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135 Recent-Ish Books

a selection of books i've read in the last 5-ish years (since i've been keeping yearly spreadsheets).....non-comprehensive but also probably a decent selection of my taste....
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Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
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Sarah Waters
Why We Can't Wait (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Why We Can't Wait
2
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
3
Rachel Carson
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American F (Lockwood, Jeffrey A.)
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American F
4
Lockwood, Jeffrey A.
Choosing to Run (Des Linden)
Choosing to Run
5
Des Linden
Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son
6
John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Game by Ken Dryden
The Game by Ken Dryden
7
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
8
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
9
William Faulkner
Cod (Mark Kurlansky)
Cod
10
Mark Kurlansky
Last Words From Monmarte (Qiu Miaojin)
Last Words From Monmarte
11
Qiu Miaojin
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
12
Vladimir Nabokov
More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic (Stephen Kantrowitz)
More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic
13
Stephen Kantrowitz
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
14
Robert Bloch
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life (Sally G. McMillen)
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life
15
Sally G. McMillen
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
16
Christopher Isherwood
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports (Michael Waters)
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
17
Michael Waters
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
18
Emily St John Mandel
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
19
Flannery O'Connor
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
20
Mary Doria Russell
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
21
Cormac McCarthy
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
22
Michelle Zauner
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces
23
Gretel Ehrlich
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
24
Carmen Maria Machado
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
25
Willa Cather
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
26
Susanna Clarke
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
27
Timothy Egan
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
28
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
29
Vladimir Nabokov
Hot Milk (Deborah Levy)
Hot Milk
30
Deborah Levy
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
31
Carl Sagan
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
32
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
33
Douglas Stuart
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
34
Olga Tokarczuk
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
35
Mark Z. Danielewski
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
36
James Baldwin
The Wizard of Earth Sea
The Wizard of Earth Sea
37
Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
Going Postal
38
Terry Pratchett
Devil House (John Darnielle)
Devil House
39
John Darnielle
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
40
Annie Dillard
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