My favourite 50 things from 2023

Happy new year, friends!

It’s taken a while to get this 2023 roundup out, but it’s finally here. I hope you find something new to enjoy from this little collection.

As ever, I’d love to know what you most enjoyed in 2023. Pop it in the comments or send me an email.

Love,
Luke

📚 10 books

Non-fiction

• Nick Cave & Seán O’Hagan — Faith, Hope & Carnage

• Manni and Reuben Coe — brother. do. you. love. me.

• Andrea Elliott — Invisible Child

• Dan Ozzi — Sellout

• Philippa Perry — The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

Fiction

• Lee Cole — Groundskeeping

• Barbara Kingsolver — Demon Copperhead

• Ann Patchett — Tom Lake

• Kevin Wilson — Now Is Not the Time to Panic

• Jenny Tinghui Zhang — Four Treasures of the Sky

💿 10 records

• Another Michael — Wishes to Fulfill

• Chilly Gonzales — French Kiss

• Dijon — Absolutely

• Fieh — III

• Ben Folds — What Matters Most

• Kaja Gunnufsen — Interiør og død

• Japanese House — In the End It Always Does

• John Keek — Do You Love John Keek?

• King Stingray — King Stingray

• The Xcerts — Learning How to Live and Let Go

📻 5 podcasts

• Bone Valley

• The Retrievals

• Search Engine

• Taskmaster the Podcast

• This American Life

🤷‍♂️ 5 misc. items

• Hook and loop fasteners

• Fuji X100V camera

• HAY neon tubes

• Good waterproof trousers

• The city of Ghent

🎥 10 films

Aftersun

Bank of Dave

Blue Bayou

Emily the Criminal

Fair Play

Love at First Sight

Maestro

Nobody

One More Time with Feeling

Oppenheimer

Plus One

Sly

📺 10 TV shows

The Bear

Beef

Boiling Point

Daisy Jones & the Six

The Office (US)

Shrinking

Slow Horses

Somebody Somewhere

Taskmaster

Yellowstone

⏪ Go back in time

Roundups: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Book logs: 2016, 2015, 2014

Favourite records: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

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