2021

I read a lot of books.  Since so many other subscribers to this site are also big readers, I’ve decided to list out all the books I’ve read this year.  I’ll keep updating this page with each book I finish as the year progresses.

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Luster by Raven Leilani

Voice: The Secret Power of Great Writing by James Scott Bell

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery

Good Trouble by Joseph O’Neill

Grendel by John Gardner

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it Endures by Maureen Corrigan

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Babel-17 by Samuel Delany

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Scene and Structure by Jack M. Bickham

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

How Democracies Die by Steven Livitsky

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino