2024 was a “good enough” year for reading, but this was definitely the best year I’ve had actually documenting it, at least the book-length stuff. I even managed to finish some things (in bold). Pen and paper saves the day!
THE LONELINESS FILES by Athena Dixon
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel A. van der Kolk
1000 WORDS by Jami Attenberg
PLACES WE LEFT BEHIND by Jennifer Yang
BODY WORK by Melissa Febos
THE SITUATION AND THE STORY by Vivian Gornick (reread)
UPRIGHT BONDS by Lincoln Michel
FUGUE STATE by Brian Evenson
LOVE & INDUSTRY by Sonia Huber
TRUTH IS THE ARROW, MERCY IS THE BOW by Steve Almond
FARAWAY PLACES by Tom Spanbauer
PERCHANCE TO DREAM by Charles Beaumont
CREATIVITY by John Cleese
SCRATCHED by Elizabeth Tallent
A COLLAPSE OF HORSES by Brian Evenson
WRITING ON EMPTY by Natalie Goldberg (reread)
BLOOD, BONES & BUTTER by Gabrielle Hamilton (reread)
VERGE by Lidia Yuknavitch
RIVETHEAD: TALES FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINE by Ben Hamper (reread)
MURDER AND MAMON by Mia P. Manansala
QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain
I sandbagged on documenting the short fiction and non-fiction I’ve read, but maybe that’s a target for next year.