Monday, January 2, 2006
Randy's Books 2019
(1) Folktales of Okinawa
(2) Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
by Ronald Takaki
(3) My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Otessa Moshfegh
(4) The Paris Review, No. 227, Winter 2018
(5) Orientalism
by Edward Said
(6) Monsignor Quixote
Graham Greene
(7) Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
(8) The Paris Review, No. 228, Spring 2019
(9) The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court
by Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum
(10) The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
(11) On Speaking Well: How to Give a Speech with Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan
(12) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
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(13) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
(14) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
(15) Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
by Stephen Budiansky
(16) Semicolon: The Past, Present and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson
(17) Ohio
by Stephen Markley
(18) The Prestige
by Christopher Priest
(19) The Paris Review, No. 229, Summer 2019
(20) The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
(21) The Incendiaries
by R.O. Kwon
(22) A Dictionary of Color Combinations
by Sanzo Wada
(23) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
(24) It's Not the How or the What but the Who: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best
by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz
(25) Rusty Brown
by Chris Ware
(26) The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company
by Ram Charan, Steve Drotter, Jim Noel
(27) The Little Blue Kite
by Mark Z. Danielewski
(28) Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump
by Neal Katyal
(29) The Paris Review, No. 230, Fall 2019
(30) The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
by Corey Robin
Best of, 2019
(2) Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
by Ronald Takaki
(3) My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Otessa Moshfegh
(4) The Paris Review, No. 227, Winter 2018
(5) Orientalism
by Edward Said
(6) Monsignor Quixote
Graham Greene
(7) Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
(8) The Paris Review, No. 228, Spring 2019
(9) The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court
by Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum
(10) The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
(11) On Speaking Well: How to Give a Speech with Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan
(12) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
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(13) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
(14) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J.K. Rowling
(15) Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
by Stephen Budiansky
(16) Semicolon: The Past, Present and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson
(17) Ohio
by Stephen Markley
(18) The Prestige
by Christopher Priest
(19) The Paris Review, No. 229, Summer 2019
(20) The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
(21) The Incendiaries
by R.O. Kwon
(22) A Dictionary of Color Combinations
by Sanzo Wada
(23) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
(24) It's Not the How or the What but the Who: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best
by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz
(25) Rusty Brown
by Chris Ware
(26) The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company
by Ram Charan, Steve Drotter, Jim Noel
(27) The Little Blue Kite
by Mark Z. Danielewski
(28) Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump
by Neal Katyal
(29) The Paris Review, No. 230, Fall 2019
(30) The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
by Corey Robin
Best of, 2019
Christopher's Books 2019
85. Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
84. Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
83. Green Grass, Running Water
by Thomas King
82. Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
81. Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
80. Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
79. Light in August
by William Faulkner
78. My Antonia
by Willa Cather
77. Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose
by Christopher Josiffe
76. Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
75. The Catherine Wheel
by Jean Stafford
74. Lancelot
by Walker Percy
73. The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
72. The Woman in the Dunes
by Kobo Abe
71. Trinity
by Louisa Hall
70. On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
69. The Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by Mara Leveritt
68. Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
67. City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit
by Elmore Leonard
66. Angels and Insects
by A. S. Byatt
65. Dr. Bloodmoney
by Philip K. Dick
64. Household Words
by Joan Silber
63. The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
62. Burger's Daughter
by Nadine Gordimer
61. The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
60. Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott
59. The Collected Stories
by Grace Paley
58. Outline
by Rachel Cusk
57. Friday Black
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
56. Satan's Silence
by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
55. East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
54. Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog
53. Native American Fiction: A User's Manual
by David Treuer
52. Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
51. Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
50. Carpentaria
by Alexis Wright
49. The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
48. Stones for Ibarra
by Harriet Doerr
47. The Ice-Shirt
by William T. Vollmann
46. The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
45. The Bird Artist
by Howard Norman
44. Island
by Alistair MacLeod
43. Republic of Lies
by Anna Merlan
42. The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
41. World of Wonders
by Robertson Davies
40. Eternal Life
by Dara Horn
39. St. Urbain's Horseman
by Mordecai Richler
38. Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan Lindsay
37. Middle Passage
by Charles Johnson
36. The Public Image
by Muriel Spark
35. Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
34. The Love of a Good Woman
by Alice Munro
33. Angels
by Denis Johnson
32. Home
by Toni Morrison
31. The Land Breakers
by John Ehle
30. Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
29. True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
