I'm sharing the 23 best books I read in 2023, from contemporary fiction to backlisted treasures, non-fiction, vintage finds and children's books.
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BOOK LINKS:
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Homecoming by Kate Morton: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Homecoming-by-Kate-Morton/9781529094046?a_aid=mirandamills
Mrs Porter Calling by A J Pearce: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Mrs-Porter-Calling-by-A-J-Pearce/9781035000784?a_aid=mirandamills
Wintercombe by Pamela Belle: http://tiny.cc/znb8wz
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Daughter-of-the-Moon-Goddess-by-Sue-Lynn-Tan/9780008479336?a_aid=mirandamills
A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Ladys-Guide-to-Scandal-by-Sophie-Irwin/9780008519575?a_aid=mirandamills
Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Uncle-Paul-by-Celia-Fremlin/9780571380879?a_aid=mirandamills
Stories for Winter: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Stories-for-Winter-by-Simon-Thomas-editor/9780712354691
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Yellowface-by-R-F-Kuang/9780008532772?a_aid=mirandamills
Out of the Window by Madeline Linford: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Out-of-the-Window-by-Madeline-Linford/9781910263389?a_aid=mirandamills
Coronation by Paul Gallico: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Coronation-by-Paul-Gallico/9781408830222?a_aid=mirandamills
The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Wheel-Spins-by-Ethel-Lina-White/9780712354882?a_aid=mirandamills
A World Within a School by Lucy Kinloch: https://www.greyladiesbooks.co.uk/pages/p_awwas.html
The Prince, the Showgirl and Me by Colin Clark: https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/colin-clark-the-prince-the-showgirl-and-me/
The Game of Hearts by Felicity Day: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Game-of-Hearts-by-Felicity-Day/9781788707329?a_aid=mirandamills
Eternal Boy by Matthew Dennison: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Eternal-Boy-by-Matthew-Dennison/9781786697745?a_aid=mirandamills
Ways of Life by Laura Freeman: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Ways-of-Life-by-Laura-Freeman/9781787331907?a_aid=mirandamills
Rural Life by Clare Leighton: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Clare-Leightons-Rural-Life-by-Clare-Leighton-author-David-Leighton-editor/9781851246120?a_aid=mirandamills
Another Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Another-Year-of-Wonder-by-Clemency-Burton-Hill/9781472259387?a_aid=mirandamills
Greensleeves by Beryl Netherclift
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Thunderclap-by-Laura-Cumming/9781784744526?a_aid=mirandamills
The Grey Family by Noel Streatfeild
The Wind Boy by Ethel Cook Eliot
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Impossible-Creatures-by-Katherine-Rundell-author-Tomislav-Tomi-illustrator/9781408897416?a_aid=mirandamills
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