I read 25 books in 2017, marking the third time in the last four years that I have read an average of two books a month. My tilt toward fiction continued. I read 11 fiction books, six non-fiction books and eight anthologies.
Here’s the list:
Granta No. 137: Autumn 2016.
“The Gloaming” by Melanie Finn.
“The Association of Small Bombs” by Karan Mahajan.
“The Sellout” by Paul Beatty.
Grant No. 138: Journeys.
“The Nix” by Nathan Hill.
“Swing Time” by Zadie Smith.
“Known and Strange Things” by Teju Cole.
Freeman’s: “The Best New Writing on Home,” edited by John Freeman.
Granta No. 139: Best of Young American Novelists 3.
“Exit West” by Moshin Hamid.
“The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion” by Jonathan Haidt.
“Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship” by Charles Epp, Steven Maynard-Moody and Donald Haider-Markel.
“Gold Fame Citrus” by Claire Vaye Watkins.
“Meddling Kids” by Edgar Cantero.
Granta No. 140: State of Mind.
“Tales of Two Cities: The Best and West of Times in Today’s New York,” edited by John Freeman.
“Priestdaddy” by Patricia Lockwood.
“A Separation” by Kate Kitamura.
“The Golden Legend” by Nadeem Aslam.
“Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success” by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness.
“Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann.
Granta No. 141: Canada.
Freeman’s: “The Future of New Writing,” edited by John Freeman,
“The Power” by Naomi Alderman