28. Veronica
by Mary Gaitskill
27. The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe
26. The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
25. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
by Russell Hoban
24. Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
23. The Eye of the Storm
by Patrick White
22. Thoughts in Solitude
by Thomas Merton
21. Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
by May Sarton
20. The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector
19. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
by David Treuer
18. Steering the Craft
by Ursula K. Le Guin
17. Milkman
by Anna Burns
16. House Made of Dawn
by N. Scott Momaday
15. The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima
14. The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
13. There There
by Tommy Orange
12. The Ten Thousand Things
by Maria Dermout
11. Fools Crow
by James Welch
10. Clock Without Hands
by Carson McCullers
9. Libra
by Don DeLillo
8. American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings
by Zitkala-Sa
7. Barabbas
by Par Lagerkvist
6. Florida
by Lauren Groff
5. Burning Down the House
by Charles Baxter
4. Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3. The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2. Not All Dead White Men
by Donna Zuckerberg
1. Tree of Smoke
by Denis Johnson
by Kaye Gibbons
84. Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
83. Green Grass, Running Water
by Thomas King
82. Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
81. Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
80. Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
79. Light in August
by William Faulkner
78. My Antonia
by Willa Cather
77. Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose
by Christopher Josiffe
76. Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
75. The Catherine Wheel
by Jean Stafford
74. Lancelot
by Walker Percy
73. The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
72. The Woman in the Dunes
by Kobo Abe
71. Trinity
by Louisa Hall
70. On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
69. The Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by Mara Leveritt
68. Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
67. City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit
by Elmore Leonard
66. Angels and Insects
by A. S. Byatt
65. Dr. Bloodmoney
by Philip K. Dick
64. Household Words
by Joan Silber
63. The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
62. Burger's Daughter
by Nadine Gordimer
61. The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
60. Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott
59. The Collected Stories
by Grace Paley
58. Outline
by Rachel Cusk
57. Friday Black
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
56. Satan's Silence
by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
55. East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
54. Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog
53. Native American Fiction: A User's Manual
by David Treuer
52. Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
51. Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
50. Carpentaria
by Alexis Wright
49. The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
48. Stones for Ibarra
by Harriet Doerr
47. The Ice-Shirt
by William T. Vollmann
46. The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
45. The Bird Artist
by Howard Norman
44. Island
by Alistair MacLeod
43. Republic of Lies
by Anna Merlan
42. The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
41. World of Wonders
by Robertson Davies
40. Eternal Life
by Dara Horn
39. St. Urbain's Horseman
by Mordecai Richler
38. Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan Lindsay
37. Middle Passage
by Charles Johnson
36. The Public Image
by Muriel Spark
35. Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
34. The Love of a Good Woman
by Alice Munro
33. Angels
by Denis Johnson
32. Home
by Toni Morrison
31. The Land Breakers
by John Ehle
30. Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
29. True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
28. Veronica
by Mary Gaitskill
27. The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe
26. The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
25. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
by Russell Hoban
24. Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
23. The Eye of the Storm
by Patrick White
22. Thoughts in Solitude
by Thomas Merton
21. Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
by May Sarton
20. The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector
19. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
by David Treuer
18. Steering the Craft
by Ursula K. Le Guin
17. Milkman
by Anna Burns
16. House Made of Dawn
by N. Scott Momaday
15. The Sound of Waves
by Yukio Mishima
14. The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
13. There There
by Tommy Orange
12. The Ten Thousand Things
by Maria Dermout
11. Fools Crow
by James Welch
10. Clock Without Hands
by Carson McCullers
9. Libra
by Don DeLillo
8. American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings
by Zitkala-Sa
7. Barabbas
by Par Lagerkvist
6. Florida
by Lauren Groff
5. Burning Down the House
by Charles Baxter
4. Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3. The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2. Not All Dead White Men
by Donna Zuckerberg
1. Tree of Smoke
by Denis Johnson
Chloe's Books 2019
1. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire
2. Milkman by Anna Burns
3. Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
4. Pride by Ibi Zoboi
5. Educated by Tara Westover
6. You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
7. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan
8. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
9. The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
10. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
11. The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
12. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
13. Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
14. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
15. Crib Sheet by Emily Oster
16. How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men by Michael Reichert
17. This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
18. There There by Tommy Orange
19. Good to Go by Christie Aschwanden
20. The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
21. The Circle by Dave Eggers
22. Barrier Island by CHRISTOPHER CHILTON
23. Longbourn by Jo Baker
24. The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
25. The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling
26. Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong
27. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
28. New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
29. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
30. Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
31. The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
32. American Street by Ibi Zoboi
34. Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
35. Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
36. The Captain and the Glory by Dave Eggers
2. Milkman by Anna Burns
3. Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
4. Pride by Ibi Zoboi
5. Educated by Tara Westover
6. You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
7. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan
8. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
9. The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
10. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
11. The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
12. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
13. Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
14. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
15. Crib Sheet by Emily Oster
16. How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men by Michael Reichert
17. This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
18. There There by Tommy Orange
19. Good to Go by Christie Aschwanden
20. The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
21. The Circle by Dave Eggers
22. Barrier Island by CHRISTOPHER CHILTON
23. Longbourn by Jo Baker
24. The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
25. The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling
26. Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong
27. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
28. New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
29. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
30. Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
31. The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
32. American Street by Ibi Zoboi
34. Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
35. Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
36. The Captain and the Glory by Dave Eggers
Brittany's Books 2019
(my keyboard is currently stuck as a Spanish keyboard, so please pardon any typos)
Brittany´s Top Books of 2019
67. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
66. Trust Exercises - Susan Choi
65. Permanent Record - Mary H. K. Choi
64. Mostly Dead Things - Kristen Arnett
63. Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Macahdo
62. La Selección - Kiera Cass (translated by Jorge Medina Rizzo)
61. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass - Meg Medina
60. Where the Dead Sit Talking - Brandon Hobson
59. The Book of Unknown Americans - Cristina Henríquez
58. Witchmark - C. L. Polk
57. The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
56. When Katie Met Cassidy - Camille Perry
55. A Prince on Paper - Alyssa Cole
54. Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
53. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy - Alyssa Cole
52. The Right Swipe - Alisha Rai
51. Maid - Stephanie Land
50. Can´t Escape Love - Alyssa Cole
49. A Duke by Default - Alyssa Cole
48. A Bollywood Affair - Sonali Dev
47. The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
46. The Wedding Party - Jasmine Guillory
45. It´s Not Like It´s a Secret - Misa Sugiura
44. First and Then - Emma Mills
43. Austenland - Shannon Hale
42. Text Me When You Get Home - Kayleen Schaefer
41. Love Sugar Magic - Anna Meriano
40. Little and Lion - Brandy Colbert
39. One Day In December - Josie Silver
38. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (I was in Forks, Washington - give me a break!)
37. Friday Black - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
36. Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
35. All You Can Ever Know - Nicole Chung
34. I´ll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson
33. Sorry Please Thank You - Charles Yu
32. Huck and Holden - Rajiv Joseph
31. Bingo Love - Tee Franklin
30. Pride - Ibi Zoboi
29. The Displaced - edited by Viet Than Nguyen
28. House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
27. Longbourn - Jo Baker
26. Unmarriageable - Soniah Kamal
25. Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld
24. Educated - Tara Westover
23. The Proposal - Jasmine Guillory
22. The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
21. Good Talk - Mira Jacob
20. On the Come Up - Angie Thomas
19. Merci Suárez Changes Gears - Meg Medina
18. What It Means When a Man Falls From The Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah
17. Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli
16. Friend and Foe - Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer
15. Darius the Great Is Not Okay - Adib Khorram
14. Bone Gap - Laura Ruby
13. The Leavers - Lisa Ko
12. The Day the World Came to Town - Jim DeFede
11. Becoming - Michelle Obama
10. Gabi: A Girl In Pieces - Isabel Quintero
9. Battleborn - Claire Vaye Watkins
4. Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
3. Booked - Kwame Alexander
2. Men Explain Things to Me - Rebecca Solnit
1. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Brittany´s Top Books of 2019
67. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
66. Trust Exercises - Susan Choi
65. Permanent Record - Mary H. K. Choi
64. Mostly Dead Things - Kristen Arnett
63. Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Macahdo
62. La Selección - Kiera Cass (translated by Jorge Medina Rizzo)
61. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass - Meg Medina
60. Where the Dead Sit Talking - Brandon Hobson
59. The Book of Unknown Americans - Cristina Henríquez
58. Witchmark - C. L. Polk
57. The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
56. When Katie Met Cassidy - Camille Perry
55. A Prince on Paper - Alyssa Cole
54. Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
53. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy - Alyssa Cole
52. The Right Swipe - Alisha Rai
51. Maid - Stephanie Land
50. Can´t Escape Love - Alyssa Cole
49. A Duke by Default - Alyssa Cole
48. A Bollywood Affair - Sonali Dev
47. The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
46. The Wedding Party - Jasmine Guillory
45. It´s Not Like It´s a Secret - Misa Sugiura
44. First and Then - Emma Mills
43. Austenland - Shannon Hale
42. Text Me When You Get Home - Kayleen Schaefer
41. Love Sugar Magic - Anna Meriano
40. Little and Lion - Brandy Colbert
39. One Day In December - Josie Silver
38. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (I was in Forks, Washington - give me a break!)
