A Year in Reading

the books and cities of 2023 & a book club pick for January

This year I lived in three countries and two different states. Moving around, especially if the relocations are for work, can be tiring and disorienting, but one of the benefits is that books become imprinted onto the memory of a place— I can remember the exact cafe or doctor’s office waiting room where I read a particular book.

On the plane, I read Char…