Tag: usa
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Rejection is a collection of stories that pushes every conceivable boundary. It’s hilarious, horrifying, nasty and brilliant.
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The Message by Ta-Nahisi Coates
The Message wasn’t as inflammatory as I expected it to be, and it wasn’t as compelling either.
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The Body in Question by Jill Ciment
In her memoir Consent, Ciment casts herself as an unreliable narrator of her own life. The Body in Question is fiction, so closely based upon her real life that it raises questions of its’ own.
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Black Hole by Charles Burns
Black Hole is a legendary graphic novel. It’s on every best-of list. I can see why, but it didn’t do anything for me
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison
Part engrossing addiction memoir, part meticulously researched profiiles of historical and literary figures, The Recovering is an unforgettable and transformative read.
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Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Catalina is radiant and irresistible. I could read a thousand pages narrated by this character.
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The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
I like the person who recommended the book, but not the book itself
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10:04 by Ben Lerner
10:04 is almost excellent, sometimes eye-rollingly precious. I didn’t like this book but there’s a lot of it that’s brilliant.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes’ The Making of the Atomic Bomb is one of the most difficult and rewarding nonfiction books I’ve ever read.