I was a little surprised when I looked at this list that I actually read LESS this year than most recent years. I’m guessing it’s the subtraction of a commute? But it’s still one every two weeks – or “fortnight”, if you will – and I’m pretty sure that’s more than most people read. And that’s why I feel my glasses-and-beard combo are still justified. So, without further ado:
- Horror Stories: a memoir, Liz Phair
- The Revisionaries, A.R. Moxon
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe
- Famous Men Who Never Lived, K Chess
- The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
- Hocus Pocus, Kurt Vonnegut
- A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch, Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama
- The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
- Seasonal Associate, Heike Geissler (translated by Katy Derbyshire)
- The Flintstones (Volumes 1 & 2), Mark Russell & Steve Pugh
- Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You’ll Never Hear, Carl Hiassen
- The 158-Pound Marriage, John Irving
- Trick Mirror: reflections on self-delusion, Jia Tolentino
- Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: a true (as told to me) story, Bess Kalb
- Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Mark Russell & Mike Feehan
- 88 Names, Matt Ruff
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
- Ball Four: The Final Pitch, Jim Bouton
- The Yellow House, Sarah M. Broom
- The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe
- Mean Boy, Lynn Coady
- The Twenty-Seventh City, Jonathan Franzen
- The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, Vincent Lam