the books on my growing shelf sorted by genre for ease of reference

CLASSICS

• animal farm, george orwell
• crime and punishment, fyodor dostoevsky
• the awakening, kate chopin
• the brothers karamazov, fyodor dostoyevsky
• the handmaid's tale, margaret atwood
• the idiot, fyodor dostoevsky
• the metamorphosis & other short stories, franz kafka
• the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde
• their eyes were watching god, zora neale hurston
• white nights, fyodor dostoevsky

HISTORY

• a soldier for napoleon, john gill
• history of english literature, legouis & cazamian

FICTION

• as meat loves salt, maria mccann
• out, natsuo kirino

NONFICTION

• good-bye to all that, robert graves
• molly, blake butler
• storm of steel, ernst junger

ART

• basic anatomy, ken goldman
• evelyn & william de morgan, yale university press
• keys to drawing, bert dodson
• morpho, anatomy for artists, michel lauricella
  • clothing folds and creases
  • skeleton and bone reference points
• perspective made easy, ernest r. norling
• the art thief, michael finkel
• your brain on art, susan magsamen & ivy ross

SELF-HELP

• how to talk to anyone, leil lowndes

NATURE

• nature anatomy, julia rothman
• the complete language of flowers, s. theresa dietz
• the life of birds, welty and baptista

MISC

• work clothes, chic simple