“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
2025 Reading Goal: 100 / 112
As a voracious reader of books since the tender age of whenever-I-learned-to-read, it is no surprise that I have strong opinions about books I’ve encountered—both good and bad. I have favorites, I have lukewarm feelings, and I have regrets. You happen to find yourself among a list of my all-time favorite reads. My hope is that you, too, find enjoyment in these titles.
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“Exhalation”, Ted Chiang
“Not Another Love Song”, Julie Soto
“Stories of Your Life and Others”, Ted Chiang
“The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy”, Brigitte Knightley
“Split or Swallow (nka Kiss of the Basilisk)”, Lindsay Straube
“Five Brothers”, Penelope Douglas
“Rose in Chains”, Julie Soto
“The Golem and the Jinni”, Helene Wecker
“Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery”, Brom
“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”, Gabrielle Zevin
“The Mad Scientist’s Daughter”, Cassandra Rose Clarke
“Deep End (fka Whet)”, Ali Hazelwood
“My Year of Rest and Relaxation”, Ottessa Moshfegh
“This Is How You Lose the Time War”, Amar El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
