More Tea and Books on GerrysBookshelf in 2023

Hi, I'm Gerry and this is my 9th year with the 75 book group.
I plan on following the Nonfiction and Reading Through Time challenges as well as reading more books from around the world.

Nonfiction Challenge

January: Prizewinners and Nominees
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2020)

February: Hobbies and Pastimes
How We Got Our Flowers by A.W. Anderson

March: Empires
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

April: The Sea/Ocean
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger

May: Literary Biography
The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel by Charles J. Shields
Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman

June: Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples/1st Nations
Parker on the Iroquois by Arthur C. Parker

July: Explorations and Expeditions

August: The World of Land, Trees and Plants
What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben

September: Family Ties (family based memoir)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

October: Crimes, Mysteries, Puzzles, Enigmas
Roanoke by Lee Miller
November: Matters of Faith and Philosophy
December: As You Like It

African Novel Challenge

January: North Africa
The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

February: Lusophone Lit
Woman of the Ashes by Mia Couto

March: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus
Americanah

April: The Horn of Africa
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

May: African Nobel Winners

June: East Africa
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

July: Chinua Achebe
August: Francophone Africa
September: Southern Africa
October: Scholastique Mukasonga/Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
November: African Thrillers/Crime Writers
December: West Africa

Global Reading

Tunisia: The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai
Finland: Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot
Mozambique: Woman of the Ashes by Mia Couto
Austria : The Door Opens by Ernst Lothar
Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigeria: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ethiopia: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
Liechtenstein: Ludmila: A Story of Liechtenstein by Paul Gallico
Japan: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
China: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Reading Through Time

Monthly

January: Our Feathered Friends
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney
The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys

February: Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
Thomas Gray, Philosopher Cat by Philip J. Davis
Jeoffry: The Poet’s Cat by Oliver Soden
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

March: Notorious Women
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

April: April Fool
The Moon Hoax by Richard Adams Locke

May: The Big City, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Old New York by Edith Wharton

June: The Fabulous Fifties
Braddock’s Defeat by David L. Preston

July: Revolutions
The Fort by Bernard Cornwell

August: Migration and Immigration
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

September: School Days
Straight Man by Richard Russo

October: Traditions
November: Indigenous Peoples
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

December: Reader"s Choice

Quarterly

1st Jan-Mar: World War I 1914-1918
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

2nd Apr-Jun: Between the Wars 1919-1938
Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford

3rd Jul-Sept: World War II 1939-1945
Coventry by Helen Humphreys
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce

4th Oct-Dec: Modern History 1946-Present

Virago Modern Classics and Furrowed Middlebrow Books

Precious Bane by Mary Webb (VMC)
The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp (FM)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (VMC)
The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield (VMC)
The Snow-Woman by Stella Gibbons (FM)
Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett (FM)
A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford (VMC)
A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford (VMC)
The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim (VMC)
Glitter of Mica by Jessie Kesson (VMC)
My World My Wilderness by Rose Macaulay (VMC)
Apricot Sky by Ruby Ferguson (FM)
Never No More by Maura Laverty. (VMC)
No More Than Human by Maura Laverty (VMC)
Armour Wherein He Trusted: A Novel and Some Stories by Mary Webb (VMC)
Seaview House by Elizabeth Fair (FM)
Crewe Train by Rose Macaulay (VMC)
Conversation Piece by Molly Keane (VMC)
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim (VMC)
Mr. Skeffington by Elizabeth von Arnim (VMC)
Dear Hugo by Molly Clavering (FM)
Curious, If True by Elizabeth Gaskell (VMC)
The Lifted Veil by George Eliot (VMC)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (VMC)
Loving and Giving by Molly Keane (VMC)

January

1. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
2. Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney
3. The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai
4. If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
5. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
6. The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
7. The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
8. Thomas Gray, Philosopher Cat by Philip J. Davis
9. Kalevala by Elias Lonnrot

