My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2023

I read every single day, and I split my times in books between Kindle and Audible. Here are my favorite books and audiobooks of 2023.

Note: I can't explain why previous compilations were only for audiobooks, but here they are for comparison: 2022, 2021, 2019 Part 1, 2019 Part 2, 2018 Part 1, 2018 Part 2, 2017, 2016, and 2015. I'll continue listing books and audiobooks together going forward.
Non-fiction
The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating by Gary Taubes
Format: Kindle and Audiobook

If I had to pick my top title of 2023, it would be this one: I've read through The Case for Keto twice so far in written form and am now listening to the audiobook version between podcasts. (I just wish Gary Taubes had read the audiobook version). Why is that, you ask? Because Taubes was the original voice of facts and reason when it comes to weight loss and healthy eating, debunking widely-held but false beliefs about fat, cholesterol, carbs, sugar, and food in general, and because I discovered this title, his latest book, just after I started my healthy low-carb, high fat diet this past summer. I've gone on to lose at least 50 pounds so far, and have reversed my pre-diabetes and improved my other health markers. And I have Taubes to thank for that.
Fiction
Holly by Stephen King
Format: Kindle

Stephen King is probably my favorite writer of all time and this newest of his books is mostly excellent, despite its overly preachy COVID-era setting. There's nothing supernatural going on here, just a straightforward crime novel starring Holly Gibney, a central character in some of my favorite King books---Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch, and The Outsider---and the novella If It Bleeds from the book of the same name. I own all of those books in both Kindle and Audible formats, and am going through Mr. Mercedes for probably the third time right now.

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories by Stephen King Format: Kindle

I've had this collection of short stories in Audible format since it came out in 2015, but this past year I bought the Kindle version so I could read it more traditionally. King's short story collections are usually excellent, this one included, though I guess his earliest ones are still my favorites overall. One of the stories in this collection, Ur, had debuted years earlier as a Kindle exclusive, but it's been updated a lot for this collection.
Biography
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Format: Audiobook

This is an astonishingly entertaining and interesting book, and I especially recommend the audiobook version because it's narrated by Bono, a born storyteller, and because each of the songs that he writes about is accompanied by a sample of the remade version he and U2 made for Songs of Surrender.

The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh
Format: Audiobook
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