Same as the 2016 reading list. This are all of the books and journals acquired/read by Yours Truly in the 2017 calendar year.
January (11)
- Suah, Bae – Recitation (Deep Vellum)
- Klougart, Josefine – Of Darkness (Deep Vellum)
- Manson, Mark – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
- Blasim, Hassan (ed). – Iraq + 100 (Comma Press UK)
- The Long List Anthology vol. 2 (Diabolical Plots LLC)
- More, Thomas – Utopia
- Harrison, Jim – Republican Wives (novella)
- Žižek, Slavoj – Event
- Volodine, Antoine – Radiant Terminus (Open Letter Books)
- Chopra, Serena – IC (Horse Less Press)
- Anderson, Stephanie – Lands of Yield (Horse Less Press)
February (16)
- Athitakis, Mark – The New Midwest (Belt Publishing)
- Atkinson, Scott (ed) – Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Wolin, Sheldon S. – Democracy Incorporated
- Thompson, Hunter S. – Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail ’72
- Thompson, Hunter S. – The Great Shark Hunt
- Thompson, Hunter S. – Generation of Swine
- Thompson, Hunter S. – Songs of the Doomed
- Thompson, Hunter S. – Better Than Sex
- Granta #138: Journeys
- Du Bois, W.E.B. – The Souls of Black Folk (Restless Books)
- Weir, Andy – The Martian
- Aira, César – The Proof (And Other Stories)
- Dick, Philip K. – The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
- Noll, João Gilberto – Atlantic Hotel (Two Lines Press)
- Two Lines, Issue 26
- Harrison, Jim – A Really Big Lunch
March (13)
- Eco, Umberto – The Name of the Rose
- Xue, Can – Frontier (Open Letter Books)
- England, Andrea – Other Geographies (Creative Justice Press)
- Robinson, Kim Stanley – New York 2140
- Hines, Jim C. – Revisionary
- Sterling, Bruce – Pirate Utopia (Tachyon Publications)
- Castillo, Ana – Peel My Love Like an Onion
- Castillo, Ana – Black Dove (Feminist Press)
- Blackburn, Paul – The Collected Poems (Persea Books)
- Castillo, Ana – Watercolor Women Opaque Men (Northwestern University Press)
- Li He – Goddesses, Ghosts and Demons: The Collected Poems of Li He
- Kicknosway, Faye – Who Shall Know Them?
- Vallejo, César – Poemas Humanos
April (13)
- Condrescu, Andrei – Alien Candor (Black Sparrow Press)
- Cope, David (ed) – Song of the Owashtanong (Ridgeway Press)
- May, Jamaal – Hum (Alice James Books)
- Wright, C.D. – The Poet, the Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, a Wedding in St. Roch, the Big Box Store, the Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire & All (Copper Canyon Press)
- Poetry Magazine, April 2017
- Pitol, Sergio – The Magician of Vienna (Deep Vellum Publishing)
- Gnarr, Jón – The Outlaw (Deep Vellum Publishing)
- Adams, John Joseph (ed.) – Cosmic Powers
- Conversations with Paul Bowles (University Press of Mississippi)
- Conversations with Chinua Achebe (University Press of Mississippi)
- Patterson, Jorge Zepeda – Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World (Restless Books)
- Fresán, Rodrigo – The Invented Part (Open Letter Books)
- Garréta, Anne – Not One Day (Deep Vellum Publishing)
May (11)
- VanderMeer, Jeff – Borne
- Springer, Filip – History of a Disappearance (Restless Books)
- Jaeggy, Fleur – I Am the Brother of XX (And Other Stories)
- Segaloff, Nat – A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison (NESFA Press) #165 of 500
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor – Crime and Punishment
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor – Demons
- Jussawalla, Feroza and Dasenbrock, Reed Way (eds) – Interviews with Writers of the Post-Colonial World (University Press of Mississippi)
- Granta #139
- Miéville, China – October
- James, D.R. – Split Level (Finishing Line Press)
- McGookey, Kathleen – Heart in a Jar (White Pine Press)
June (11)
- Carroll, Jim – Living at the Movies
- Rulfo, Juan – The Golden Cockerel & Other Writings (Deep Vellum Publishing)
- Nowicki, Wojciech – Salki (Open Letter Books)
- Glossolalia, Issue 3
