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2️⃣3️⃣📖 2023 Reading List

I jot down a few notes about everything that I read and post them in this series. This post sums up what I read in 2023.

Books: 12
     Hardcover: 2
     Paperback: 4
     Kindle: 6
Audiobooks: 3
     Audible: 2
     Apple Books: 1
Authors: 12
Fiction: 11
     SciFi: 1
     RomCom: 3
     Spy: 1
     Thriller: 6
Non-Fiction: 4
     History: 3
     Business: 1
  • I burned through 6 Tom Clancy universe novels in the back half of 2023.
  • I introduced RomCom literature into my reading diet for the first time thanks to my wife and the author Emily Henry.
  • The history books covered monetary history, Mediterranean history, and recent American polital history.

2023 Titles

March

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

A return to falling in love in book stores.

Post

Pages: 373
Year Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Days Reading: 13
Places Read: Sydney, Emirates flights, Lisbon, Sintra

Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa

I’m worried that we forgot how wild that ride was.

Post

Pages: 418
Year Published: 2021
Format: Hardcover
Days Reading: 192
Places Read: Austin, United flights, Sintra, Lisbon

April

For Profit by William Magnuson

Goods as advertised.

Post

Pages: 325
Year Published: 2022
Format: Hardcover
Days Reading: 41
Places Read: Sintra, Lisbon

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

He’s back in the canon!

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Length: 16 Hours 57 Minutes
Year Published: 2017
Format: Audiobook (Apple Books)
Days Reading: 3
Places Read: Sintra dog walks

May

Beach Ready by Emily Henry

A slower burn, oddly heavier, rom com book.

Post

Pages: 368
Year Published: 2017
Format: Paperback
Days Reading: 19
Places Read: Sintra, Lisbon

June

A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré

The prequel and the sequel to my first spy novel.

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Pages: 353
Year Published: 2017
Format: Paperback
Days Reading: 13
Places Read: Sintra, Lisbon

July

Zero Hour by Don Bentley

The Tom Clancy Literary Universe.

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Pages: 381
Year Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Days Reading: 13
Places Read: TAP Flights, Alps Hiking Trip, Friends' wedding weekend

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Time jump romcom!

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Length: 10 Hours 46 Minutes
Year Published: 2021
Format: Audiobook (Audible)
Days Reading: ~60
Places Read: Road trips all across Portugal

August

Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood

More Clancy, more cool missions.

Post

Pages: 701
Year Published: 2011
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 32
Places Read: Sintra

September

Locked On by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney

John Ryan Book 11 - nukes, again.

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Pages: 701
Year Published: 2011
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 32
Places Read: Sintra

Measure What Matters by John Doerr

Revisiting objectives and key results.

Post

Pages: 320
Year Published: 2017
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 1
Places Read: United 65

October

Threat Vector by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney

John Ryan Book 12 - cybersecurity is real security.

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Pages: 722
Year Published: 2012
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 22
Places Read: Lisbon, Madrid (work), Austin, London (work)

Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley

I’m in my books-about-boats phase.

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Length: 11 Hours 18 Minutes
Year Published: 2008
Format: Audiobook (Audible)
Days Reading: 13
Places Read: Half Marathon Training, Lisbon Half Marathon

November

Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney

John Ryan Book 14 - more Adam Yao!

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Pages: 722
Year Published: 2014
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 28
Places Read: Lisbon, San Francisco, Sintra

December

Commander in Chief by Mark Greaney

John Ryan Book 15 - mildly prophetic in a concerning way.

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Pages: 726
Year Published: 2015
Format: Kindle
Days Reading: 51
Places Read: Lisbon, Madrid, Sintra

Published Dec 31, 2023

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