EBThis Thursday, I am going to California for ten days. I. cannot. wait.
Aside from being exciting for the typical vacation reasons, I have a rule for myself that I am not allowed to read any Harper books on vacation—even if they’re books I would have read if I didn’t work here. In the run-up to vacation I always read more work books than usual, just to make it even more exciting.
But (not shockingly) I have trouble choosing. I absolutely, positively, definitely am going to take the upcoming Kate Atkinson novel Started Early, Took My Dog, which I have had for a while now and have been saving for a special occasion, but otherwise I’m kinda lost. So, as I did last Thanksgiving, I’m putting it to a vote. Below is a list of every paperback/galley (hardcovers make the suitcase too heavy) on my to-be-read shelf. I’ll take the top vote-getter with me!
Other People We Married by Emma Straub (I am likely to take this even if you don’t vote for it)
Finny by Justin Kramon
The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah
One Day by David Nicholls
The Thieves of Manhattan by Adam Langer
Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz
Best American Crime Reporting
The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard
The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
(side note: at this point I thought to myself, wow, I’m really going to make a dent over this vacation! And then I realized I had another pile of books on the floor.)
Normal People Don’t Live Like This by Dylan Landis
Go Down Together by Jeff Gunn
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Cheer! by Kate Torgovnick
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Help!
