15. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here by Julian Zabalbeascoa
16. Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
17. Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
18. The History of Time by Kaliane Bradley
19. Eden’s Shore by Oisín Fagan
20. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

8. The People’s Act of Love by James Meek
9. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
10. Butter by Asako Yuzuki
11. Milkman by Anna Burns
12. Looking at Women Looking at War - A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina
13. This Immaculate Body by Emma van Straaten
14. Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

But available in public libraries, it seems - New Yorkers can borrow it!

Sure, I get that - though we can read books for reasons other than enjoyment …

Books 2024 … continued:

55. The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes
56. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
57. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
58. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Thanks for the recommendation! Btw I think you accidentally photobombed my photo of Eimear McBride on Saturday 😁

What a gorgeous photograph!!

@ronanhession.bsky.social I audio-consumed Gospodinov’s Time Shelter earlier this year while staining and varnishing floorboards; not long after, at a roadside in Nice awaiting the Tour de France, I had a lovely conversation with a Bulgarian woman also waiting for cyclists, about him 📚 ❤️

Books 2024 … continued:

51. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
52. James by Percival Everett
53. The Racial Code: Tales of Resistance and Survival by Nicola Rollock
54. Just Kids by Patti Smith