Annual Top Ten Favorites
Since January 1, 2024, these books have been my favorite reads. They span a wide range of reading genres, from non-fiction to fiction, from lengthy to short works, and from the Classics to modern literary fiction.
The list is in no particular order, but if I had to pick my favorite of the year it would be Doctor Faustus.
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Ice by Anna Kavan
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Ethics by Baruch Spinoza
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross
The House of Doors by TanTwan Eng
The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon
Blackouts by Justin Torres
4 comments:
I read Ice this year as well! Oh it was brutal, but so memorable. I don't know if I'd read it again but it will stick with me forever.
I also picked up The Gift of Rain of Tan Twan Eng, but have not finished it. How do you find his writing?
Have you read Klaus Mann's Mephisto? That and Faustus would make for an interesting comparison...
Although I thought his first book, The Garden of Evening Mists, was even better, I still thought his prose was lovely at times, especially at the book's conclusion.
I read Mephisto back in the late 90s before I started blogging. I'm planning to reread it later this year.
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