Every year I track the books I read. I’ve done this since 2010, when I graduated from UConn. These lists are a fun historical record of how my tastes have changed (for better or worse). Here’s what I’m reading this year:

2025 Books

  1. Skippy Dies: Paul Murray

  2. Jesus’ Son: Denis Johnson

  3. Men Without Women: Ernest Hemingway

  4. The House on Mango Street: Sandra Cisneros

  5. The Beach: Alex Garland

  6. The Anxiety of Influence: Harold Bloom

  7. Things: Francis Ponge

  8. Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One’s Books: Georges Perec

  9. The Kingdom: Emmanuel Carrere

  10. Sketches from a Hunter’s Album: Ivan Turgenev

  11. Every Man For Himself And God Against All: Werner Herzog

  12. Morning and Evening: Jon Fosse