The idea of converting my reading life into pixels on a screen unsettles me. Books are meant to be highlighted and dog-eared, their spines cracked and lying facedown on the kitchen table. They become part of the scenery and signposts for our memories. Here are some of the books I've read, most of which I recommend:
2025
- The Dream Hotel, Laila Lalami
- Orbital, Samantha Harvey
- The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay
2024
- In the Dust of this Planet: The Horror of Philosophy, Eugene Thacker
- The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula Le Guin
- Hum, Helen Phillips
- The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier
- Recursion, Blake Crouch
- The North Water, Ian McGuire
2023
- Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam
- The New House, David Leo Rice
- The Power, Naomi Alderman
2022
- The Throwback Special, Chris Bachelder
- The Fifth Child, Doris Lessing
- The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
2021
- Shadowbahn, Steve Erickson
- The Memory Police, Yōko Ogawa
2020
2017
- Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
- The Woman in the Dunes, Kōbō Abe
2016
- Cruising Paradise, Sam Shepard
