I enjoyed Women and Post Office, but it wasn’t until I read Ham on Rye this year that I became a Bukowski convert.
RECOMMENDED BY: Many people for many years It provides metaphors through which to understand life better, stories that engage the deepest parts of the brain, and sometimes challenges that stretch and train the mind.Ĭhoose some of the top books here to enjoy yourself, or recommend your favorites in the Comments section below
Why, some have asked, am I listing only the fiction & literature books I read, rather than the non-fiction & advice books I study?īecause literature has helped my life far more than the bulleted lists and dry facts of most non-fiction. Perhaps this is because these fantasy and science-fiction worlds can be used as sandboxes to comment on (and warn about) our world today. This year’s list, so far, is filled with books set in future worlds or alternate realities (from Vonnegut to Nabokov).
What’s interesting is that I noticed that my 2016 list was stocked unintentionally with books about the horror of war. It will be updated over the course of the year to reflect the fiction and literature books I’ve read over the course of the year.Īs I read each book, I will list it below, in order of preference from most to least favorite, with a short review and memorable quote. In what’s becoming an annual tradition here, below is my top ten books reading list for 2017.
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