10 FAVORITE BOOKS I READ SO FAR THIS YEAR

(without commentary or justification and maybe not in order, except for the first one)

1. once upon a river - bonnie jo campbell

2. lark and termite - jayne anne phillips

3. the avian gospels - adam novy

4. look look feathers - mike young

5. islands in the stream - ernest hemingway

6. the wind up bird chronicle - murakami

7. how they were found - matt bell

8. tongue party - sarah rose etter

9. s. - john updike

10. alt. punk - lavinia ludlow

honorable mentions

11. the gospel of anarchy - justin taylor

12. six months - josh olsen

10 books i want to read really badly before the year is over

everything ever written by scott mcclanahan

1. murakami - 1q84

2. lost memory of skin - russell banks

3. normally special - xtx

4. the book of freaks - jamie iredell

5. the devil all the time - donald ray pollock

6. kafka on the shore - murakami

7. you can make him like you - ben tanzer

8. daddy's - lindsay hunter

9. please dont be upset - brandi wells

10. a super sad true love story - gary styngart