2024 |
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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Mostly horror. ★★★★☆ |
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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"You're the ship, they're the bottle." ★★★★☆ |
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Evicted by Matthew Desmond |
Daily reminder to cherish my rent stabilized apartment. ★★★☆☆ |
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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy |
Entirely too much detail about vomit. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Guest by Emma Cline |
Exactly why I don't hang in the Hamptons. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Seamas O'Reilly |
Trying to earn my Derry Girl chops. ★★★★☆ |
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich |
"work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself." ★★☆☆☆ |
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt |
Patiently waiting for some octopi to run for office. ★★★☆☆ |
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2023 |
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Finna by Nino Cipri |
Reading material for when you're waiting for someone at Ikea. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin |
"Other people's parents are often a delight." ★★★★☆ |
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean |
Rethinking my pyromania era. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Martian by Andy Weir |
Before Elon Musk ruined Mars for everyone. ★★★★☆ |
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The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa |
I rarely use my left leg anyways. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty |
"It seems to her that she's spent her whole life sitting in a laundromat, freaking peoeple out." ★★★★☆ |
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus |
Inspiration for the woman who's good at everything. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Maid by Nita Prose |
Here for the cleaning tips. ★★★☆☆ |
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2022 |
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata |
I too am simply an extension of Costco. ★★★★☆ |
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Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So |
All these stories happened after I Irish exited. ★★★★★ |
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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd |
Still not a good enough reason for me to go upstate. ★★★★☆ |
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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder |
Just be weird enough so you can call it art. ★★★☆☆ |
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Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman |
"Poke the scar until it speaks." ★★☆☆☆ |
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My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson |
Good to know a museum gift shop can sustain life. ★★★★☆ |
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Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho |
Driving around doing nothing is the basis of most teenage friendships. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney |
Hated all the characters by the end. Just like real life. ★★★☆☆ |
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2021 |
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This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens |
Appropriately disparaging of New Year's eve. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir |
What we're hoping happens to Jeff Bezos. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani |
Yet another reason not to have children. ★★★☆☆ |
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Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker |
Sadly not about ranch dressing. ★★★★☆ |
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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler |
Good reminder to make friends in Canada. ★★★★☆ |
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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner |
My memoir will be called Talking About Costco at Weddings. ★★★☆☆ |
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler |
Really hoping my end of days doesn't involve so much camping. ★★★★☆ |
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Brotopia by Emily Chang |
More sex parties than expected. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Funeral Diva by Pamela Sneed |
"two three thirty forty fifty Americas maybe more" ★★★☆☆ |
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett |
Hope my twin is out there somewhere so we can go in on an air fryer together. ★★★★☆ |
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Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall |
In case your biggest problem isn't finding good help. ★★★☆☆ |
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2020 |
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Know My Name by Chanel Miller |
Hope some boys read this book. ★★★★☆ |
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How We Became Human by Joy Harjo |
"The world begins at a kitchen table." ★★★☆☆ |
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Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami |
A love letter to bathhouses. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai |
Bring me to Boystown. ★★★★☆ |
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Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong |
Further proof Oberlin would destroy me. ★★★★☆ |
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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid |
A journey towards health insurance coverage. ★★★★☆ |
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I Have Crossed an Ocean by Grace Nichols |
"Such golden obsessions Could only create golden monsters" ★★★☆☆ |
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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi |
There's hope for all of us. ★★★★☆ |
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie |
Essentially quarantine 2020. ★☆☆☆☆ |
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo |
As lady-centric as advertised. ★★★★★ |
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell |
Great if you love love. I do not. ★★☆☆☆ |
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Dear Girls by Ali Wong |
She writes about spam musubi and Costco so it's impossible for me to be impartial. ★★★☆☆ |
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2019 |
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Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima |
Not afraid to portray small children as very annoying. ★★★★☆ |
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On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong |
"Every grain of rice you leave behind is one maggot you eat in hell." ★★★★☆ |
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Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino |
An appropriate number of words dedicated to scammers. ★★★☆☆ |
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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite |
The natural outcome of having to date millenial men. ★★★☆☆ |
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee |
Still recovering from the deaths in chapter one. ★★★★☆ |
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I Must Be Living Twice by Eileen Myles |
"Life is a plot to make me move." ★★☆☆☆ |
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee |
If you need material for you autobiography become a cater waiter. ★★★☆☆ |
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Educated by Tara Westover |
Combines my top fears of religion and heavy machinery. ★★★★☆ |
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Severance by Ling Ma |
My end of the world also involves one last taste of shark fin soup. ★★★☆☆ |
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Becoming by Michelle Obama |
Really couldn't have been more endearing. ★★★★☆ |
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2018 |
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Dietland by Sarai Walker |
Being a girl is exhausting. ★☆☆☆☆ |
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This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps |
Story of a very full teenage life. ★★★★☆ |
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Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur |
"our struggle to celebrate each other is what's proven most difficult in being human" ★★★☆☆ |
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The Wonder by Emma Donaghue |
Extreme dedication to summer bod. ★★★★☆ |
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng |
Exactly how I imagined Ohio would be. ★★★☆☆ |
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Push by Sapphire |
Based on the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. ★★★★☆ |
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood |
Probably coming in 2019. ★★★★☆ |
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salt. by nayyirah waheed |
"listen to my poems. but do not look for me. look for you." ★★★☆☆ |
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There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker |
"When I get to heaven I'm going to wear my good bra" ★★★★☆ |
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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher |
Being Princess Leia was the least weird thing about her life. ★★★☆☆ |
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Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed |
Only an advice columnist could melt my black heart. ★★★★☆ |
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates |
A letter to his son on the fragility of his black body. Not light. ★★★★☆ |
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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami |
Possibly the origin story of those Japanese body pillows. ★★★☆☆ |
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
"The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone" —Tupac ★★★★☆ |
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2017 |
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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman |
Some boys playing with their apricocks. ★★★☆☆ |
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Hunger by Roxane Gay |
Our bodies are unruly. Also, an entire joyful chapter on Ina Garten. ★★★☆☆ |
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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett |
A book within a book. V meta. ★★★★☆ |
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Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee |
Annoyingly similar to the novel I started writing. ★★★☆☆ |
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay |
Made me hate The Help. ★★★★☆ |
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander |
So depressing. Read immediately. ★★★★★ |
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Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer |
Confirms my suspicion of high altitudes. ★★★☆☆ |
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