2020
- WASHINGTON BLACK by Esi Edugyan (F) novel
- THE PARTY by Elizabeth Day (F) novel
- WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews (F) short novel
- IN A LONELY PLACE by Dorothy B. Hughes (F) (Noir) short novel
- THE DAMNED by Nathan Greenfield (NF)
- HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD by Ottessa Moshfegh (F) shorts*
- FIVE DAYS GONE by Laura Cumming (CNF)
- THE ALICE NETWORK by Kate Quinn (F) novel
- WHAT WE ALL LONG FOR by Dionne Brand (F) novel
- AGAINST DEATH (anthology) edited by Elee K. Gardiner (NF) essays 1/2 read
- THE LONDON TRAIN by Tessa Hadley (F) novel in 2 parts
- LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson (F) novel in pieces*
- GOD IN RUINS by Kate Atkinson (F) novel
- TRANSCRIPTION by Kate Atkinson (F) mystery novel
- BINA by Anakana Schofield (F) novel in warnings (i don’t need to read anymore of this series, i really don’t)
- GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER by Bernardine Evaristo (F) novel*
- LIT by Mary Karr (NF) memoir
- CITY OF FIRE by Garth Hellburg (F) fucking long novel that i will finish if it kills me.
- HALF-BLOOD BLUES by Esi Eduygan (F) novel (re-read)
- SERVANTS OF THE MAP by Andrea Barrett (F) shorts; but long shorts with a historic/scientific bent
- OUTLINE by Rachel Cusk (F) short novel re-read
- TRANSIT by Rachel Cusk (F) short novel
- THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr (NF) (Craft)*
- KUDOS by Rachel Cusk (F) short novel
- RULES OF CIVILITY by Amor Towles (F) novel*
- WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE THE MOVIES by Raziel Reid (F) short novel
- SHUT UP YOU’RE PRETTY by Tea Mutonji (F) shorts
- THE PLAGUE by Kevin Chong (F) novel
- HOW TO MURDER YOUR LIFE by Cat Marnell (NF) (memoir) audiobook
- THE BOOK OF SALT by Monique Truong (F) audiobook 1/3 read. the narrator wasn’t great
- THE WHITES by Richard Price (F) novel
- RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson (F) novel
- THIS IS THE NIGHT OUR HOUSE WILL CATCH FIRE by Nick Flynn (CNF) memoir
- NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney (F) short novel
- ANATOMY OF STORY by John Truby (NF) craft
- WIRED FOR STORY by Lisa Cron (NF) craft
2019
- ON WRITING by Stephen King (craft) re-read
- THE RECOVERY: INTOXICATION AND IT’S AFTERMATH by Leslie Jamieson (NF + CNF)
- JOHNNY APPLESEED by Joshua Whitehead (F) novel X 2
- HOW FICTION WORKS by James Wood (craft)* re-read
- HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL IN 90 DAYS by Alan Watts (craft)* X 2
- CATARACT CITY by Craig Davidson (F) novel (bro book)
- THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER by Lidia Yuknavitch (memoir)
- THE LAST NUDE by Ellis Avery (F) novel
- ZEPPLIN NIGHTS by Jerry White (NF) history of WW1 X2
- SEARCH FOR TERRY PUNCHOUT by Tyler Hellard (F) novel
- THE LIAR’S CLUB by Mary Karr (NF + memoir)
- NEVER MIND by Edward St. Aubyn (F) novel*
- GREAT WAR LETTERS by The Times (NF) X 2
- AQUA VIVA by Clarice Lispector (F) novella
- GLORY IN A LINE: A LIFE OF FOUJITA by Phyllis Birbaum (NF)
- FACES OF WAR by Andrew Bamji (NF) re-read
- THE PIANO SHOP ON THE LEFT BANK by TE Carhart (NF)
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy (memoir)
- FALLING AWAKE by Alice Oswald (poetry)
- A LUCKY MAN by Jamel Brinkley (F) shorts
- UNDER MY SKIN by Doris Lessing (memoir)
- A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles (N) mystery/suspense
- THE RISE AND FALL OF GREAT POWERS by Tom Rachman (F) novel
- TRUTH & BEAUTY by Ann Patchett (memoir) X 2 (audiobook + book)
- DEGREES OF NAKEDNESS by Lisa Moore (F) short stories*
- TINY LIGHTS FOR TRAVELLERS by Naomi K. Lewis (memoir)*
- SPEEDBOAT by Renata Adler (F) a novel in fragments
- UNDER THE BRIDGE: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey (NF)
- THE EMPRESS OF IDAHO by Todd Babiak (F) novel
- BETTYVILLE by George Hodgman (NF) memoir*
- BASIC BLACK WITH PEARLS by Helen Weinzweig (F) short novel
- BELOVED by Toni Morrison (F) short novel*
