A Year in Books — 2023
25 books and quotes that shaped and inspired me in 2023
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
— Garrison Keillor
The beginning of the new year is for many a time for reflection and review, as well as an opportunity to look ahead.
For me, together with my yearly goal setting, revisiting the books I read in the previous year and the notes I have taken while reading them has become an integral part of my own reflection and planning routine.
For the past six years now I have picked and shared a quote from each book. Below are the 25 books I read (or re-read) this past year, 2023, along with one quote that, for one reason or another, resonated with me.
Non-Fiction
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (Walter Isaacson)
“As we learn to treat mood disorders with drugs and eventually with genetic editing, will we have more happiness but fewer Hemmingways? Do we wish to live in a world where there are no van Goghs?”
