Once again, it’s time for this year’s halftime report. This year has brought many amazing books already and here are my favorites. I’ve linked to those that I have already reviewed. But, never fear, reviews of the rest will be sprinkled throughout the rest of the year. Enjoy!
Thick: And Other Essays – Tressie McMillian Cottom (1/5)
Last Night in Nuuk – Niviaq Korneliussen (1/15)
None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators – Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton (1/15)
The Current – Tim Johnston (1/22)
The Atlas of Reds and Blues – Devi S. Laskar (2/5)
Daisy Jones & The Six – Taylor Jenkiins Reid (3/5)
The Lady From the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick – Mallory O’Meara (3/5)
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States – Samantha Allen (3/5)
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World’s Greatest Library – Edward Wilson-Lee (3/12)
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees – Meredith May (4/2)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed – Lori Gottlieb (4/2)
A Sin By Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South – Robert W. Lee (4/2)
Miracle Creek – Angie Kim (4/16)
Disappearing Earth – Julia Phillips (5/14)
Home Remedies: Short Stories – Xuan Juliana Wang (5/14)
Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston (5/14)
Correspondents – Tm Murphy (5/19)
Recursion – Blake Crouch (6/11)
Bunny – Mona Awad (6/11)
* Yup, I snagged the graphic from CNBC. Shout out!
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