resistance 1

Batgirls 2: Bat Girl Summer

Truth & Justice

Hellions 1 (2020)

Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal 1

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra 1: Aphra (reread)

Nubia & The Amazons

Batman: Black And White (2020)

The Shadow 1: Fire Of Creation

Nubia: Quinn Of The Amazons

Avengers 5: Challenge Of The Ghost Riders

Justice League 1: Prisms

Wonder Woman 1: Afterworlds

Gideon Falls 1: The Black Barn (reread)

Suicide Squad: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition 1

Undiscovered Country 2: Unity

Batman 3: Ghost Stories

Nocterra 2: Pedal To The Metal

Batman: Fear State Saga

Killadelphia 2: Burn Baby Burn

The Department Of Truth 3: Free Country

The Complete Persepolis (reread)

Star Wars: The New Republic 1: There Is No Fear

Batman: Creature Of The Night

Kid Eternity: The Deluxe Edition (reread)

Robin 1: The Lazarus Tournament

Doctor Strange 2: Remittance

Batman: Detective Comics 2: Fear State

Catwoman 1: Dangerous Liaisons

House Of Whispers 1: The House Divided (reread)

Night Fever

The Hood: The Saga Of Parker Robbins

Batman Beyond: Neo-Year

Ultimate Spider-Man 1: Power And Responsibility (reread)

Giant Days 13

Batman: Detective Comics 4: Riddle Me This

Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City (reread)

Ascender: Complete Edition

Slaine 9: Lord Of The Beasts

Doom Patrol 1: Brick By Brick

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 8

Daredevil 4: Underboss (reread)

Batman: Detective Comics 3: Arkham Rising

Superman: Space Age

Outcast 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him (reread)

Moon Knight 1: The Midnight Mission

Penguin: Pain & Prejudice

A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance 2

Poison Ivy 1: The Virtuous Cycle

The Good Asian 1

Star Wars 5: Yoda’s Secret War (reread)

Bloodshot 1 (2019)

Daredevil: Love And War

Fornite X Marvel: Zero War

Dying Is Easy

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest 1: The Devil Nezha

Advice From A Blob

Dark Spaces: Wildfire

Daredevil 5: Out (reread)

Punisher: The King Of Killers 1

Harley Quinn 1: No Good Deed

The Punisher: Circle Of Blood (reread)

Giant Days 14

The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country

Nailbiter 1: There Will Be Blood

Old Man Logan 8: To Kill For

Batman: Killing Time

Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood

The Old Guard 1: Opening Fire

The Magic Order 1

Gideon Falls 2: Original Sins

Blood Stained Teeth 1: Bite Me

Copperhead 1 (reread)

Love Everlasting 1

Oblivion Song 1 (reread)

Arca

Starhenge 1: The Dragon And The Boar

It’s Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth

Harrow County 1: Countless Haints (reread)

Harley Quinn 2: Keepsake

Chivalry

Moonshine 1 (reread)

The Silver Coin 1

American Jesus 2: The New Messiah

MPH

King Of Spies

The Black Monday Murders 1: All Hail, God Mammon

Captain Marvel 1: Re-Entry

Pearl 3

What’s The Furthest Place From Here? 1

Catwoman 1: Copycats (reread)

Ex Machina 1 (reread)

American Vampire 2 (reread)

The Spire

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 9

Batman: The Caped Crusader 1 (reread)

Ghost Rider 1: Unchained

Tom Strong Compendium

Harley Quinn & The Birds Of Prey: The Hunt For Harley

Daredevil 6: Lowlife (reread)

Powers 1

The Flash 1: Lightning Strikes Twice (reread)

Grim 1: Don’t Fear The Reaper

Barbarella 1: Red Hot Gospel

Something Is Killing The Children 2

Tundra: Cats & Dogs Collection

Batman: Urban Legends 4

Daredevil 7: Hardcore (reread)

Stars Wars: The Screaming Citadel (reread)

Copperhead 2

Lazarus 6: Fracture I

Harrow County 2: Twice Told (reread)

House Of Slaughter 1: The Butcher’s Mark

Catwoman 2: Cat International

Resident Alien Omnibus 1