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"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'" Kurt Vonnegut

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  • A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25=The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi
  • A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65-Blue Nights, Joan Didion
  • A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - Redeployment, Phil Klay
  • A book published by an indie press - The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson
  • A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ-Adam, Ariel Schraig
  • A book by a person whose gender is different from your own-So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson
  • A book that takes place in Asia-Silence Once Begun, Jesse Ball
  • A book by an author from Africa, Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.), The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
  • A microhistory, Bonk, Mary Roach
  • A YA novel, I'll Give You the Sun, Jandy Nelson
  • A sci-fi novel - Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer
  • A romance novel-A Rogue By Any Other Name, Sarah MacLean
  • A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade - The Unwinding, George Packer
  • A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) - The Keep, Jennifer Egan (Gothic)
  • An audiobook - Missoula, Jon Krakauer
  • A collection of poetry - Citizen, Claudina Rankine
  • A book that someone else has recommended to you - Thrown, Kerry Howley (recommended by Michael Barron)
  • A book that was originally published in another language, Signs Preceding the End of the World, Yuri Herrera
  • A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?) - Here, Richard McGuire
  • A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over) The Andy Cohen Diaries, Andy Cohen
  • A book published before 1850
  • A book published this year, Between the World & Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”) Gratitude & Trust, Paul Williams & Tracey Johnson
jan 12 2015 ∞
jun 9 2016 +