Books read

Note: for personal reasons, starting in 2023 began a calendar year reading list.

2024 Books

• Dignity, C. Arnade

• Self-Made, T.I. Burton

• Boy Erased, G. Conley

• Happening, A. Ernaux

• Lessons in Chemistry, B. Garmus

• The World's Strongest Librarian, J. Hanagame

• The Descendants, K.H. Hemmings

• Horns, J. Hill

• Wellness, N. Hill

• The Shining, S. King

• The Leavers, L. Ko

• Yellowface, B.F. Kuang

• Free Food for Millionaires, M.J. Lee

• August: Osage County, T. Letts

• Sunburn, L. Lippman

• Election, T. Perrotta

• Straight Man, R. Russo

• Romantic Comedy, C. Sittenfeld

• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, S. Turton

2023 Books

• Irresistible, A. Alter

• Diary of an Oxygen Thief, anonymous

• Anxious People, F. Backman

• The Mezzanine, N. Baker

• The Fire Next Time, J. Baldwin

• Red Card, K. Bensinger

• The Poison Squad, D. Blum

• Profiles in Ignorance, A. Borowitz

• Social Creature, T.I. Burton

• Your Table is Ready, M. Cecchi-Azzolina

• The Fight of the Century, M. Chabon & A. Waldman

• The School for Good Mothers, J. Chan

• The Netanyahus, J.Cohen

• Notes on a Silencing, L.Crawford

• My Uncle Oswald, R. Dahl

• White Fragility, R. Diangelo

• The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, J. Dicker

• Nickel and Dimed, B.Ehrenreich

• The Vagina Monologues, E. Ensler

• The Walmart Effect, C. Fishman

• The Guest List, L. Foley

• The Secret Place, T. French

• The Other Black Girl, Z. D. Harris

• A Bright Ray of Darkness, E. Hawke

• How to Sell a Haunted House, G. Hendrix

• Leonard and Hungry Paul, R. Hession

• Sexual Citizens, J. Hirsch & S. Khan

• The Plot, J.H. Korelitz

• Snow Child, E. Ivey

• Good Talk, M. Jacob

• A Separation, K. Kitamora

• Demon Copperhead, B. Kingsolver

• The Premonition, M. Lewis

• White Cat, Black Dog, K. Link

• Dopesick, B. Macy

• I Have Some Questions for You, R. Makkai

• The Maidens, A. Michaelides

• Cultish, A. Montell

• Mexican Gothic, S. Moreno-Garcia

• My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Y. Moshfegh

• Nightcrawling, L. Mottley

• Nives, S.Naspini

• Those Who Knew, I. Novey

• Weather, J. Offill

• Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight, R. Onda

• Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, G. Paley

• The Devil All the Time, D.R. Pollock

• The Maid, N. Prose

• Killers of a Certain Age, D. Raybourn

• The Five Wounds, K.V. Quade

• The God of Small Things, A. Roy

• Naked, D. Sedaris

• The Violin Conspiracy, B. Slocumb

• The Complete Maus, A. Spiegelman

• Leopoldstadt, T. Stoppard

• Shuggie Bain, D. Stuart

• Blend, M. Tifrere

• The Elephant in the Room, T. Tomlinson

• The Dirty Parts of the Bible, S. Torode

• The Tunnel, E.Sabato

• The Night Always Comes, W. Vlautin

• Kala, C. Walsh

• Pandora's Lunchbox, M. Warner

• The Noble Hustle, C. Whitehead

• My Hygge Home, M. Wiking

• Nothing to See Here, K. Wilson

• Diary of a Void, E. Yagi

• The Language of Love and Loss, B. Yates

• Nightbitch, R. Yoder

May 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022

• The Only Story, J. Barnes (3.5/5)

• Someone who will love you in all your Damaged Glory, R. Bob-Waksberg (4.5/5)

• The Undying, A. Boyer (3.5/5)

• Ham on Rye, C. Bukowski (3/5)

• The Swallowed Man, E. Carey (3/5)

• Bringing up Bebe, P. Druckerman (3.5/5)

• Time Shelter, G. Gospodinov (3/5)

• The Kissing Bug, D. Hernandez (2.5/5)

• 56 Days, C. Ryan Howard (3/5)

• Hidden Valley Road, R. Kolker (3/5)

• Severance, L. Ma (4/5)

• A Crooked Tree, U. Mannion (2/5)

• How the West Was Lost, D. Moyo (4/5)

• Pnin, V. Nabokov (3/5)

• The Sympathizer, V. T. Nguyen (4/5)

• Gingerbread, H. Oyeyemi (2.5/5)

• The Farm, J. Ramons (4/5)

• My Dark Vanessa, K.E. Russell (3/5)

• Super Host, K. Russo (3.5/5)

• Fever Dream, S. Schweblin (3.5/5)

• Perfume, P. Suskind (2.5/5)

• Cherry, N. Walker (3/5)

• Imposter Syndrome, K. Wang (3/5)

• Nickel Boys, C. Whitehead (4.5/5)

• The Liar's Dictionary, E. Williams (3/5)

May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022

• The Power, N. Alderman (4/5)

• All This Could Be Yours, J. Attenberg (4/5)

• Proof, D. Auburn (4.5/5)

• The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, A. Hoover Bartlett (3/5)

• The Vanishing Half, B. Bennett (4/5)

• My Sister the Serial Killer, O. Braithwaite (3/5)

• Intercourse, R. Owen Butler (4.5/5)

• Severance, R. Owen Butler (4/5)

• Baron in the Trees, I. Calvino (3/5)

• The End of College, K. Carey (3/5)

• Ring Shout, P. Djeli Clark (3.5/5)

• French Exit, P. DeWitt (3.5/5)

• This is How You Lose Her, J. Diaz (3/5)

• Death and the Maiden, A. Dorfman (4.5/5)

• Shape, J. Ellenberg (4/5)

• I Feel Bad About My Neck, N.Ephron (2.5/5)

• The Lying Life of Adults, E. Ferrante (3.5/5)

• What Belongs to You, G. Greenwell (3/5)

• The Book of Otto and Liam, P. Griner (4/5)

• Cruel is the Night, K. Hamalainen (3.5/5)

• The Believers, Z. Heller (4/5)

• Minor Feelings, C.P. Hong (2.5/5)

• The Remains of the Day, K. Ishiguro (3.5/5)

• The Empathy Exams, L. Jamison (3/5)

• An American Marriage, T. Jones (3.5/5)

• Maid, S. Land (2.5/5)

• Kochland, C. Leonard (5/5)

• Glengarry Glen Ross, D. Mamet (3.5/5)

• The Fallen Stones, D. Marcum (1/5)

• Chronicle of a Death Foretold, G.G. Marquez (4/5)

• Life for Sale, Y. Mishima (3.5/5)

• Blitzed, N.Ohler (5/5)

• Crying of Lot 49, T. Pynchon (1.5/5)

• Trying to Float, N. Rips (4.5/5)

• Everybody Lies, S. Stephens-Davidowitz (4.5/5)

• Group, C. Tate (4/5)

• The Lonely Polygamist, B. Udall (3/5)

• Cat's Cradle, K. Vonnegut (2.5/5)

• Chemistry, W. Wang (3.5/5)

• Before I Go to Sleep, S.J.Watson (2.5/5)

• Shrill, L. West (3.5/5)

• Underground Railroad, C. Whitehead (4/5)

May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021

• • Disgraced, A. Akhtar (4.5/5)

  • Time's Arrow, M. Amis (4.5/5)

  • Black Buck, M. Askaripour (4/5)

  • Tender is the Flesh, A. Bazterrica (4/5)

  • The History Boys, A. Bennett (4.5/5)

  • Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve, B. Blatt (4/5)

  • Heat, B. Buford (4/5)

  • Trust, P. Buttigieg (4.5/5)

  • The Stranger, A. Camus (3.5/5)

  • Bad Blood, J. Carreyrou (4.5/5)

  • So, Anyway, J. Cleese (2.5/5)

  • Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, L. Deplit (4/5)

  • Jane Austen Education, W. Deresiewicz (3.5/5)

  • My Own Devices, Dessa (3.5/5)

  • The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism, K. Dombek (3.5/5)

  • Unorthodox, D. Feldman (3/5)

  • Ocean at the End of the Lane, N. Gaiman (3.5/5)

  • The Word is Murder, A. Horowitz (3/5)

  • Miracle Creek, A. Kim (4/5)

  • Ordinary Grace, W.K. Krueger (2/5)

  • The Burden of Bad Ideas, H. Mac Donald (3/5)

  • Hurricane Season, F. Melchor (4/5)

  • Birds of America, L. Moore (3/5)

  • The Friend, S. Nunez (4.5/5)

  • Good Kings, Bad Kings, S. Nussbaum (2/5)

  • When, D. Pink (4/5)

  • The Culture Code, C. Rapaille (4.5/5)

  • Daisy Jones and the Six, T.J. Reid (4/5)

  • Gilead, M. Robinson (2/5)

  • Normal People, S. Rooney (4/5)

  • Calypso, D. Sedaris (3.5/5)

  • The Mandibles, L. Shriver (4/5)

  • The Help, K. Stockett (4/5)

  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota, J.R. Stradal (3/5)

  • Three Women, L. Taddeo (2.5/5)

  • A Gentleman in Moscow, A. Towles (3.5/5)

  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, O.Vuong (3/5)

  • Girls on Fire, R. Wasserman (1/5)

  • Losing my Cool, T.C. Williams (5/5)

May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020

• • Fascism: A Warning, M. Albright

  • The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, S. Alexie

  • The Splendid Things We Planned, B. Bailey

  • Before She Met Me, J. Barnes

  • Sense of an Ending, J. Barnes

  • American Prison, S. Bauer

  • The Immortalists, C. Benjamin

  • Run Away, H. Coben

  • Imbeciles, A. Cohen

  • $2.00 a Day, K. Edin & H.L. Shaefer

  • White, B.E. Ellis

  • Erasure, P. Everett

  • Future Crimes, M. Goodman

  • Less, A.S. Greer

  • Losing My Faculties,  B. Halpin

  • Magpie Murders, A. Horowitz

  • We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, S. Irby

  • The Vegetarian, H. Kang

  • You, C. Kepnes

  • A Letter of Mary, L.R. King

  • A Monstrous Regiment of Women, L.R. King

  • Pachinko, M.J. Lee   

  • Boomerang, M. Lewis

  • Drift, R. Maddow

  • Red Tea, M. Mezeske

  • How to Be a Woman, C. Moran

  • Altered Carbon, R. Morgan

  • Death of Expertise, T. Nichols

  • The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, P. Patrick

  • Impossible Fortress, J. Rekulak

  • The Paradox of Choice, B. Schwartz

  • Mismatch, R. Sander & S. Taylor

  • Market Wizards, J. Schwager

  • The Perfect Nanny, L. Slimani

  • The Farm, T.R Smith

  • The Oracle Year, C. Soule   

  • Black Klansman, R. Stallworth

  • The Millionaire Next Door, T. Stanley & W. Danko

  • Narconomics, T. Wainwright

May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019

• • The New Jim Crow, M. Alexander

  • A Man Called Ove, F. Backman

  • The Sellout, P. Beatty

  • Jennifer Government, M. Barry

  • Look Alive Out There, S. Crosley

  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, M. Desmond

  • Measure What Matters, J. Doerr

  • Grit, A. Duckworth

  • Numero Zero, U. Eco

  • W;t, M. Edson

  • The Lock Artist, S. Hamilton

  • The River, P. Heller

  • Believe Me, E. Izzard

  • Since We Fell, D. Lehane

  • The Diversity Delusion, H. MacDonald

  • An Object of Beauty, S. Martin

  • The Summer That Melted Everything, T. McDaniel

  • Stacking Doll, C. Mellick

  • Radium Girls, K. Moore

  • Men Without Women, H. Murakami

  • Born a Crime, T. Noah

  • Everything All At Once, B. Nye

  • Long Day's Journey Into Night, E. O'Neill

  • Becoming, M. Obama

  • Where the Crawdads Sing, D. Owens

  • The Art of Asking, A. Palmer

  • Attachments, R. Rowell

  • Dear Committee Members, J. Schumacher

  • The Signal and the Noise, N. Silver

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, H.S. Thompson

  • It's Kind of a Funny Story, N. Vizzini