What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
116
pages
Longest Book
1,172
pages
Average book length in
2023
447
pages
Most Shelved
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also shelved
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45
people
also shelved
alex’s
average rating for
2023
4.0
really liked it
4.0
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.54
average
alex’s first review of the year
liked it
There’s a lot in this I loved. McMurtry clearly still has his fastball (killing off just about every character you loved in the last book unceremoniously in the first 10 pages). And this wasn’t a thoughtless retread into the world of Lonesome Dove. It’s an earnest wrestling with fame and brutality on the frontier. There was something really interesting in the presence of Charles Goodnight, the real-life inspiration for Woodrow Call. Having them i
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alex’s last review of the year
it was amazing
A masterful, panromantic presentation of the world America built for itself in 1968. Paired with his book on Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Garry Wills writes about the American psyche with the depth of a Greek drama. Absolutely must read
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