- Jodorowsky, Alejandro – Where the Bird Sings Best (Restless Books)
- Martin, George R.R. – The World of Ice and Fire
- Hopler, Jay – The Abridged History of Rainfall (McSweeney’s)
- Walsh, Joanna – Worlds from the Word’s End (And Other Stories)
- Laurel, Juan Tomás Ávila – The Gurugu Pledge (And Other Stories)
- NDiaye, Marie – My Heart Hemmed In (Two Lines Press)
- The 3288 Review, Issue 2.4 (Caffeinated Press)
July (17)
- Schafer, William (ed.) – Best of Subterranean (Subterranean Press)
- Alexie, Sherman – The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- Alexie, Sherman – Reservation Blues
- Alexie, Sherman – You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
- Oliver, Mary – Why I Wake Early
- Open Palm Print #7
- Eggers, Dave – Zeitoun
- Hammond, Rose L. – Just a Poor Country Girl (Run With It)
- LeBel, Steve – The Universe Builders: Bernie and the Lost Girl (Argon Press)
- LeBel, Steve – The Universe Builders: Bernie and the Putty (Argon Press)
- Davis, Jean – The Last God
- McClure, Patricia M. – Losing a Hero to Alzheimer’s
- Payne, J. Scott – The Green Hell (Argon Press)
- Compton, Deanna J. – Freecurrent: The Legacy (In God’s Hands Publishing)
- The Best of McSweeney’s (McSweeney’s)
- Torres, Fernanda – The End (Restless Books)
- Bergsson, Guðbergur – Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller (Open Letter Books)
August (11)
- Dickie, Tenzin – Old Demons, New Deities (O/R Books)
- Carroll, Jonathan – The Crow’s Dinner (Subterranean Press)
- Sterling, Bruce – Heavy Weather
- Sterling, Bruce – Globalhead
- Russell, Mary Doria – The Sparrow
- Blas de Roblès, Jean-Marie – Island of Point Nemo (Open Letter Books)
- Kenny, Timothy – Far Country (Bottom Dog Press)
- Steadman, Ralph – Extinct Boids
- Steadman, Ralph – Nextinction
- Shrestha, Romio – Goddesses of the Celestial Gallery (Mandala Publishing)
- Yoss – A Planet for Rent (Restless Books)
September (20)
- Hernández, Carlos – The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria (Rosarium Publishing)
- Merwin, W.S. – The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon Press)
- Merwin, W.S. – The Essential W.S. Merwin (Copper Canyon Press)
- Two Lines, issue 27
- The Paris Review, issue 222
- Powers, Tim – Medusa’s Web; signed #462 of 474 (Subterranean Press)
- Gallagher, Stephen – The Authentic William James; signed #279 of 1000 (Subterranean Press)
- Carroll, Jonathan – The Crow’s Dinner; signed #312 of 1000 (Subterranean Press)
- Egan, Greg – The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred; signed #669 of 1000 (Subterranean Press)
- Grant, Mira – Final Girls; signed #1161 of 1250 (Subterranean Press)
- Bujold, Lois McMaster – Penric and the Shaman (Subterranean Press)
- Kiernan, Caitlin R. – Dear Sweet Filthy World (Subterranean Press)
- Resnick, Mike – Voyages; signed #911 of 1000 (Subterranean Press)
- Reynolds, Alastair – Beyond the Aquila Rift (Subterranean Press)
- Shepard, Lucius – Five Autobiographies and a Fiction (Subterranean Press)
- Silverberg, Robert – Early Days; signed #626 of 1000 (Subterranean Press)
- Pugliese, Nicola – Malacqua (And Other Stories)
- Boullosa, Carmen – Heavens on Earth (Deep Vellum Publishing)
- Lahens, Yanick – Moonbath (Deep Vellum Publishing)
- Brandt, Per Aage – If I Were a Suicide Bomber (Open Letter Books)
October (39)
- Suah, Baeh – North Station (Open Letter Books)
- Neruda, Pablo – Book of Twilight (Copper Canyon Press)
- Chamoiseau, Patrick – Texaco
- Bishop, K.J. – The Etched City
- Akhmatova, Anna – Selected Poems
- Navarro, Elvira – A Working Woman (Two Lines Press)
- Unnikrishnan, Deepak – Temporary People (Restless Books)
- Cruz, Victor Hernandez – Red Beans (Coffee House Press)
- Michigan Quarterly, vol. 56 No. 2
- McSweeney’s #50
- Jemisen, N.K. – The Fifth Season
- VanderMeer, Jeff – Annihilation
- Oomen, Anne-Marie – Pulling Down the Barn (Wayne State University Press)
- Cooper, Wyn – Postcards from the Interior (BOA Editions, Ltd.)
- Cooper, Wyn – Chaos is the new Calm (BOA Editions, Ltd.)
- Holden, Craig – The Jazz Bird
- The Sutra of Hui Neng (H.K. Buddhist Book Distributor)
- Dobbs, David & Ober, Richard – The Northern Forest
- Watts, Alan – Psychotherapy East & West
- Kapleau, Philip – The Three Pillars of Zen
- Lopez, Donald S. (ed.) – Religions of Tibet in Practice
- Baghramian, Maria (ed.) – Modern Philosophy of Language
- Liu, Ken (ed.) – Invisible Planets
- Ward, Jesmyn – Sing, Unburied, Sing
- Schnurr, Ryan – In the Watershed (Belt Publishing)
- McLelland, Edward – How to Speak Midwestern (Belt Publishing)
- Nickels, Ashley and Vilella, Dani (eds) – Grand Rapids Grassroots: An Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Sedegy, Jason (ed.) The Akron Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook (Belt Publishing)
- Piiparinen, Richey and Trubek, Anne (eds.) – The Cleveland Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Atkinson, Scott (ed.) – Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Boyd, Eric (ed.) – The Pittsburgh Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Clark, Anna (ed.) – A Detroit Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Foley, Aaron – The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook (Belt Publishing)
- Foley, Aaron – How to Live In Detroit Without Being a Jackass (Belt Publishing)
- Bayne, Martha (ed.) – Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- McQuade, Zan (ed.) – The Cincinnati Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Biehl, Jody K. (ed.) – Right Here, Right Now: The Buffalo Anthology (Belt Publishing)
- Marino, Jacqueline and Miller, Will (eds.) – Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology (Belt Publishing)
November (13)
- Abani, Chris – The Face: Cartography of the Void (Restless Books)
- Piglia, Ricardo – The Diaries of Emilio Renzi, Formative Years (Restless Books)
- Keni, Niyati – Esperanza Street (And Other Stories)
- Quin, Ann – The Unmapped Country (And Other Stories)
- McDermott, John J (ed). – The Writings of William James (University of Chicago Press)
- McPhee, John – Draft No. 4
- Subterranean Press Bibliography 1995 – 2015 (Subterranean Press)
- Hilbig, Wolfgang – Old Rendering Plant (Two Lines Press)
- Nielsen, Joanes – The Brahmadells (Open Letter Books)
- Diaz, Junot (ed.) – Global Dystopias (Boston Review)
- Long List Anthology vol. I
- McClung, Laren (ed.) – Inheriting the War
- Stoppard, Tom – Plays 5
December (3)
- Naivo – Beyond the Rice Fields (Restless Books)
- Silveira, Maria Jose – Her Mother’s Mother’s Mother and Her Daughters (Open Letter Books)
- McSweeney’s #51