#the t slur (censored) is under the cut in the title of a memoir

[hyperhumanity]

my new year’s resolution for 2017 was to read 52 books (one a week, though of course i knew it wouldn’t work out quite that well). i finished my 52nd this morning!! in celebration, here’s a list of the books i read this year, sort of organized by what they were. i counted graphic novels, plays, novellas, etc because those are usually all i have the time to get into when i’m not reading stuff for class; however, i only counted books i completed.

novels

the silence of the lambs, thomas harris

stone butch blues, leslie feinberg

the shining, stephen king

star child, fred mustard stewart

survive the night, danielle vega

andromeda klein, frank portman

the hotel new hampshire, john irving

invisible cities, italo calvino

red doc>, anne carson

the giver, lois lowry

the handmaid’s tale, margaret atwood

the lives of animals, j. m. coetzee

fifteen dogs, andré alexis

oranges are not the only fruit, jeanette winterson

the dialogue of the dogs, miguel de cervantes

flush, virginia woolf

the call of the wild, jack london

torchlight to valhalla, gale wilhelm

humanimal, bhanu kapil

memoirs of a porcupine, alain macbanckou

the fifth season, n. k. jemisin

personal nonfiction and memoir

t****y: confessions of punk rock’s most infamous anarchist sellout, laura jane grace

caught by the sea, gary paulsen

the sound of a wild snail eating, elisabeth tova bailey

beasts of burden, sunaura taylor

general nonfiction

gulp, mary roach

spook, mary roach

packing for mars, mary roach

science of the magical, matt kaplan

when prophecy fails, leon festinger, henry w. riecken, and stanley schachter

shocked, david casarett

eating animals, jonathan safran foer

poetry and essays

skatefate, juan felipe herrera

letter composed during a lull in the fighting, kevin powers

book of hours, kevin young

the beauty of the husband, anne carson

glass, irony and god, anne carson

a village life, louise glück

incorrect merciful impulses, camille rankine

felicity, mary oliver

thirst, mary oliver

morning in the burned house, margaret atwood

murder in the dark, margaret atwood

the architect and the housewife, frances stark

a room of one’s own, virginia woolf

reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle and other modern verse, anthology

shut up, you’re fine, andrew hudgins

plays

the crucible, arthur miller

graphic novels

in real life, cory doctorow and jen wang

geis: a matter of life and death, alexis deacon

everything is teeth, evie wyld and joe summer

long walk to valhalla, adam smith and matthew fox