i've been tracking my reading here for six years.

here are my five favorite books from each, IN RANKED ORDER:

2023

• ) the knockout queen by rufi thorpe
• ) how to write an autobiographical novel by alexander chee
• ) ring shout by p. djéli clark
• ) the talented mr. ripley by patricia highsmith
• ) comfort me with apples by catherynne m. valente

least favorite: big swiss by jen beagin

2022

• ) a certain hunger by chelsea summers
• ) our wives under the sea by julia armfield
• ) vladimir by julia may jonas
• ) motherthing by ainslie hogarth
• ) the white album by joan didion

least favorite: bunny by mona awad

2021

• ) wolf hall/bring up the bodies by hilary mantel
• ) milkman by anna burns
• ) the song of achilles by madeline miller
• ) the rib king by ladee hubbard
• ) when breath becomes air by paul kalanithi

least favorite: the maidens by alex michaelides

2020

• ) song of solomon by toni morrison
• ) the only good indians by stephen graham jones
• ) the harder they come by t.c. boyle
• ) riot baby by tochi onyebuchi
• ) all the pretty horses by cormac mccarthy

least favorite: the last mrs. parrish by liv constantine

2019

• ) the blind assassin by margaret atwood
• ) evicted by matthew desmond
• ) circe by madeline miller
• ) wild game by adrienne brodeur
• ) friday black by nana kwame adjei brenyah

least favorite: a stranger in the house by shari lapena

2018

• ) manhattan beach by jennifer egan
• ) half of a yellow sun by chimamanda ngoze adichie
• ) annihilation by jeff vandermeer
• ) what belongs to you by garth greenwell
• ) the pisces by melissa broder

least favorite: genuine fraud by e. lockhart

2017

• ) alexander hamilton by ron chernow
• ) the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood
• ) lincoln in the bardo by george saunders
• ) billy lynn's long halftime walk by ben fountain
• ) mischling by affinity konar

least favorite: oh! you pretty things by shanna mahin