WHAT I'M READING
To be a writer is to be a reader.
To read is to experience extraordinary journeys.
To share one's love for specific books is divine.
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Below, by year, are the books that have greatly affected me.
To read is to experience extraordinary journeys.
To share one's love for specific books is divine.
Follow me on Goodreads to see reviews of everything I read.
Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter where I often post tiny reviews.
Below, by year, are the books that have greatly affected me.
2024
THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS / Aysegul Savas
HARD BY A GREAT FOREST / Leo Vardiashvili
ORDINARY HUMAN FAILINGS / Megan Nolan
THE GUESTS / Agnes Ravatn
ONGOINGNESS: THE END OF A DIARY / Sarah Manguso
300 ARGUMENTS / Sarah Manguso
THE VISIBLE WORLD / Mark Slouka
THE APARTMENT / Ana Mendez
THE BIRD TRIBUNAL / Agnes Ravatn
THE SEVEN DOORS / Agnes Ravatn
VERY COLD PEOPLE / Sarah Manguso
ALL THE NAMES / Jose Saramago
LIARS / Sarah Manguso
BIRNAM WOODS / Eleanor Catton
BAUMGARTNER / Paul Auster
THE LOYALTIES / Delphine de Vigan
THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY / Claire Messud
ROUGH MUSIC / Patrick Gale
2023
THE TRUE DECEIVER / Tove Jansson
BREAKING AND ENTERING / Don Gillmor
ABSOLUTION / Alice McDermott
THE CHILDREN'S BACH / Helen Garner
IN SEARCH OF LOVE AND BEAUTY / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
STARKWEATHER:
THE UNTOLD STORY OF A KILLING SPREE THAT CHANGED AMERICA / Harry N. MacLean
HEAT AND DUST / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
ALISS AT THE FIRE / Jon Fosse
THIS IS NOT A NOVEL / David Markson
WE ARE LIGHT / Gerda Blees
FOR ROUENA / Sigrid Nunez
DAUGHTER / Claudia Dey
THE WREN, THE WREN / Anne Enright
A DEATH IN MALTA:
AN ASSASSINATION AND A FAMILY'S QUEST FOR JUSTICE / Paul Caruana Galizia
MITZ: THE MARMOSET OF BLOOMSBURY / Sigrid Nunez
CROSSWAYS / Sheila Kohler
THE VULNERABLES / Sigrid Nunez
STUDY FOR OBEDIENCE / Sarah Bernstein
GRAND HOTEL / Vicki Baum
FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK / Alba de Cespedes
DAYSWORK / Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel
ROMAN STORIES / Jhumpa Lahiri
SAY HER NAME / Francisco Goldman
INSIDE INFORMATION / Eshkol Nevo
ELIZABETH ALONE / William Trevor
THE POLE / J.M. Coetzee
THE HIVE AND THE HONEY / Paul Yoon
OLD GOD'S TIME / Sebastian Barry
THE HALF-KNOWN LIFE: IN SEARCH OF PARADISE / Pico Iyer
THE DETAILS / Ia Genberg
THE LOVER / Rebecca Sacks
HOW TO LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER / Hila Blum
FIVE SEASONS / A.B. Yehoshua
THE CAT / Edeet Ravel
MY FRIENDS / Hisham Matar
MILD VERTIGO / Mieko Kanai
THE BEE STING / Paul Murray
THE PRODIGAL WOMEN / Nancy Hale
MY COUSIN MARIA SCHNEIDER / Vanessa Schneider
TOM LAKE / Ann Patchett
DEARBORN / Ghassan Zeineddine
NORTH WOODS / Daniel Mason
MY MEN / Victoria Kielland
BLACKOUTS / Justin Torres
EMERGENCY / Kathleen Alcott
CHARLES DICKENS / Claire Tomalin
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN:
THE STORY OF NELLY TERNAN AND CHARLES DICKENS / Claire Tomalin
MRS. JORDAN'S PROFESSION / Claire Tomalin
JANE AUSTEN: A LIFE / Claire Tomalin
THE TUNNEL / A.B. Yehoshua
DAY / Michael Cunningham
FRIENDLY FIRE / A.B. Yehoshua
THE RETROSPECTIVE / A.B. Yehoshua
A WOMAN IN JERUSALEM / A.B. Yehoshua
BROTHER AND SISTER ENTER THE FOREST / Richard Mirabella
STRANGERS TO OURSELVES: UNSETTLED MINDS AND THE STORIES THAT MAKE US / Rachel Aviv
TELL ME EVERYTHING: THE STORY OF A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION / Erika Krouse
WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER / David Grann
SUCH KINDNESS / Andre Dubus III
THE TRIAL OF TRUE LOVE / William Nicholson
A CONCISE CHINESE AMERICAN DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS / Xiaolu Guo
