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James's Reading Challenge for 2023

Our recently retired compiler has decided to shoot for a book a week, but is not quite sure he can actually do it. At any rate, here are the 52 books he is starting out to read, although a chance look at Goodreads or The NY Times Book review could utterly change the list.
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
1
Stephen King
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
2
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Berlin Exchange (Joseph Kanon)
The Berlin Exchange
3
Joseph Kanon
Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
Best of R.A. Lafferty
4
R.A. Lafferty
The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
The Book of Cold Cases
5
Simone St. James
The Broken Girls (Simone St James)
The Broken Girls
6
Simone St James
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
7
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buster Keaton (Curtis)
Buster Keaton
8
Curtis
Camera Man (Stevens)
Camera Man
9
Stevens
The Color of Magic (Pratchett)
The Color of Magic
10
Pratchett
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
11
Greene
Cosmic Queries (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Cosmic Queries
12
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Dark Voyage (Furst)
Dark Voyage
13
Furst
Death by Black Hole (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Death by Black Hole
14
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett)
Equal Rites
15
Terry Pratchett
Extraterrestrial (Avi Loeb)
Extraterrestrial
16
Avi Loeb
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
17
Eric Weiner
The Ghost Tree (Christina Henry)
The Ghost Tree
18
Christina Henry
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
19
Greene
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
20
Yu
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
21
Italo Calvino
The Invited (Jennifer McMahon)
The Invited
22
Jennifer McMahon
Istanbul Passage (Joseph Kanon)
Istanbul Passage
23
Joseph Kanon
Jack of Shadows (Roger Zelazny)
Jack of Shadows
24
Roger Zelazny
Last Night in Montreal (Emily St. John Mandel)
Last Night in Montreal
25
Emily St. John Mandel
The Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett)
The Light Fantastic
26
Terry Pratchett
The Lola Quartet (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Lola Quartet
27
Emily St. John Mandel
Loop (Koji Suzuki)
Loop
28
Koji Suzuki
Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine (Eric Weiner)
Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine
29
Eric Weiner
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiří Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
30
Jiří Weil
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven
31
Dava Sobel
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Mort
32
Terry Pratchett
Origins (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith)
Origins
33
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
Our Man in Havana (Penguin Classics)
Our Man in Havana
34
Penguin Classics
Perfidia (Ellroy)
Perfidia
35
Ellroy
Razzmatazz (Christopher Moore)
Razzmatazz
36
Christopher Moore
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
37
John Scalzi
The Right Madness (Crumley)
The Right Madness
38
Crumley
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
39
Koji Suzuki
The Scourge of War (Reid)
The Scourge of War
40
Reid
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