(no particular order)

• The Sparrow and Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
• Lolita, Nabokov
• Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
• Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje
• Ghostwritten, David Mitchell
• How to Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer
• Indigenous Beasts, Nathan Sellyn
• Geek Love, Katherine Dunn
• the Boat, Nam Le
• The Shell Collector and Memory Wall, Anthony Doerr
• Dead Girls, Nancy Lee
• All of Haruki Murakami
• All of Banana Yoshimoto
• the Collector, John Fowles
• My War Gone By, I Miss it So and Another Bloody Love Letter, Anthony Loyd