TAKE WHAT YOU NEED / Idra Novey
GREEK LESSONS / Han Kang
THE ONLY DAUGHTER / A.B. Yehoshua
DAYBOOK: THE JOURNAL OF AN ARTIST / Anne Truit
THE HOUSE ON VIA GEMITO / Domenico Starnone
AUGUST BLUE / Deborah Levy
THIS OTHER EDEN / Paul Harding
THE OPPERMANS / Lion Feuchtwanger
CLIFFS OF FALL / Shirley Hazzard
THE EVENING OF THE HOLIDAY / Shirley Hazzard
THE BAY OF NOON / Shirley Hazzard
A MAN'S PLACE / Annie Ernaux
A FROZEN WOMAN / Annie Ernaux
DO WHAT THEY SAY OR ELSE / Annie Ernaux
THE EASY LIFE / Marguerite Duras
A HORSE AT NIGHT: ON WRITING / Amina Cain
FORGIVE / Jenni Daiches
2022
ONE D.O.A., ONE ON THE WAY / Mary Robison
EXTERIORS / Annie Ernaux
STELLA MARIS / Cormac McCarthy
THE PASSENGER / Cormac McCarthy
IF AN EGYPTIAN CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH, Noor Naga
THE BOOK OF GOOSE / Yiyun Li
RECONSTRUCTION / Mick Herron
MARIGOLD & ROSE / Louise Gluck
THE IMPOSTER / Damon Galgut
SKYLIGHT / Jose Saramago
WAIT, BLINK / Gunnhild Oyehaug
THE TESTAMENT OF GIDEON MACK / James Robertson
THE TREES / Percival Everett
THE PROFESSOR OF TRUTH / James Robertson
WALK THE BLUE FIELDS / Claire Keegan
THE OUTRUN / Amy Liptrot
TRESPASSES / Louise Kennedy
TRUST / Domenico Starnone
TRICK / Domenico Starnone
TIES / Domenico Starnone
THE BIRDS / Tarjei Vesaas
DINOSAURS / Lydia Millet
WHEN WOMEN KILL / Alia Trabucco Zeran
IS MOTHER DEAD / Vigdis Hjorth
SEVEN STEEPLES / Sara Baume
A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS / Yiyun Li
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A FUNERAL / David Means
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU / Mona Arshi
THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME / Lars Mytting
AFTERLIFE / Julia Alvarez
TWO NURSES SMOKING / David Means
YIELD: THE JOURNAL OF AN ARTIST / Anne Truitt
THOUSAND CRANES / Yasunari Kawabata
LUCY BY THE SEA / Elizabeth Strout
DIARY OF A VOID / Emi Yagi
THE DESCEPTIONS / Jill Bialosky
DEAR FRIEND, FROM MY LIFE I WRITE TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE / Yiyun Li
PASSERSTHROUGH / Peter Rock
GOLD BOY, EMERALD GIRL / Yiyun Li
FELLOWSHIP POINT / Alice Elliot Dark
SO MUCH FOR THAT WINTER / Dorthe Nors
WILD SWIMS / Dorthe Nors
THE ART OF LOSING / Alice Zeniter
ELENA KNOWS / Claudia Pineiro
TOUCH / Olaf Olafsson
THE EYE OF THE STORM / Patrick White
BEYOND THE SEA / Paul Lynch
THE WOMAN FROM URUGUAY / Pedro Mairal
POOR GEORGE / Paula Fox
MEN IN MY SITUATION / Per Petterson
I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME / Per Petterson
JUDAS / Amos Oz
IN THE WAKE / Per Petterson
IT'S FINE BY ME / Per Petterson
ASHES IN MY MOUTH, SAND IN MY SHOES / Per Petterson
WE DO WHAT WE DO IN THE DARK / Michelle Hart
THE EMPLOYEES / Olga Ravn
SHIP OF FOOLS / Katherine Anne Porter
MONTANA, 1948 / Larry Watson
LET HIM GO / Larry Watson
ECHOLAND / Per Petterson
THE HUMMINGBIRD / Sandro Veronesi
LOVE AND SUMMER / William Trevor
QUAKE / Auror Jonsdottir
THE PAGES / Hugo Hamilton
THE NINTH HOUR / Alice McDermott
THE GOOD DOCTOR / Damon Galgut
CHARMING BILLY / Alice McDermott
THE ENDLESS SUMMER / Madame Nielsen
VIVIAN / Julia Deck
THE HEART / Maylis De Kerangal
THE SWIMMERS / Julie Ostsuka
COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW / Jessica Au
APHASIA / Javier Cardenas
SOMEONE / Alice McDermott
UNSETTLED GROUND / Claire Fuller
PAINTING TIME / Maylis de Kerangel
THE GREAT MISTAKE / Jonathan Lee
SUMMER LIGHT, AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT / Jon Kalman Stefansson
THAT NIGHT / Alice McDermott
THANK YOU, MR. NIXON / Gish Jen
WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD / Benjamin Labatut
PRESENT TENSE MACHINE / Gunnhild Oyehaug
TIDES / Sara Freeman
THE MEMOIRS OF STOCKHOLM SVEN / Nathaniel Ian Miller
THE BOOK OF MOTHER / Violaine Huisman
EMPTY WARDROBES / Maria Judite de Carvalho
GRAVEL HEART / Abdulrazak Gurnah
THE WOMEN I LOVE / Francesco Pacifico
SOUTH AND WEST: FROM A NOTEBOOK / Joan Didion
WHAT ABOUT THE BABY: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ART OF FICTION / Alice McDermott
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE / Ron Butlin
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE / Claire Keegan
HOW TO ORDER THE UNIVERSE / Maria Jose Ferrada
2021
THE HOTEL / Sophie Calle
SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD WE GO / Lionel Shriver
CHOUETTE / Claire Oshetsky
WHITE ON WHITE / Asyegul Savas
IMMINENCE / Mariana Dimopulos
ASSEMBLY / Natasha Brown
SANKOFA / Chibundu Onuzo
THE WRONG END OF THE TELESCOPE / Rabih Alameddine
No. 91/92: A DIARY OF A YEAR ON A BUS / Lauren Elkin
BARCELONA DREAMING / Rupert Thomsen
OH WILLIAM / Elizabeth Strout
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON / Elizabeth Strout
SHELTER / Jung Yun
THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTION / Danielle Evans
A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA: NOTES IN PRAISE OF BLACK PERFORMANCE / Hanif Abdurraqib
OLGA / Bernhard Schlink
THE UNPASSING / Chia-Chia Lin
WHEREABOUTS / Jhumpa Lahiri
WAYWARD / Dana Spiotta
THREE ROOMS / Jo Hamya
LANDSLIDE / Susan Conley
WE WANT WHAT WE WANT / Alix Ohlin
I MARRIED YOU FOR HAPPINESS / Lily Tuck
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF LILIANE / Lily Tuck HOUSE AT
SISTERS / Lily Tuck
THE HOUSE AT BELLE FONTAINE / Lily Tuck
HEATHCLIFF REDUX / Lily Tuck
LETTERS TO CAMONDO / Edmund de Waal
REAL ESTATE / Deborah Levy
THE BELL IN THE LAKE / Lars Mytting
THE NETANYAHUS / Joshua Cohen
SONGS FOR THE FLAMES / Juan Gabrial Vasquez
SUMMER LIES / Bernhard Schlink
LAKE LIFE / David James Poissant
TRESPASS / Valerie Martin
THE SUN COLLECTIVE / Charles Baxter
INTIMACIES / Katie Kitamura
THE WHITE ROAD: JOURNEY INTO OBSESSION / Edmund de Waal
THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES: A FAMILY'S CENTURY OF ART AND LOSS / Edmund de Waal
THE PHONE BOOTH AT THE END EDGE OF THE WORLD / Laura Imai Messina
SECOND PLACE / Rachel Cusk
THE ANOMALY / Herve le Tellier
CONSENT: A MEMOIR / Vanessa Springora
MONA / Pola Oloixarac
THUS BAD BEGINS / Javier Marias
MY HEART / Semezdin Mehmedinovic
BENEVOLENCE AND BETRAYAL: FIVE JEWISH FAMILIES UNDER FASCISM / Alexander Still
FAMILY LEXICON / Natalia Ginzburg
HAPPINESS, AS SUCH / Natalia Ginzburg
THE DRY HEART / Natalia Ginzburg
A HEART SO WHITE / Javier Marias
A LIE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ABOUT YOURSELF / Peter Ho Davies
PLUNDER: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure / Menachem Kaiser
ANATOMY OF A DISAPPEARANCE / Hisham Matar
TO KNOW A WOMAN / Amos Oz
ANTIQUITIES / Cynthia Ozick
THE HOUSE OF PAPER / Carlos Maria Dominguez
BETWEEN FRIENDS / Amos Oz
BASED ON A TRUE STORY / Delphine de Vigan
SAY NOTHING:A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND / Patrick Radden Keefe
THE WHITE DRESS / Nathalie Leger
SUITE FOR BARBARA LODEN / Nathalie Leger
EXPOSITION / Nathalie Leger
THE LAST INTERVIEW / Eshkol Nevo
SUMMER (Seasonal Quartet #4) / Ali Smith
SPRING (Seasonal Quartet #3) / Ali Smith
WINTER (Seasonal Quartet #2) / Ali Smith
AUTUMN (Seasonal Quartet #1) / Ali Smith
THE END OF MANNERS / Francesca Marciano
ANIMAL SPIRITS / Francesca Marciano
THE OTHER LANGUAGE / Francesca Marciano
THE MATISSE STORIES / A.S. Byatt
SWALLOWED BY THE COLD / Jensen Beach
LIFE A USER'S MANUAL / Georges Perec
A FURIOUS SKY: THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF AMERICA'S HURRICANES / Eric Dolan
THE COPENHAGEN TRILOGY (CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, DEPENDENCY) / Tove Ditlevsen
THAT OLD COUNTRY MUSIC / Kevin Barry
THIS IS HAPPINESS / Niall Williams
HISTORY OF THE RAIN / Niall Williams
THE TRUTH ABOUT CELIA / Kevin Brockmeier
THE MEMORY MONSTER / Yishrai Sarid
OUR SPOONS CAME FROM WOOLWORTHS / Barbara Comyns
THE CHATEAU / William Maxwell
2020
ITALIAN SHOES / Henning Mankell
SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW, William Maxwell
THE GREAT FORTUNE / THE BALKAN TRILOGY, Vol. 1 / Olivia Manning
THE SPOILT CITY / THE BALKAN TRILOGY, Vol. 2 / Olivia Manning
FRIENDS AND HEROES / THE BALKAN TRILOGY, Vol. 3 / Olivia Manning
OUR FATHERS / Rebecca Wait
THE BAUDELAIRE FRACTAL / Lisa Robertson
WINTER IN SOKCHO / Elisa Shua Dusapin
THE BOY IN THE FIELD / Margot Livesey
LONG LIVE THE POST HORN! / Vigdis Hjorth
THE PRISONER / IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Vol. 5 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, Carol Clark)
MEMORIAL DRIVE: A DAUGHTER'S MEMOIR / Natasha Trethewey
THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE:
STIEG LARSSON'S LOST FILES AND THE HUNT FOR AN ASSASSIN / Jans Stocklasser
HOMELAND ELEGIES / Ayad Akhtar
APEIROGON / Colum McCann
MONOGAMY / Sue Miller
REVENGE / Mary Morris
THE HOUSE OPPOSITE / Barbara Noble
THE INFORMERS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
THE GREEN ROAD / Anne Enright
OPTIC NERVE / Maria Gainza
ALL MY GOODBYES / Maria Dimopulos
NOT A NOVEL: A MEMOIR IN PIECES / Jenny Erpenbeck
THE SHAPE OF THE RUINS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
SODOM AND GOMORRAH: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Vol. 4 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, John Sturrock)
RED PILL / HARI KUNZRU
MY FACE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE / Alfred Hayes
IN LOVE / Alfred Hayes
THE END OF ME / Alfred Hayes
WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT / Peter Cameron
CORAL GLYNN / Peter Cameron
THE FIVE: THE UNTOLD LIVES OF THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER / Hallie Rubenhold
HEAVY: AN AMERICAN MEMOIR / Kiese Laymon
SHIFU, YOU'LL DO ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH! / Mo Yan
MISS ICELAND / Audora Ava Olafsdottir
STAY UP WITH ME: Stories / Tom Barbash
CORRIGEDORA / Gayl Jones
WATER STREET: Stories / Crystal Wilkinson
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE: Stories/ Mariana Enriquez
THE BLACKER THE BERRY / Wallace Thurman
THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS / Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
THE GUERMANTES WAY: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Vol. 3 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, Mark Treherne)
YELLOW BIRD: OIL, MURDER, AND A WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE IN INDIAN COUNTRY / Sierra Crane Murdoch
THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL: THE LONG LIFE OF A DOUBLE MURDER IN APPALACHIA / Emma Copley Eisenberg
QUICKSAND / Nella Larsen
PASSING / Nella Larsen
EVERYWHERE YOU DON'T BELONG / Gabriel Bump
GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER / Bernardine Evaristo
THE HOUSE IN PARIS / Elizabeth Bowen
A WORLD OF LOVE / Elizabeth Bowen
IN THE SHADOW OF YOUNG GIRLS IN FLOWER: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Vol. 2 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, James Grieve)
SWANN'S WAY: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Vol. 1 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, Lydia David)
ABIGAIL / Magda Szabo
KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 / Cho Nam-Joo
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD: INSIDE THE MIND OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY / Robert Kolker
TWO SERIOUS LADIES / Jane Bowles
PROUST'S OVERCOAT / Lorenza Foschini
NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER / Kevin Barry
ALL THE WAY TO THE TIGERS / Mary Morris
INDELICACY / Amina Cain
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS / Jen Shapland
THE NEW ORDER: STORIES / Karen E. Bender
IN THE CLOSET OF THE VATICAN / Frederic Martel
TRANSMIGRATION OF BODIES / Yuri Herrera
SIGNS PRECEDING THE END OF THE WORLD / Yuri Herrera
LOVE LIFE / Zeruya Shalev
PAIN / Zeruya Shalev
MY LIFE AS A RUSSIAN NOVEL / Emmanuel Carrere
A CERTAIN SMILE / Francoise Sagan
BONJOUR TRISTESSE / Francoise Sagan
THE DEATH OF THE HEART / Elizabeth Bowen
2019
TERRITORY OF LIGHT / Yuko Tsushima
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME / Angela Readman
SOMETHING LIKE BREATHING / Angela Readman
THE GODMOTHER / Hannelore Cayre
COVENTRY: ESSAYS / Rachel Cusk
A HOUSE IN NORWAY / Vigdis Hjorth
WILL AND TESTAMENT / Vigdis Hjorth
THE MODEL / Lars Saabye Christensen
THE YELLOW HOUSE / Sarah M. Broome
THE MAN WHO SAW EVERYTHING / Deborah Levy
BLACK VODKA / Deborah Levy
HOT MILK / Deborah Levy
THE COST OF LIVING: A WORKING AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Deborah Levy
WHAT IS MISSING / Michael Frank
SWEET DAYS OF DISCIPLINE / Fleur Jaeggy
HAPPENING / Annie Ernaux
SIMPLE PASSION / Annie Ernaux
A WOMAN'S STORY / Annie Ernaux
BITTER / Francesca Jakobi
THE NICE AND THE GOOD / Iris Murdoch
UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A STORY OF VIOLENT FAITH / Jon Krakauer
FURIOUS HOURS: MURDER, FRAUD, AND THE LAST TRIAL OF HARPER LEE / Casey Cep
IN THE COUNTRY OF WOMEN / Susan Straight
HEROIC MEASURES / Jill Ciment
THE BODY IN QUESTION / Jill Ciment
WALKING ON THE CEILING / Aysegül Savas
THE UNDERNEATH / Melanie Finn
THE GLOAMING / Melanie Finn
CORRESPONDENTS / Tim Murphy
DISAPPEARING EARTH / Julia Phillips
MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE / Siri Hustvedt
CLASS TRIP / Emmanuel Carrere
THE RED CAR / Marcy Dermansky
10:04 / Ben Lerner
THE NIGHT SWIMMERS / Peter Rock
THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER / Francisco Cantú
THE FRIEND / Sigrid Nunez
THE INFATUATIONS / JAVIER MARIAS
THE CUT OUT GIRL / Bart Van Es
THE COLD SONG / Linn Ullmann
UNQUIET / Linn Ullmann
THE END OF LONELINESS / Benedict Wells
INHERITANCE FROM MOTHER / Minae Mizumura
LATE IN THE DAY/ Tessa Hadley
NORTH OF DAWN / Nuruddin Farah
A SINGLE MAN / Christopher Isherwood
THE ROAD HOME / Rose Tremain
A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD / Sigrid Nunez
MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL / Dorthe Nors
2018
TRESPASS / Rose Tremain
MY YEAR OF DIRT AND WATER / Tracy Franz
BLEAKER HOUSE / Nell Stevens
THE LIFE TO COME / Michelle de Kretser
IMMIGRANT, MONTANA / Amitava Kumar
DISORIENTAL / Négar Djavadi
KUDOS / Rachel Cusk
ISLAND DWELLERS / Jen Silverman
THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR / Yewande Omotoso
KATALIN STREET / Magda Szabo
IF NOBODY SPEAKS OF REMARKABLE THINGS / Jon McGregor
RESERVOIR 13 / Jon McGregor
THE ADVERSARY / Emmanuel Carrère
HOTEL SILENCE / Audur Ava Olafsdottir
THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE / Elif Shafak
THE MEMOIR OF TWO YOUNG WIVES / Honore de Balzac
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADELE BEDEAU / Graeme Macrae Burnet
ALL FOR NOTHING / Walter Kempowski
MRS. BRIDGE / Evan S. Connell
THE BOOK OF WORDS / Jenny Erpenbeck
GO, WENT, GONE / Jenny Erpenbeck
THREE FLOORS UP / Eshkol Nevo
FOREST DARK / Nicole Krauss
WOMAN AT 1000 DEGREES / Hallgrimur Helgason
YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT / Daniel Kehlmann
2017
THE EXTRA / A.B. Yehoshua
IMPROVEMENT / Joan Silber
FAMILY LIFE / Akhil Sharma
A LATE DIVORCE / A.B. Yehoshua
GHOST WARRIORS / Samuel Katz (NF)
IZA'S BALLAD / Magda Szabo
THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE / John Banville
MRS. OSMOND / John Banville
BUDDENBROOKS / Thomas Mann
THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ / Dalia Sofer
UNACCUSTOMED EARTH / Jhumpa Lahiri (2nd time)
BASED ON A TRUE STORY / Delphine De Vigan
THE MAIDS / Junichiro Tanizaki
KNOTS: STORIES / Gunnhild Oyehaug
THE MIGHTY FRANKS / Michael Franks
ILL WILL / Dan Chaon
THE COUNTRY LIFE / Rachel Cusk
THE GUSTAV SONATA / Rose Tremain
ARLINGTON PARK / Rachel Cusk
BAD DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES / Tessa Hadley
WAKING LIONS / Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
WAR AND TURPENTINE / Stefan Hertmans
THE UNCONQUERED:
IN SEARCH OF THE AMAZON'S LAST UNCONTACTED TRIBE / Scott Wallace
PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM / Kyung-Sook Shin
A PRIVATE VIEW / Anita Brookner
UNFORMED LANDSCAPE / Peter Stamm
ALL DAYS ARE NIGHT / Peter Stamm
WE'RE FLYING / Peter Stamm
SEVEN YEARS / Peter Stamm
AGNES / Peter Stamm
SIX FOUR / Hideo Yokoyama
THE MIDDLE GROUND / Margaret Drabble
MY DARLING DETECTIVE / Howard Norman
COMMONWEALTH / Ann Patchett
THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS / Bernhard Schlink
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW / Amor Towles
THE DARK FLOOD RISES / Margaret Drabble
THE STRAYS / Emily Bitto
IN THE DARKROOM / Susan Faludi
THE BOYS OF MY YOUTH / Jo Ann Beard
TRANSIT / Rachel Cusk
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK / Kathleen Rooney
AN UNNECESSARY WOMAN / Rabih Alameddine
WEDDING BUSH ROAD / David Francis
THE EXTRA / A.B. Yehoshua
IMPROVEMENT / Joan Silber
FAMILY LIFE / Akhil Sharma
A LATE DIVORCE / A.B. Yehoshua
GHOST WARRIORS / Samuel Katz (NF)
IZA'S BALLAD / Magda Szabo
THE BOOK OF EVIDENCE / John Banville
MRS. OSMOND / John Banville
BUDDENBROOKS / Thomas Mann
THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ / Dalia Sofer
UNACCUSTOMED EARTH / Jhumpa Lahiri (2nd time)
BASED ON A TRUE STORY / Delphine De Vigan
THE MAIDS / Junichiro Tanizaki
KNOTS: STORIES / Gunnhild Oyehaug
THE MIGHTY FRANKS / Michael Franks
ILL WILL / Dan Chaon
THE COUNTRY LIFE / Rachel Cusk
THE GUSTAV SONATA / Rose Tremain
ARLINGTON PARK / Rachel Cusk
BAD DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES / Tessa Hadley
WAKING LIONS / Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
WAR AND TURPENTINE / Stefan Hertmans
THE UNCONQUERED:
IN SEARCH OF THE AMAZON'S LAST UNCONTACTED TRIBE / Scott Wallace
PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM / Kyung-Sook Shin
A PRIVATE VIEW / Anita Brookner
UNFORMED LANDSCAPE / Peter Stamm
ALL DAYS ARE NIGHT / Peter Stamm
WE'RE FLYING / Peter Stamm
SEVEN YEARS / Peter Stamm
AGNES / Peter Stamm
SIX FOUR / Hideo Yokoyama
THE MIDDLE GROUND / Margaret Drabble
MY DARLING DETECTIVE / Howard Norman
COMMONWEALTH / Ann Patchett
THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS / Bernhard Schlink
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW / Amor Towles
THE DARK FLOOD RISES / Margaret Drabble
THE STRAYS / Emily Bitto
IN THE DARKROOM / Susan Faludi
THE BOYS OF MY YOUTH / Jo Ann Beard
TRANSIT / Rachel Cusk
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK / Kathleen Rooney
AN UNNECESSARY WOMAN / Rabih Alameddine
WEDDING BUSH ROAD / David Francis
2016
THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
LOVERS ON ALL-SAINTS DAYS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
REPUTATIONS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
2666 / Roberto Bolano
NOVEL 11, BOOK 18 / Dag Solstad
SHYNESS & DIGNITY / Dad Solstad
DEAR MR M / Herman Koch
THE STONE DIARIES / Carol Shields
NUTSHELL / Ian McEwan
THE LIGHT OF DAY / Graham Swift
RICH AND PRETTY / Rulaam Alam
BETTYVILLE / George Hodgeman
WILLNOT / James Sallis
THE CAZALET CHRONICLES (Volumes 1-5) / Elizabeth Howard
TWENTY-EIGHT ARTISTS AND TWO SAINTS / Joan Acocella
THE RAPTURE / Liz Jensen
THE UNINVITED / Liz Jensen
MOTHERING SUNDAY / Graham Swift
EAST WEST STREET / Phillipe Sands
THE BOAT ROCKER / Ha Jin
LILY AND THE OCTOPUS / Steven Rawley
2015
THE DOOR / Magda Szabo
OUTLINE / Rachel Cusk
THE FOLDED CLOCK: A DIARY / Heidi Julavits
THE STORY OF MY TEETH / Valeria Luiselli
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING / Colum McCann
MY HISTORY / Antonia Fraser
THE GIRL FROM KRAKOW / Alex Rosenberg
A LITTLE LIFE / Hanya Yanagihara
EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM / Hannah Arendt
JANE AND PRUDENCE / Barbara Pym
FAMILY TIES / Clarice Lispector
MUSIC FOR WARTIME / Rebecca Makkai
THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD / Matthew Salesses
LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME / Vendela Vida
IN THE COUNTRY: STORIES / Mia Alvarez
MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A COLLEGE TOWN / Jon Kraukauer (NF)
LILLIAN ON LIFE / Alison Jean Lester
IT'S FINE BY ME / Per Petterson
I REFUSE / Per Petterson
THE EMPATHY EXAMS / Leslie Jamison
THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY / Vivian Gornick
EUPHORIA / Lily King
THE LAST OF HER KIND / Sigrid Nunez
THE DISCREET HERO / Mario Vargas Llosa
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE / Shirley Jackson
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE / Shirley Jackson
THE BOOKSHOP / Penelope Fitzgerald
HANGSAMAN / Shirley Jackson
THE GIRL FROM HUMAN STREET / Roger Cohen (NF)
BEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER / Robert Stone (SC)
REFUND / Karen E. Bender
THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE / Ann Patchett
THE COST OF LIVING / Mavis Gallant
VARIETIES OF EXILE / Mavis Gallant
PARIS STORIES / Mavis Gallant
LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU / Richard Ford
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES / Alison Lurie
2014
ALL THAT IS / James Salter
GOD ON THE ROCKS / Jane Gardam
RECAPITULATION / Wallace Stegner
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN / Wallace Stegner
REMEMBERING LAUGHTER / Wallace Stegner
ME AND KAMINSKI / Daniel Kehlmann
COLLECTED STORIES / Carson McCullers
THE STORIES / Jane Gardam
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE / Carson McCullers
ANGLE OF REPOSE / Wallace Stegner
41 FALSE STARTS, ESSAYS ON WRITERS AND ARTISTS / Janet Malcolm
ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS / Wallace Stegner
THE SPECTATOR BIRD / Wallace Stegner
LAST FRIENDS / Jane Gardam
CROSSING TO SAFETY / Wallace Stegner
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING / Evie Wyld
CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS / Carson McCullers
THE PEOPLE ON PRIVILEGE HILL / Jane Gardam
THE RISE AND FALL OF GREAT POWERS / Tom Rachman
CRUSOE'S DAUGHTER / Jane Gardam
OLD FILTH / Jane Gardam
THE MEMBERS OF THE WEDDING / Carson McCullers
IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT WE KNOW / Zia Haider Rahman
AMERICAN INNOVATIONS / Rivka Galchen
THE TRANSLATOR / Nina Schyuler
CLEVER GIRL / Tessa Hadley
KINDER THAN SOLITUDE / Yiyun Li
THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES / Hanya Hanagihara
COLLECTED STORIES / Bernard Malamud
THE FOREIGN STUDENT / Susan Choi
A PERSON OF INTEREST / Susan Choi
FAMILY ALBUM / Penelope Lively
THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE / Carole Shields
GREAT HOUSE / Nicole Krauss
STATE OF WONDER / Ann Patchett
WE THE ANIMALS / Justin Torres
THE FIRE NEXT TIME / James Baldwin
LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION / Ben Lerner
THE BELIEVERS / Zoe Heller
THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
LOVERS ON ALL-SAINTS DAYS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
REPUTATIONS / Juan Gabriel Vasquez
2666 / Roberto Bolano
NOVEL 11, BOOK 18 / Dag Solstad
SHYNESS & DIGNITY / Dad Solstad
DEAR MR M / Herman Koch
THE STONE DIARIES / Carol Shields
