As we wrap up this weird and challenging year, it seems like a good time to look back on the books I read to cope with… well, <gestures all around> this.

I would recommend all of these books, of course. Except Martin Amis’s Night Train. Reading a British guy’s attempt to write in the voice of an American woman stabs at a dozen corners of annoyance in my brain.

Day 1 – January

Day 2 – February

Day 3 – March

Day 4 – April

Day 5 – May

Day 6 – June

Day 7 – July

Day 8 – August

Day 9 – September

Day 10 – October

Day 11 – November

Day 12 – December

Here’s to another great year of tackling the bottomless stacks on my bookshelves and finding new treasures at bookstores far and wide!