Once again behind on posting my annual reading list. I always get psyched to see Obama's top ten list of books, and I like to see my daughter's annual list, and am always curious to hear what other people are reading. In any case, the highlight was definitely finishing Ulysses and finally reading The Odyssey (somehow I skipped that in college). I continue to read a variety of poetry, and will try to put together a list of some collections in the near future.
This list also includes quite a few memoirs, and a number of books by Irish writers, inspired by our family trip to Ireland, which also spearheaded Ariel and I joining the international reading group: Ulysses in 80 Days.
Antrim, Donald. One Friday in April
Bayley, John. Elegy for Iris
Bechdel, Alison. Are You My Mother
Boyer, Anne. The Undying
Caldwell, Lucy. These Days: Two Sisters, Four Nights, One City
Cobain, Ian. Anatomy of a Killing: Life & Death on a Divided Island
Clark, Heather. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Cunningham, Michael. Specimen Days
Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit From the Goon Squad
Egan, Jennifer. The Candy House
Ernaux, Annie. Shame
Fox, Paula. Desperate Characters
Friedman, Matt. Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
Godfrey, Rebecca. Under The Bridge
Hadley, Tessa. Free Love
Hall, Donald. Without
Hall, Donald. Best Day Worst Day
Harris, Nathan. The Sweetness of Water
Homer. The Odyssey
Horn, Dara. People Love Dead Jews
Jaouad, Suleika. Between Two Kingdoms
Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Joyce, James. Ulysses
Karen, Yehuda. Lover of Unreason
Keegan, Claire. Small Things Like These
Kennedy, Louise. Trespasses
Kincaid, Jamaica. My Brother
Kolker, Robert. Hidden Valley Road
Krouse, Erika. Tell Me Everything
Lish, Atticus. The War for Gloria
Manguso, Sarah. The Guardians
McCann, Colum. Everything In This Country Must
Mendelsohn, Daniel. An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, & An Epic
Morrison, Toni. Jazz
Nelson, Maggie. Jane
Nelson, Maggie. The Red Parts
Nelson, Maggie. Bluets
Nguyen, Eric. Things We Lost in the Water
Ruskovich, Emily. Idaho
Saks, Elyn R. The Center Cannot Hold
Strout, Elizabeth. Oh William!
Taddeo, Lisa. Three Women
Ward, Jesmyn. Salvage The Bones