February

10. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
11. Jeoffry: the Poet's Cat by Oliver Soden
12. Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip
13. Precious Bane by Mary Webb
14. Mort by Terry Pratchett
15. Woman of the Ashes by Mia Couto
16. The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp
17. How We Got Our Flowers by A.W. Anderson
18. Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
19. White Roots of Peace: The Iroquois Book of Life by Paul A. W. Wallace

March

20. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
21. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
22. The Door Opens by Ernst Lothar
23. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
24. The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
25. The Moon Hoax by Richard Adams Locke
26. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
27. The Carrying: poems by Ada Limon
28. The Nun’s Tale by Candace Robb
29. The King’s Bishop by Candace Robb

April

30. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
31. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
32. The Cross-Legged Knight by Candace Robb
33. The Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart
34. No Place Like Home: Poems edited by Jane Holloway
35. The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
36. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
37. Weyward by Emilia Hart
38. Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
39. Ludmila: A Story of Liechtenstein by Paul Gallico
40. Street of Riches by Gabrielle Roy
41. The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words edited by Virginia Trimble
42. A Net of Fireflies by Harold Stewart
43. Religio Journalistici by Christopher Morley

May

44. The Snow-Woman by Stella Gibbons
45. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
46. Old New York by Edith Wharton
47. Little Poems edited by Michael Hennessey
48. The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel by Charles J. Shields
49. Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlett
50. Three Roads Back by Robert D. Richardson
51. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

June

52. Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman
53. A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford
54. Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
55. A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford
56. The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham
57. Judgement Day by Penelope Lively
58. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

July

59. Braddock’s Defeat by David L. Preston
60. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny
61. The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
62. The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
63. Glitter of Mica by Jessie Kesson
64. My World My Wilderness by Rose Macaulay
65. Apricot Sky by Ruby Ferguson
66. Coventry by Helen Humphreys
67. Never No More by Maura Laverty
68. Men of Concord by Henry David Thoreau
69. No More Than Human by Maura Laverty
70. Armour Wherein He Trusted: A Novel and Some Stories by Mary Webb
71. Seaview House by Elizabeth Fair

August

72. Crewe Train by Rose Macaulay
73. We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
74. Conversation Piece by Molly Keane
75. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim
76. Mr. Skeffington by Elizabeth von Arnim
77. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
78. What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz
79. Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
80. Parker on the Iroquois by Arthur C. Parker
81. Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben
82. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

September

83. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
84. Straight Man by Richard Russo
85. The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
86. The Book of Eve by Constance Beresford-Howe
87. Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson
88. The Bookseller of Inverness by S.G. MacLean
89. Fairy Poems edited by Lynne Greenberg
90. Foster by Claire Keegan
91. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
92. Dear Hugo by Molly Clavering

October

93. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
94. Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekback
95. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
96. Curious, If True by Elizabeth Gaskell
97. Roanoke by Lee Miller
98. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

November

99. Paws to Remember by Sofie Kelly
100. Swan: Poems and Prose Poems by Mary Oliver
101. The Lifted Veil by George Eliot
102. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
103. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylor
104. Blake: Poems by William Blake
105. Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

December

106. The Snowman Killer by Wendy Meadows
107. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
108. Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
109. The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doreen Stern
110. The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson
111. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past by Taras Grescoe
112. The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa
113. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
114. Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art by Kristen Collins
115. Earth Almanac by Ted Williams
116. A Shetland Winter Mystery by Marsali Taylor
117. Loving and Giving by Molly Keane

Favorite Books in 2023

Fiction
The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys
Thomas Gray, Philosopher Cat by Philip J. Davis
The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doreen Stern

Nonfiction
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Charlotte Bronte: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny
The Heat Will Kill You: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylor
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past by Taras Grescoe
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Books In/Out

Acquired: paper 97 eBook 33
Donated or discarded: 221

Borrowed Books: 39

Happy reading year Gerry

Welcome back, Gerry!

Hi Gerry, lots of interesting categories! Dropping a star

Happy reading in 2023, Gerry!