- THE WESTERN ALIENATION MERIT BADGE by Nancy Jo Cullen (F) short novel
- THERE, THERE by Tommy Orange (F) novel*
- THEORY by Dionne Brand (F) short novel
- BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT by Maile Meloy (F) short stories*
- CALGARY THROUGH THE EYES OF WRITERS by Shaun Hunter (NF) anthology reread
- AN HONEST WOMAN by JoAnn McCaig (F) short novel
- LIARS AND SAINTS by Maile Meloy (F) novel
- A FAMILY DAUGHTER by Maile Meloy (F) novel
- SEASON OF FURY AND WONDER by Sharon Butala (F) short stories*
- THE BODY OF THE BEASTS by Audree Wilhelmy (F) short novel
- STET by Diana Athill (NF) memoir*
- THE INCENDIARIES, A NOVEL by R.O. Kwon (F) short novel*
- A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS by V. S. Naipaul (F) novel 1/3 read
- AIR SALT by Ian Kinney (poetry)*
- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot (NF)
- HOT MILK by Deborah Levy (F) short novel*
2018
- FACES OF WAR by Andrew Bamji (NF) X 2
- THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nyugen (F) novel ½ read
- SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward (F) novel
- MOTHER’S AND OTHER STRANGERS by Gina Sorell (F) novel
- FLOATING CITY by Kerri Sakamoto (F) novel
- JOURNEY PRIZE ANTHOLOGY #29 (F) shorts
- DROPOUT by Leslie Gavel (NF) memoir
- DARWIN’S MOVING by Taylor Lambert (NF) memoir
- SCOGGY’S WAR by Howard Brenton (play)
- THE CONJOINED by Jen Sookfong Lee (F) novel
- JESUS ON THE DASHBOARD by Lisa Murphy-Lamb (F)(YA) novella
- CATALINA by Liska Jacobs (F) novel
- DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY? by Bill Clegg (F) novel*
- TOBY’S ROOM by Pat Barker (F) novel re-read
- NOONDAY by Pat Barker (F) novel re-read
- FOLLOWING THE RIVER by Lorri Neilson Glenn (CNF) ½ read
- THAT TINY LIFE by Erin Frances Fisher (F) shorts ½ read
- THE ITALIAN TEACHER by Tom Rachman (F) novel*
- THE CONCUBINE’S DAUGHTER by Denise Chong (NF) memoir
- LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders (F) novel*
- THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF POETS by Jess Walter (F) novel
- PRIESTDADDY by Patricia Lockwood (CNF) essays
- THE FIGGS by Ali Bryan (F) novel
- THE DAUGHTERS OF MARS by Thomas Kineally (HF) novel
- HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL by Alexander Chee (NF) essays*
- SWING TIME by Zadie Smith (F) novel
- WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys (F) novel re-read
- THE SUN ALSO RISES by Hemingway (F) novel re-read
- MANUEL FOR CLEANING WOMEN by Lucia Berlin (F) shorts
- BROTHER by David Chariandy (F) novel*
- THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT by Robert Goolrick (NF) memoir
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Erich Maria Remarque (F) novel
- EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh (F) novel*
- ISADORA by Amelia Gray (CNF) novel
- THEY TOLD ME THERE’D BE CAKE by Sloane Crosley (NF) essays ½ read
- OUTLINE by Rachel Cusk (F) novel*
- UNDERMAJORDOMO MINOR by Patrick de Witt (F) novel
- THE REAL LOLITA by Sarah Weinman (NF but a weird combo of crime + literary investigation)*
- IT STARTS WITH THE BODY by Hana Shafi (P)
- FLAWED by Andrea Dorfman (CNF) adult picture book
- NO GOOD ASKING by Fran Kimmel (F) (YA) novel
- THE ONLY STORY by Julian Barnes (F) novel
- THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith (F) novel
- GALVESTON by Paul Quarrington (F) novel
- THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandrian Marzano-Lesnevich (CNF—crime + memoir)*
- LESS by Andrew Sean Greer (F) novel*
- CALGARY THROUGH THE EYES OF A WRITER by Shaun Hunter (NF) anthology
- SOFIE AND CECILIA by Katherine Ashenburg (historical F) novel
- WAITING ANTHOLOGY edited by Rona Altrows + Julie Sedivy (NF) ½ read
- HOW IT ENDED by Jay McInerney (F) shorts
- WE’LL ALL BE BURNT IN OUR BED SOME NIGHT by Joel Thomas Hynes (F) novel
- TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG by Peter Carey (F) novel
- THE SELECTED STORIES OF GORDON LISH by Gordon Lish (F) shorts
- WHEN WE WERE BIRDS by Maria Mutch (F) shorts