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135 Recent-Ish Books

a selection of books i've read in the last 5-ish years (since i've been keeping yearly spreadsheets).....non-comprehensive but also probably a decent selection of my taste....
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Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
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Why We Can't Wait (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Why We Can't Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
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Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American F (Lockwood, Jeffrey A.)
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American F
Lockwood, Jeffrey A.
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Choosing to Run (Des Linden)
Choosing to Run
Des Linden
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Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son
John Jeremiah Sullivan
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The Game by Ken Dryden
The Game by Ken Dryden
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
9
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
10
Cod (Mark Kurlansky)
Cod
Mark Kurlansky
11
Last Words From Monmarte (Qiu Miaojin)
Last Words From Monmarte
Qiu Miaojin
12
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
Vladimir Nabokov
13
More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic (Stephen Kantrowitz)
More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic
Stephen Kantrowitz
14
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
Robert Bloch
15
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life (Sally G. McMillen)
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life
Sally G. McMillen
16
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
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The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports (Michael Waters)
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
Michael Waters
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Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
Emily St John Mandel
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The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
Flannery O'Connor
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The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell
21
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner
23
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces
Gretel Ehrlich
24
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
25
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
Willa Cather
26
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
27
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
Timothy Egan
28
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
29
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
30
Hot Milk (Deborah Levy)
Hot Milk
Deborah Levy
31
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
Carl Sagan
32
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
33
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
34
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk
35
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
36
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
37
The Wizard of Earth Sea
The Wizard of Earth Sea
38
Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
Going Postal
Terry Pratchett
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Devil House (John Darnielle)
Devil House
John Darnielle
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
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