Books on my To Be Read shelf

I have several books at home on my To Be Read shelf. I also have a rather lengthy wishlist at my favorite local bookseller. Do I have always buy a new book when I visit a bookshop? Yes. Is the list below in any particular order? No.

  • John of John Douglas Stuart

  • A Tip for the Hangman Allison Epstein

  • Florenzer Phil Melanson

  • As Meat Loves Salt Maria McCann

  • The New Life Tom Crewe

  • Young Mungo Douglas Stuart

  • The Lost Story Meg Shaffer

  • Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell

  • Separate Rooms Pier Vittorio Tondelli

  • The South Tash Aw

  • Lie With Me Philippe Besson

  • The Hymn to Dionysus Natasha Pulley

  • Napalm in the Heart Paul Guasch

  • Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues Kim de l'Horizon

  • Loca Alejandro Heredia

  • Midnight in the Cinema Palace Christopher Tradowsky

  • The Sunflower Boys Sam Wachman

  • The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst

  • Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela

  • The Humble Lover Edmund White

  • A Previous Life Edmund White

  • The House of Impossible Beauties Joseph Cassara

  • The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune

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