The Book Stack

Top reads so far this year

My Favorite Reads January - July

Of note: Sometimes I read stuff published a long time ago and sometimes I read books that haven’t been published yet. Titles are linked to my original review. Except the poetry. Because I haven’t reviewed them yet: stay tuned.

Fiction

1. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

3. Hum by Helen Phillips

Non-Fiction

1. The Butterfly Season by Lea Korsgaard

2. How Flowers Made Our World by David Haskell

Essay/Memoir

1. The Salt of the Universe by Amy Leach

2. It Wasn’t Meant to be Perfect by Gaelynn Lea

Poetry

1. The World Doesn’t End by Charles Simic

2. What the Body Knows by Lance Larsen

What books have you loved
so far this year? Do tell!
My book stack is shrinking.

Me reading to my dog. We are both muppets. This image was generated by ChatGPT, but if there’s an artist out there who loves turning people into muppets, let’s talk!