a frequently updated list of recently read books
The Rule of St. Benedict Joan Chittister
The Incendiaries R.O Kwon
A Prayer Journal Flannery O’Connor
Trust Exercises Susan Choi
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
Paris in Winter David Coggins
My Butch Career Esther Newton
Still Lives Maria Hummel
Swimming Lessons Claire Fuller
Passion and Affect Laurie Colwin
Your Duck is My Duck Deborah Eisenberg
The Golden State Lydia Kiesling
Hotel Du Lac Anita Brookner
Welcome Home Lucia Berlin
Letters to Max Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo
The Round House Louise Erdrich
Women Talking Miriam Toews
The Friend Sigrid Nunez
The Cost of Living Deborah Levy
Circe Madeline Miller
The Catholic Imagination Andrew Greeley
Things I Don’t Want to Know Deborah Levy
The Optimistic Decade Heather Abel
Scrap; on Louise Nevelson Julie Gard
The Wives of Los Alamos TaraShea Nesbit
Stray City Chelsea Johnson
Asymmetry Lisa Halliday
That Kind of Mother Rumaan Alam
The Lost Kitchen Erin French
Paper is White Hilary Zaid
Feel Free Zadie Smith
Winter Ali Smith
Fire Sermon Jamie Quatro
Call Me By My Name Andre Achman
The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani
The Transit of Venus Shirley Hazzard
More Home Cooking Laurie Colwin
Home Cooking Laurie Colwin
The Annunciation Ellen Gilchrist
Afterglow Eileen Myles
History of Wolves Emily Fridlund
Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado
The Farm in the Green Mountains Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer
The Ninth Hour Alice McDermott
What We Lose Zinzi Clemmons
A Road Made By Walking Sara Baume
Exit West Mohsin Hamid
Less Andrew Sean Greer
A Grace Paley Reader Grace Paley
Girls and Sex Peggy Orenstein
Do Not Become Alarmed Maile Meloy
Nature Poem Tommy Pico
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie
The Blue Hour Laura Pritchett
The Idiot Elif Batuman
Cassandra at the Wedding Dorothy Baker
Celine Peter Heller
Murder in the Cathedral T.S.Eliot
Magdalene Marie Howe
Bull and Other Stories Kathy Anderson
Autumn Ali Smith
South and West Joan Didion
The Rules Don't Apply Ariel Levy
Abandon Me Melissa Febos
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce Morgan Parker
Unseen Hand Adam Zagajewski
Mercury Margot Livesey
The World Will Be Saved by Beauty Kate Hennessy
Swing Time Zadie Smith
Commonwealth Ann Patchett
Ideas of Heaven Joan Silber
The Red Car Marcy Dermansky
The Duty of Delight Dorothy Day
All the Way to Heaven is Here Dorothy Day
The Old Filth Trilogy Jane Gardham
The Nest Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
The After Party Anton DiSclafani
The Summer Book Tove Jansson
Hot Milk Deborah Levy
Heroes of the Frontier Dave Eggers
Voyage of the Sable Venus Robin Coste Lewis
Swimming Home Deborah Levy
The Red Notebook Antoine Laurain
We The Animals Justin Torres
To the End of the Land David Grossman
Ninety-Nine Stories of God Joy Williams
Unless Carol Shields
The Life You Save May Be Your Own Paul Elie
My Bright Abyss Christian Wiman
The Road to Emmaus Spencer Reese
The Kingdom of Ordinary Time Marie Howe
Carol (The Price of Salt) Patricia Highsmith
A Body, Undone Christina Crosby
Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert
The Visiting Privilege Joy Williams
The Sport of Kings CE Morgan
The Pleasing Hour Lily King
The Mare Mary Gaitskill
The Abundance Annie Dillard
The Bed Moved Rebecca Schiff
James Herriot Dog Stories (with my daughter)
Temporary Shelter Mary Gordon
Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld
Home Studies Julie Gard
The Summer of My Amazing Luck Miriam Toews
A Manual for Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin
Second Childhood Fanny Howe
Corita Kent and the Language of Pop Susan Dackerman
When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead
Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham
Irma Voth Miriam Toews
My Name is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout
The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander
The Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fates and Furies Lauren Groff
Bobcat Rebecca Lee
Tattoos on the Heart Greg Boyle
Bird Noy Holland
What I've Stolen, What I've Earned Sherman Alexie
Fidelity Grace Paley
I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles
The Painter Peter Heller
Caesar's Guide to a Perfect Dog Caesar Milan
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Vendela Veda
The Vacationers Emma Straub
The Adamant Mary Ruefle
The Unspeakable Meghan Daum
After Birth Elissa Albert
After Moondog Jane Shapiro
The Lone Pilgrim Laurie Colwin
Among the Ten Thousand Things Julia Pierpont
Visions and Revisions Dale Peck
A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson
The Green Road Anne Enright
The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
The Folded Clock Heidi Julavitz
What Comes Next and How to Like It Abigail Thomas
My Mistakes Daniel Menaker
Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan
Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit
All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews
Bluets Maggie Nelson
Euphoria Lily King
Florence Gordon Brian Morton
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write Sarah Ruhl
Miracle Girls Mary Beth Caschetta
Thunderstruck Elizabeth McCracken
Lila Marilynne Robinson
Home Marilynne Robinson
When I Was a Child I Read Books Marilynne Robinson
On Immunization Eula Biss
Best American Essays 2013
What the Living Do Marie Howe
Ambition and Survival Christian Wiman
Out of the West Christian Wiman
Stolen Air: Collected Poems of Osip Mandelstam Christian Wiman, trans.
Stars Go Blue Laura Pritchett
The Sleepwalkers Guide to Dancing Mira Jacobs
This is the Water Yannick Murphy
Love, Nina Nina Stibbe
Life After Life Kate Atkinson
Off Course Michelle Huneven
The City is a Rising Tide Rebecca Lee
Bobcat Rebecca Lee