Leisure readings

"To be alive, and try to be a decent person, and not turn it into anything big or grand, that’s the hardest thing of all." 

- The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong

2025 Progress (My favorites are highlighted):

1. Martyr! A Novel, by Kaven Akbar

2. Geography and Trade, by Paul Krugman

3. The Stationary Shop, by Marjan Kamali

4. My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante

5. How to End a Love Story, by Yulin Kuang

6. The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown

7. Daughters of Shandong, by Eve J. Chung

8. Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty

9. Funny Story, by Emily Henry

10. The Wedding People, by Alison Espach

11. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman

12. The Fox Wife, by Yangsze Choo

13. Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout

14. The Ministry of Time, by Katie Bradley

15. Blue Sisters, by Coco Mellors

16. The Institute, Stephen King

17. Greta & Valdin, by Rebecca Reilly

18. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci

19. Margo's Got Money Troubles, by Rufi Thorpe

20. The Perfect Divorce, by Jeneva Rose

21. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune

22. Lies He Told Me: A Thriller, by James Patterson

23. The People of Paper, by Salvador Plascencia

24. The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

25. Babel, by R.F. Kuang 

26. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

27. Book Lovers, by Emily Henry

28. Sour Heart, by Jenny Zhang

29. Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney 

30. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, by Ally Carter

31. The Crossing, by Michael Connelly

32. The Late Show, by Michael Connelly

33. The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes

34. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr

35. King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby

36. Normal People, by Sally Rooney

37. The Texas Murders, by James Patterson

38. The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong

39. The Story of A New Name, by Elena Ferrante

40. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, by Elena Ferrante

41. The Story of the Lost Child, by Elena Ferrante

42. Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger

43. Fair Play, by Louise Hegarty

44. Conclave, by Robert Harris

45. Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid

46. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, by Imani Perry

47. The Names, by Florence Knapp

48. The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead