WHAT I'M READING
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To read is to experience extraordinary journeys.
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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.
2020
IN THE SHADOW OF YOUNG GIRLS IN FLOWER: IN SERACH OF LOST TIME, VOLUME 2 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, James Grieve)
SWANN'S WAY: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, VOLUME 1 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, Lydia David)
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
IN THE SHADOW OF YOUNG GIRLS IN FLOWER: IN SERACH OF LOST TIME, VOLUME 2 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, James Grieve)
SWANN'S WAY: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, VOLUME 1 / Marcel Proust
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, translator, Lydia David)
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