Favorite Fiction, Monthly Listing
I decided this year to look for my favorite works of fiction through a monthly breakdown.
January
All My Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky
February
Memoirs of An Anti-Semite by Gregor von Rezzori. My second reading. I hope to reread it in November. His best book.
March
Purple Hibiscus by Ngozi Adiche. On my read all she publishes list
April
Bark Skins by Anne Prouix. Masterwork.
May
The Vegetarian by Han Kang International Booker Prize Winner
The Lover by Marguerite Dumas. A classic work of S E Asian post colonial literature
Love in A Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford. Funny, wise, and beautiful,
June
The Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum. One of the Best works of Weimar Germany
July
Dogs and Wolves by Irene Nemirovsky. Very valuable work
August
The Poems of Elizabeth Bishop
September
On Carbon and Light by Noel Duffy
October.
The Bottle Factory by Beryl Bainbridge. One of her best
November
The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. Probably his master work
December.
Nothing worth mentioning
Mel u
Mel, thank you for sharing your list of favorites by month. I hope this month will be outstanding in this regard.
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