Favorite general fiction:
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (This was my year of Elizabeth Strout, because I also read and loved Olive Kitteredge and Anything is Possible)
Things to do When You’re Goth in the Country by Chavisa Woods
We Were Witches by Ariel Gore
Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Favorite suspense/mystery fiction:
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Darktown by Thomas Mullen
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Favorite science fiction:
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Comics/Graphic novels:
Slam! Volume 1 by Pamela Ribon
Paper Girls 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Sweet Tooth (entire series) by Jeff Lemire
Poetry:
Magic City Gospel by Ashley M. Jones
Nonfiction:
After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie
Books I hated:
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
