My Favourite Reads of 2023

Finally hit my target of 50 books this year. Reading is part of my job as a writer, and I aim to do so every evening. I’m not fast and wouldn’t want to be. I savour what I read (when it’s good), study it (when there’s a lesson to learn), and take inspiration.

I’m not sure why, but I always get creative ideas while reading, even if (especially if) the book is completely unrelated to what I am writing. I’ll write those ideas down in the margins, straight away, so I don’t lose them. Sometimes it wi...