Tom Swan and the Head of St George (By Christian Cameron)
I fell in love with the lead character, who is like a 15th-century Indiana Jones wandering the Mediterranean and getting into trouble. He bumps into key historical figures and events along the way.
I Am Pilgrim (By Terry Hayes)
This is the best thriller I've read in 5 years. I read this book in one go as I could not put it down.
Thief of Souls (By Brian Klingborg)
The series is about a policeman named Lu Fei who lives in rural China. He ends up with a rural posting after stepping on some powerful toes. The author does a fantastic job describing what it is like to work in that power system and how he has to navigate the realities of modern China.
I also interviewed 1,201 authors (more coming) and asked them for their 3 favorite reads of the year. Then I tabulate the results: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023
Tom Swan and the Head of St George (By Christian Cameron)
I fell in love with the lead character, who is like a 15th-century Indiana Jones wandering the Mediterranean and getting into trouble. He bumps into key historical figures and events along the way.
I Am Pilgrim (By Terry Hayes)
This is the best thriller I've read in 5 years. I read this book in one go as I could not put it down.
Thief of Souls (By Brian Klingborg)
The series is about a policeman named Lu Fei who lives in rural China. He ends up with a rural posting after stepping on some powerful toes. The author does a fantastic job describing what it is like to work in that power system and how he has to navigate the realities of modern China.
I shared a full list of these 3 here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/ben-fox
I also interviewed 1,201 authors (more coming) and asked them for their 3 favorite reads of the year. Then I tabulate the results: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023
I break it down by section with things like nonfiction (https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/nonfiction), best audiobooks (https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/audiobooks), and genres like hard sci fi (https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/hard-science-fiction).