books

Stoner by John Williams tells the life story of a brainy and introverted college professor with remarkable depth and skill.

Reprinted in 2025 by New York Review of Books, Sun City by Tove Jansson overflows with whimsical heart as it tells the story of a retirement home in 1970s Florida.

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig is a pitch-perfect novella that uses the royal game to investigate humanity and its most curious impulses.

Throughout Lost Worlds, Patrick Wyman investigates multiple civilizations across world history to explore the resilience and creativity of humanity.

Throughout Expensive Basketball, Shea Serrano waxes eloquently and hilariously about the people, plays, and personas that make his favorite sport look really good.

Originally published in 1989, Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin is a tremendous collection of her speeches and essays between 1976-1988.

A shorter novel by Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter is a character study on the conflict between motherhood and adulthood that refuses any easy answers.

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor tells the story of a poor, rural village in Mexico wracked by violence after the death of The Witch.

Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin is a series of interconnected short stories about a fictional town on the Oregon coast and the lives of its inhabitants across several decades.