Books Read in 2019
Fiction
The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
Time Done Won’t Be No More by William Gay
Nonfiction
The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman
The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need by Susan Thurman
The Best American Essays 2013 edited by Cheryl Strayed
SEO 2019 by Adam Clarke
Mastering Google Adwords 2019 by Noah Gray
Books Read in 2018
Fiction
Remember Me Like This: A Novel by Bret Anthony Johnston
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer
Nonfiction
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Poetry
Books Read in 2017
Fiction
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (second read)
The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke
Fay by Larry Brown (third read)
Ways to Spend the Night by Pamela Painter
Everything I never Told you by Celeste Ng
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy (third read)
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Nonfiction
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
The Rose Metal Field Guide to Prose Poetry edited by Gary F. McDowell et al
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiayosaki
The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass
Poetry
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
The Tunnel: Selected Poems by Russell Edson
Books Read in 2016
Fiction
The Marble Orchard by Alex Taylor
The Best Small Fictions 2015 edited by Robert Olen Butler
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce
Sinners of Sanction County by Charles Dodd White
Gold Fame Citrus: A Novel by Claire Vaye Watkins
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch
The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Fay by Larry Brown (fourth read)
Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash
33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories by Ingo Schulze
The Best Small Fictions 2016 edited by Stuart Dybek
Nonfiction
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
An Innocent Abroad: Life-changing Trips from 35 Great Writers edited by John Berendt and Dave Eggers
Poetry
The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop by Diane Lockward
Displacement by Leslie Harrison
Books Read in 2015
Fiction
The Best American Noir of the Century edited by James Ellroy
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Country Hardball by Steve Weddle
God’s Country by Percival Everett
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (second read)
Nonfiction
The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
Poetry
Books Read in 2014
Fiction
Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson
We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
Big Ray: A Novel by Michael Kimball
Prosperous Friends by Christine Schutt
The Isle of Youth: Stories by Laura van den Berg
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Nonfiction
Poetry
The Best American Poetry 2013 edited by David Lehman
Books Read in 2013
Fiction
The Evening Hour: A Novel by Carter Sickels
The Ice at the Bottom of the World: Stories by Mark Richard
The Wrecking Yard and Other Stories by Pinckney Benedict
Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories by Pedro Juan Gutierrez
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories by Ron Rash
Refresh Refresh: Stories by Benjamin Percy
Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Really Short Stories edited by Jerome Stern
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Sudden Stories: The Mammoth book of Miniscule Fiction edited by Dinty W. Moore
They Don’t Dance Much: A Novel by James Ross
The Name of the Nearest River: Stories by Alex Taylor
Brevity & Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories edited by Abigail Beckel et al.
The Trial: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text by Franz Kafka
The Brief Wondrous Lifer of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Welding with Children by Tim Gautreaux
Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
Provinces of Night by William Gay
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell
Nonfiction
Pot Farm by Matthew Gavin Frank
Halls of Fame: Essays by John D’Agata
The Next American Essay edited by John D’Agata
Neck Deep and Other Predicaments by Ander Monson
In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction edited by Mary P. Jones
The Rose Metal Press Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction edited by Dinty W. Moore
The Rose Metal Press Guide to Writing Flash Fiction edited by Tara L. Masih
In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal edited by Mary P. Jones
Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction edited by Judith Kitchen
Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Eric Bonner
The Power of Critical Theory by Stephen D. Brookfield
Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance by Gerald Vizenor
House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home by Mark Richard
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