37. Friday Black - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
36. Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
35. All You Can Ever Know - Nicole Chung
34. I´ll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson
33. Sorry Please Thank You - Charles Yu
32. Huck and Holden - Rajiv Joseph
31. Bingo Love - Tee Franklin
30. Pride - Ibi Zoboi
29. The Displaced - edited by Viet Than Nguyen
28. House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
27. Longbourn - Jo Baker
26. Unmarriageable - Soniah Kamal
25. Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld
24. Educated - Tara Westover
23. The Proposal - Jasmine Guillory
22. The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
21. Good Talk - Mira Jacob
20. On the Come Up - Angie Thomas
19. Merci Suárez Changes Gears - Meg Medina
18. What It Means When a Man Falls From The Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah
17. Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli
16. Friend and Foe - Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer
15. Darius the Great Is Not Okay - Adib Khorram
14. Bone Gap - Laura Ruby
13. The Leavers - Lisa Ko
12. The Day the World Came to Town - Jim DeFede
11. Becoming - Michelle Obama
10. Gabi: A Girl In Pieces - Isabel Quintero
9. Battleborn - Claire Vaye Watkins
8. Building Stories - Chris Ware
7. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh
6. Citizen Illegal - José Olivarez
5. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge4. Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
3. Booked - Kwame Alexander
2. Men Explain Things to Me - Rebecca Solnit
1. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Brent's Books 2019
78. Some Stories
Clarice Lispector
77. Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum
76. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer
75. Meridian
Alice Walker
74. David's Story
Zoe Witcomb
73. Samson Agonistes
John Milton
72. Paradise Regained
John Milton
71. Jeremiah: Pain and Promise
Kathleen O'Conner
70. Thank You, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
69. Endless Night
Agatha Christie
68. Very Good, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
67. Milkman
Anna Burns
66. Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
65. Learning to Pray
Fr. Anthony Bloom
64. Code of the Woosters
P. G. Wodehouse
63. The Antelope Woman
Lousie Erdrich
62. Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
61. Event Factory
Renee Gladman
60. 99 Stories of God
Joy Williams
59. To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
58. The Taiga Syndrome
Cristina Rivera Garza
57. Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
56. The Moons of Jupiter
Alice Munro
55. Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Walker Percy
54. Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
53. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
52. The Arm of the Starfish
Madeline L'Engle
51. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
50. Outline
Rachel Cusk
49. On the Resurrection of the Soul (Popular Patristics)
Gregory of Nyssa
48. Capitalism v. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom
Rob Larson
47. Thinking About God
Dorothee Sölle
46. Paradise Lost
John Milton
45. Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
Eleanor Nesbitt
44. July's People
Nadine Gordimer
43. Bread in the Wilderness
Thomas Merton
42. Uncovering Paul's Women
Lucy Peppiat
41. Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
40. Orlando: A Biography
Virginia Woolf
39. The Death of Napoleon
Simon Leys
38. At the End of the Century: Stories
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
37. Passage to India
E. M. Forster
36. Parenting Forward: How to Raise Kids With Justice, Mercy, and Kindness
Cindy Wang Brandt
35. The Emmisary
Yoko Tawada
34. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus
Fleming Rutledge
33. Texts of Terror: Literary Feminists Readings of the Old Testament
Phylis Trible
32. Hallelujah Anyway: Reflections on Mercy
Anne LaMott
31. The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
30. A Collapse of Horses: A Collection of Stories
Brian Evenson
29. Finding God Among Our Neighbors
Kristen Johnston Largen
28. Down Girl
Kate Manne
27. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Freid and David Hanneman Hanson
26. The Chrysalids
John Wenham
25. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
24. Feminist Theology
Elizabeth Watson
23. Forsaken: The Cross, the Trinity, and Why It Matters
Tom McCall
22. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
21. Paul Among the People
Sarah Ruden
20. Malacqua
Nicola Pugliese
19. New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton
18. The Trinity and the Kingdom
Jurgen Moltmann
17. Ariel
Sylvia Plath
16. Iza's Ballad
Magda Szabó
15. The Ballad of Peckham Rye
