Magical* books of 2023

*not necessarily books on magic, but ones that worked magic on me nonetheless!

I’m sitting at my desk. Theo is in my lap (“T H E O” he whisper-screamed when he saw me type that, lol) so I can’t promise profundity so much as sincerity—here are the books that helped me through a dark-night-of-the-soul year that began with this family photo:

and ended with this one: