2022 Reading

Updating throughout the year. Favorites & notes at the end. Fiction

Nonfiction

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment – David R. Hawkin, M.D., Ph.D.
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype – Clarissa Pinkola Estés* (*reading)
Hell and Other Destinations – Madeline Albright
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History – Lea Ypi
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing – Elena Ferrante
You Had Me at Pét-Nat: A Natural Wine Soaked Memoir – Rachel Signer
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency – Olivia Laing
France: An Adventure History – Graham Robb* (*reading)
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste – Bianca Bosker
(September)
(October)
(November)
(December)

Poetry/Essay Collections

A Symmetry – Ari Banias
Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow: Poems by Natalka Bilotserkivets, translated by Ali Kinsella & Dzvinia Orlowsky
Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation by Alfred Corn – Rainer Maria Rilke
Canopy – Linda Gregerson
On The Line: Notes From a Factory – Joseph Ponthus
Venice – Ange Mlinko
Enough Rope: A Book of Light Verse – Dorothy Parker
Red Kite, Blue Sky – Madeleine May Kunin
(September)
(October)
(November)
(December)

Favorites & Notes

Pure Colour (Fiction, Sheila Heti) is one of the most superb, important books I’ve ever read — the writing! The philosophy!
Preparation for the Next Life (Fiction, Atticus Lish) is a masterpiece in empathy; character-driven and a powerful story packed in simple narrative.
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment (Nonfiction, David R. Hawkin, M.D., Ph.D.) is now a forever-nightstand book.
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History (Nonfiction, Lea Ypi) is incredible nonfiction that flows like fiction.
You Had Me at Pét-Nat: A Natural Wine Soaked Memoir (Nonfiction, Rachel Signer) — Came for the wine, stayed for the timeless memoir and beautiful writing; I couldn’t put it down.
Cork Dork (Nonfiction, Bianca Bosker) changed how I will forever think about food and service. Again, came for the wine, stayed for the fascinating could-not-put-down journey.
On The Line: Notes From a Factory (Verse, Joseph Ponthus) is just stunning. Heartbreaking and raw; I’m convinced it’s a book people will read in 50 years to learn about this time.

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