Muriel Spark
14. The Violins of Saint-Jaques
Patrick Leigh Fermer
13. The Rhetoric of Reaction
Albert O. Hirshman
12. My Mortal Enemy
Willa Cather
11. Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
10. The Mountain Lion
Jean Stafford
9. The Story of a Name
Elena Ferrante
8. The Go-Between
L. P. Hartley
7. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
6. A Far Cry From Kensington
Muriel Spark
5. Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
4. Breathing Underwater
Richard Rohr
3. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Beverly Roberts-Gaventa
2. Possession
A. S. Byatt
1. The Inescapable Love of God
Thomas Talbott
Clarice Lispector
77. Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum
76. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer
75. Meridian
Alice Walker
74. David's Story
Zoe Witcomb
73. Samson Agonistes
John Milton
72. Paradise Regained
John Milton
71. Jeremiah: Pain and Promise
Kathleen O'Conner
70. Thank You, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
69. Endless Night
Agatha Christie
68. Very Good, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
67. Milkman
Anna Burns
66. Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
65. Learning to Pray
Fr. Anthony Bloom
64. Code of the Woosters
P. G. Wodehouse
63. The Antelope Woman
Lousie Erdrich
62. Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
61. Event Factory
Renee Gladman
60. 99 Stories of God
Joy Williams
59. To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
58. The Taiga Syndrome
Cristina Rivera Garza
57. Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
56. The Moons of Jupiter
Alice Munro
55. Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Walker Percy
54. Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
53. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
52. The Arm of the Starfish
Madeline L'Engle
51. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
50. Outline
Rachel Cusk
49. On the Resurrection of the Soul (Popular Patristics)
Gregory of Nyssa
48. Capitalism v. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom
Rob Larson
47. Thinking About God
Dorothee Sölle
46. Paradise Lost
John Milton
45. Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction
Eleanor Nesbitt
44. July's People
Nadine Gordimer
43. Bread in the Wilderness
Thomas Merton
42. Uncovering Paul's Women
Lucy Peppiat
41. Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
40. Orlando: A Biography
Virginia Woolf
39. The Death of Napoleon
Simon Leys
38. At the End of the Century: Stories
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
37. Passage to India
E. M. Forster
36. Parenting Forward: How to Raise Kids With Justice, Mercy, and Kindness
Cindy Wang Brandt
35. The Emmisary
Yoko Tawada
34. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus
Fleming Rutledge
33. Texts of Terror: Literary Feminists Readings of the Old Testament
Phylis Trible
32. Hallelujah Anyway: Reflections on Mercy
Anne LaMott
31. The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
30. A Collapse of Horses: A Collection of Stories
Brian Evenson
29. Finding God Among Our Neighbors
Kristen Johnston Largen
28. Down Girl
Kate Manne
27. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Freid and David Hanneman Hanson
26. The Chrysalids
John Wenham
25. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
24. Feminist Theology
Elizabeth Watson
23. Forsaken: The Cross, the Trinity, and Why It Matters
Tom McCall
22. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
21. Paul Among the People
Sarah Ruden
20. Malacqua
Nicola Pugliese
19. New Seeds of Contemplation
Thomas Merton
18. The Trinity and the Kingdom
Jurgen Moltmann
17. Ariel
Sylvia Plath
16. Iza's Ballad
Magda Szabó
15. The Ballad of Peckham Rye
Muriel Spark
14. The Violins of Saint-Jaques
Patrick Leigh Fermer
13. The Rhetoric of Reaction
Albert O. Hirshman
12. My Mortal Enemy
Willa Cather
11. Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
10. The Mountain Lion
Jean Stafford
9. The Story of a Name
Elena Ferrante
8. The Go-Between
L. P. Hartley
7. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
6. A Far Cry From Kensington
Muriel Spark
5. Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
4. Breathing Underwater
Richard Rohr
3. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Beverly Roberts-Gaventa
2. Possession
A. S. Byatt
1. The Inescapable Love of God
Thomas Talbott
Billy's Books 2019
1. The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler
2. I Totally Meant to Do That
by Jane Borden
3. Thanks, Obama
by David Litt
4. Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
5. His Favorites
by Kate Walbert
6. Rabbit
by Patricia Williams
7. Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
8. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
9. Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