NUTSHELL / Ian McEwan
THE LIGHT OF DAY / Graham Swift
RICH AND PRETTY / Rulaam Alam
BETTYVILLE / George Hodgeman
WILLNOT / James Sallis
THE CAZALET CHRONICLES (Volumes 1-5) / Elizabeth Howard
TWENTY-EIGHT ARTISTS AND TWO SAINTS / Joan Acocella
THE RAPTURE / Liz Jensen
THE UNINVITED / Liz Jensen
MOTHERING SUNDAY / Graham Swift
EAST WEST STREET / Phillipe Sands
THE BOAT ROCKER / Ha Jin
LILY AND THE OCTOPUS / Steven Rawley
2015
THE DOOR / Magda Szabo
OUTLINE / Rachel Cusk
THE FOLDED CLOCK: A DIARY / Heidi Julavits
THE STORY OF MY TEETH / Valeria Luiselli
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING / Colum McCann
MY HISTORY / Antonia Fraser
THE GIRL FROM KRAKOW / Alex Rosenberg
A LITTLE LIFE / Hanya Yanagihara
EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM / Hannah Arendt
JANE AND PRUDENCE / Barbara Pym
FAMILY TIES / Clarice Lispector
MUSIC FOR WARTIME / Rebecca Makkai
THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD / Matthew Salesses
LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME / Vendela Vida
IN THE COUNTRY: STORIES / Mia Alvarez
MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A COLLEGE TOWN / Jon Kraukauer (NF)
LILLIAN ON LIFE / Alison Jean Lester
IT'S FINE BY ME / Per Petterson
I REFUSE / Per Petterson
THE EMPATHY EXAMS / Leslie Jamison
THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY / Vivian Gornick
EUPHORIA / Lily King
THE LAST OF HER KIND / Sigrid Nunez
THE DISCREET HERO / Mario Vargas Llosa
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE / Shirley Jackson
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE / Shirley Jackson
THE BOOKSHOP / Penelope Fitzgerald
HANGSAMAN / Shirley Jackson
THE GIRL FROM HUMAN STREET / Roger Cohen (NF)
BEAR AND HIS DAUGHTER / Robert Stone (SC)
REFUND / Karen E. Bender
THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE / Ann Patchett
THE COST OF LIVING / Mavis Gallant
VARIETIES OF EXILE / Mavis Gallant
PARIS STORIES / Mavis Gallant
LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU / Richard Ford
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES / Alison Lurie
2014
ALL THAT IS / James Salter
GOD ON THE ROCKS / Jane Gardam
RECAPITULATION / Wallace Stegner
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN / Wallace Stegner
REMEMBERING LAUGHTER / Wallace Stegner
ME AND KAMINSKI / Daniel Kehlmann
COLLECTED STORIES / Carson McCullers
THE STORIES / Jane Gardam
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE / Carson McCullers
ANGLE OF REPOSE / Wallace Stegner
41 FALSE STARTS, ESSAYS ON WRITERS AND ARTISTS / Janet Malcolm
ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS / Wallace Stegner
THE SPECTATOR BIRD / Wallace Stegner
LAST FRIENDS / Jane Gardam
CROSSING TO SAFETY / Wallace Stegner
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING / Evie Wyld
CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS / Carson McCullers
THE PEOPLE ON PRIVILEGE HILL / Jane Gardam
THE RISE AND FALL OF GREAT POWERS / Tom Rachman
CRUSOE'S DAUGHTER / Jane Gardam
OLD FILTH / Jane Gardam
THE MEMBERS OF THE WEDDING / Carson McCullers
IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT WE KNOW / Zia Haider Rahman
AMERICAN INNOVATIONS / Rivka Galchen
THE TRANSLATOR / Nina Schyuler
CLEVER GIRL / Tessa Hadley
KINDER THAN SOLITUDE / Yiyun Li
THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES / Hanya Hanagihara
COLLECTED STORIES / Bernard Malamud
THE FOREIGN STUDENT / Susan Choi
A PERSON OF INTEREST / Susan Choi
FAMILY ALBUM / Penelope Lively
THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE / Carole Shields
GREAT HOUSE / Nicole Krauss
STATE OF WONDER / Ann Patchett
WE THE ANIMALS / Justin Torres
THE FIRE NEXT TIME / James Baldwin
LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION / Ben Lerner
THE BELIEVERS / Zoe Heller