books i read in 2025:

the price of salt (carol) by patricia highsmith

milk fed by melissa broder

death valley by melissa broder

perfume and pain by anna dorn

remarkably bright creatures by shelby van pelt

seven days in june by tia williams

a safe girl to love: stories by casey plett

we could be rats by emily austin

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo

the year of magical thinking by joan didion

how to say babylon: a memoir by safiya sinclair

just by looking at him by ryan o’connell

spent : a comic novel by alison bechdel

the great believers by rebecca makkai

open, heaven by seán hewitt

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

martyr! by kaveh akbar (my favorite so far this year!!!)

the house on mango street by sandra cisneros

pachinko by min jin lee

idlewild by james frankie thomas

brownstone by samuel teer, mar julia (artist)

lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus