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
dec 13 2020 ∞
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