books in 2023

I will not be listing all the book titles I read in 2023, since there are (one SQL query later) 140 of them. But some highlights:

Language at the Speed of Sight. If you're interested in phonics vs. discredited alternatives and the science of learning to read, this is for you.

War and Human Civilization, Azar Gat. Repeatedly recommended by historian Bret Deveraux. Evolution of war and states.

Paved Paradise. Newer and shorter (than Shoup) book on how free parking wrecks American cities.

Carthage, Dexter Hoyos.

Squid Empire, Danna Staaf. Evolution of cephalopods.

God Delusion, Richard Dawkins. I still like it.

For fiction, I finally got into the Murderbot series, re-read Full Metal Alchemist, read Frieren (approaching 3x in the past couple months now), re-read the Lady Trent series and _The Steerswoman_, read the Avatar tie-in novels (though the second Yangchen novel was weaker.) read _I Favor the Villainess_ (but you can stop after the first two), and read several Apothecary Diaries. Also re-read Orphans of Raspay.

For yuri manga, which I track separately: Seagull Villa Days, and (ongoing) Blue Star on That Day.