Kim’s twelve favorite reads from 2023 (not necessarily published in 2023) in alphabetical order by author.
Cassandra at the Wedding
by Dorothy Baker
The 6:41 to Paris
by Jean-Philippe Blondel, translated by Alison Anderson
Blue Postcards
by Douglas Bruton
Rattlebone
by Maxine Clair
Other Strangers: Stories
by Lydia Davis
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
by Claire Dederer
Kairos
by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann
Bliss Montage
by Ling Ma
Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory
by Janet Malcolm
Tom Lake
by Ann Patchett
The Book
by Mary Ruefle
To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories
by Sarah Viren