10. Women
by Chloe Caldwell
11. Leaving Atlanta
by Tayari Jones
12. The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
13. They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
14. Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions
by Rachel Held Evans
15. So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
16. Someone Was Here
by George Whitmore
17. March (Book 1)
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
18. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
19. Shameless
by Nadia Bolz-Weber
20. Say Nothing
by Patrick Radden Keefe
21. Ash
by Malinda Lo
22. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
by Masaji Ishikawa
23. Normal People
by Sally Rooney
24. Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
25. Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
26. Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
27. Queer Intentions
by Amelia Abraham
28. The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
29. All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
edited by Saundra Mitchell
30. George
by Alex Gino
31. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
by Damon Young
32. Milk and Honey
by Rupi Kaur
33. The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory
34. In the Heat of the Light
by Stephen Kearse
35. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
by Kelly Harms
36. Real Queer America
by Samantha Allen
37. Down to the Last Pitch
by Tim Wendel
38. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
39. The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
40. Honeymoon for One
by Keira Andrews
41. Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide
by Cass Sunstein
42. Calypso
by David Sedaris
43. Scrappy Little Nobody
by Anna Kendrick
44. When Katie Met Cassidy
by Camille Perri
45. Becoming Nicole
by Amy Ellis Nutt
46. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
by Kabi Nagata
47. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
48. Into the Woods
by Tana French
49. This America: The Case for the Nation
by Jill Lepore
50. The Likeness
by Tana French
by Erika Swyler
2. I Totally Meant to Do That
by Jane Borden
3. Thanks, Obama
by David Litt
4. Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
5. His Favorites
by Kate Walbert
6. Rabbit
by Patricia Williams
7. Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
8. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
9. Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
10. Women
by Chloe Caldwell
11. Leaving Atlanta
by Tayari Jones
12. The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
13. They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
14. Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions
by Rachel Held Evans
15. So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
16. Someone Was Here
by George Whitmore
17. March (Book 1)
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
18. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
19. Shameless
by Nadia Bolz-Weber
20. Say Nothing
by Patrick Radden Keefe
21. Ash
by Malinda Lo
22. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
by Masaji Ishikawa
23. Normal People
by Sally Rooney
24. Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
25. Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
26. Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
27. Queer Intentions
by Amelia Abraham
28. The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
29. All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
edited by Saundra Mitchell
30. George
by Alex Gino
31. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
by Damon Young
32. Milk and Honey
by Rupi Kaur
33. The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory
34. In the Heat of the Light
by Stephen Kearse
35. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
by Kelly Harms
36. Real Queer America
by Samantha Allen
37. Down to the Last Pitch
by Tim Wendel
38. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
39. The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
40. Honeymoon for One
by Keira Andrews
41. Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide
by Cass Sunstein
42. Calypso
by David Sedaris
43. Scrappy Little Nobody
by Anna Kendrick
44. When Katie Met Cassidy
by Camille Perri
45. Becoming Nicole
by Amy Ellis Nutt
46. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
by Kabi Nagata
47. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
48. Into the Woods
by Tana French
49. This America: The Case for the Nation
by Jill Lepore
50. The Likeness
by Tana French
Randy's Books 2022
(1) Hannah Arendt
by Samantha Rose Hill
(2) The Paris Review, Summer 2021, No. 237
(3) Making Habeas Work: A Legal History
by Eric M. Freedman
(4) Judging Statutes
by Robert A. Katzman
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