My annual look back at my top reads of the previous year....
My Top Reads In ’24
Here's a quick look at the top 10 books I read in 2024—seven fiction and three nonfiction....
Best Books I Read In ’23
I failed pretty miserably in my book-reading goals for last year. I did manage to reach my goal of reading 100 short stories, but fell far short of my annual goal of 25 books—ending up with only 19. In 2024, my resolution is to quit my job so I can have more time to...
My 2022 Five-Stars
Here are the books I read in 2022 that I liked enough to award five-star ratings in Goodreads....
My Top Reads In ’21
Some of the best books I read last year: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen; A Promised Land by Barack Obama....
She Said, He Said
Both Michelle and Barack Obama have written best-selling books, so I guess now we can call them a “power couple.” I recently finished reading A Promised Land, Barack Obama’s memoir of the first part of his presidency. And just a couple of months ago, I read Becoming, Michelle Obama’s telling of their family’s life...
Five-Star Reads
For as awful a year as 2020 was, at least it was good for me in one respect: I read a number of great books last year. Here are the books I liked enough to give five-star ratings to on Goodreads in 2020: The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey. You will have read...
Books From The ‘Teens
When I think about the books that are honored as the top reads in a given year, I usually find that I haven’t read even a tiny percentage of the “best” books listed. I’m a decent reader; I have an annual goal of 25 books in a year, and I usually get fairly close...
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Ah, December. As the year winds down, all the major periodical publications start putting out their “Best of the Year” lists. And for me, the best of the “best” lists are the “Best Books of the Year” lists. This phenomenon means there’s no shortage of ideas for books to read. I’m not going to...
Reading List: December 2019
It’s been almost two years since I wrote one of these last five/next five book lists. A lot more than five books have gone down in that time; there’s no “catching up” here. But let’s jump in for a snapshot of where we are today. The last five books I’ve read, oldest to most...