As with last year’s list, this is a list of books I read this year that stuck with me in some way. There were many books published this year that I have yet to read (a boy only has so many hours in a day!) and they are sitting in a pile here. I’ll get to them soon. As for the ones I did get to, they weren’t all published in 2010 (some are classics I finally got around to reading), so don’t look at this as a “best of 2010” list, but more my own idiosyncratic favorites from an arbitrary span of time.
So in alphabetical order (fiction, poetry, nonfiction are mixed here):
My Life as Adam by Bryan Borland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Nox by Anne Carson
Long Distance by Steven Cordova
How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet
Specimen Days and By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
Ka-Ching by Denise Duhamel
Handmade Love by Julie R. Enszer
Almost Dorothy by Neil de la Flor
Maurice by E. M. Forester
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Scavenge by RJ Gibson
From Harvey River by Lorna Goodison
What Other Choice by Jeremy Halinen
The Iliad by Homer
Equal to the Earth by Jee Leong Koh
God Damsel by Reb Livingston
Heredities by J. Michael Martinez
This Beautiful Bizarre by Montgomery Maxton
A Light Song of Light and The Same Earth by Kei Miller
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Wild Life Rifle Fire by Paul Siegell
Plasticville by David Trinidad
Burnings by Ocean Vuong
There are still some days left in 2010, so I may update this list!
Matthew,
Working with you this year, though under unfortunate circumstances, was a highlight in a year of highlights for me. You know I admire and respect you. Thank you, my friend, for including My Life as Adam on your list. I’m glad you enjoyed it. (Also, I have to admit it’s been my lifelong goal to be grouped together with Marilyn Monroe!)
Bry