23 Books for 2023 - hosted by how_novel

A book by an author who shares your birthday
Or birthday month, or a book published on your birthday. 

The birthday paradox suggests that in a data sample of only 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two people will share a birthday.
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Deep Writing by Eric Maisel

Deep Writing

Eric Maisel

158 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

256 pages • first pub 1900 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history challenging reflective slow-paced
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chronological Order) #1

Baroness Orczy

288 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction classics historical mysterious fast-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

238 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Murder and the First Lady by Elliott Roosevelt

Murder and the First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt #1

Elliott Roosevelt

240 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction historical mystery lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Villainous: An Anthology of Fairytale Retellings by Helen Whistberry, Katherine Macdonald, Julie Embleton, Philip M. Jones, Rebecca F. Kenney, Carol Beth Anderson, L.T. Ward, Jacob Klop, E.P. Stavs, K.A. Miltimore

Villainous: An Anthology of Fairytale Retellings

Helen Whistberry, Katherine Macdonald, Julie Embleton, Philip M. Jones, Rebecca F. Kenney, Carol Beth Anderson, L.T. Ward, Jacob Klop, E.P. Stavs, K.A. Miltimore

269 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama XIV, Douglas Carlton Abrams

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama XIV, Douglas Carlton Abrams

10 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

309 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology reflective medium-paced
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1

Jenny Han

355 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced