in alphabetical order. not exhaustive; only the ones i really liked.

• A City is Not a Tree - Christopher W. Alexander
• Ancestor - Matt Sheean, Malachi Ward
• Bâtard - Max de Radigues
• Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber
• On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden
• Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
• Sweet Tooth (vol. 1-6) - Jeff Lemire
• The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
• The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr - Ram V
• Wash Day Diaries - Jamila Rowser, Robyn Smith

short stories

• The Last Question - Isaac Asimov