#have accepted i'm not going to stay on top of a roundup / recap every month but maybe i'll do separate posts abt plays or games or somethin

[cjlinton]

2023 Reading (So Far)

For the first time in a couple years I'm actually on track to finish a book each week, which is always one of my yearly goals. Below is a list of what I've read so far and which books I particularly recommend.

✨ incredible, recommend without exception ☕ I quite enjoyed this but your mileage may vary

Novels & Novellas The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ✨ Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante ☕ Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor The Guest by Emma Cline Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld ☕ Finna by Nino Cipri Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ✨ Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead ✨ Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead ☕ Luster by Raven Leilani ☕ Counterweight by Djuna

Short Stories Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty ✨ God of Want by K-Ming Chang Manywhere by Morgan Thomas ☕ Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Nonfiction & Essays Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities by Emily Tamkin Tanqueray by Brandon Stanton and Stephanie Johnson You Sound Like a White Girl by Julissa Arce Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad by Hil Malatino ☕ Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong ✨

Poetry Bloodstone Cowboy by Kara Jackson ✨ Homie by Danez Smith ✨ Tits on the Moon by Dessa ☕

Comics/Graphic Novels The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper by Aaron McGruder ☕ The Boondocks: Fresh for '01...You Suckas by Aaron McGruder ☕

#book recommendations #recommendations #just started When the Angels Left the Old Country which comes strongly recommended by my sister #have accepted i'm not going to stay on top of a roundup / recap every month but maybe i'll do separate posts abt plays or games or somethin