books i read in 2017

what follows is a list of all the books i read in 2017

(what follows that is a series of statistics regarding this list, and some other things)
  1. Sanctuary (1931) by William Faulkner (Jan. 4-6)
  2. Pylon (1935) by William Faulkner (Jan. 8-12)
  3. Troubling Love (1992) by Elena Ferrante (Jan. 17-19)
  4. The Lost Daughter (2006) by Elena Ferrante (Jan. 19-23)
  5. Elbowing the Seducer (1984) by T. Gertler (Jan. 24-Feb. 2)
  6. Where the Road Bottoms Out (1995) by Victoria Redel (Feb. 2-17)
  7. *Almost Transparent Blue (1976) by Ryū Murakami (Feb. 8-9)
  8. Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George Saunders (Feb. 18-25)
  9. Nightwork (1996) by Christine Schutt (Feb. 25-26)
  10. Matt Meets Vik (2014) by Timothy Willis Sanders (Feb. 27-28)
  11. Universal Harvester (2017) by John Darnielle (Mar. 1-2)
  12. Bandit (2016) by Molly Brodak (Mar. 3-8)
  13. Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Mar. 9-10)
  14. South and West (2017) by Joan Didion (Mar. 10-13)
  15. Geronimo Rex (1972) by Barry Hannah (Mar. 16-21)
  16. Nightwatchmen (1973) by Barry Hannah (Mar. 22-27)
  17. *Airships (1978) by Barry Hannah (Mar. 27-30)
  18. God Box (2017) by Mallory Whitten (Mar. 30)
  19. Telling Stories (1978) by Joan Didion (Mar. 31)
  20. *Collected Poems & Stories (2014) by Mallory Whitten (Apr. 6)
  21. Bob the Gambler (1997) by Frederick Barthelme (Apr. 11-13)
  22. Moon Deluxe (1983) by Frederick Barthelme (Apr. 15-20)
  23. Second Marriage (1984) by Frederick Barthelme (Apr. 21-24)
  24. Tracer (1985) by Frederick Barthelme (Apr. 25-26)
  25. Chroma (1987) by Frederick Barthelme (Apr. 27-28)
  26. *To Live and Die in Qaqortoq (2015) by Andrew Colville (Apr. 30)
  27. Homesick for Another World (2017) by Ottessa Moshfegh (May 3-8)
  28. *Self-Help (1985) by Lorrie Moore (May 9-10)
  29. Eileen (2015) by Ottessa Moshfegh (May 11-12)
  30. Junky II (2017) by Peter BD (May 16)
  31. *Cats and Dogs (2014) by Andrew James Weatherhead (May 17)
  32. *Anagrams (1986) by Lorrie Moore (May 17-20)
  33. *Like Life (1990) by Lorrie Moore (May 20-24)
  34. McGlue (2014) by Ottessa Moshfegh (May 25)
  35. The Correspondence (2017) by J. D. Daniels (May 26-27)
  36. Picasso (1938) by Gertrude Stein (May 30)
  37. No Art (2014) by Ben Lerner (May 31)
  38. Reena Spaulings (2005) by Bernadette Corporation (May 31-June 2)
  39. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) by James Baldwin (June 5-7)
  40. Notes of a Native Son (1955) by James Baldwin (June 8-9)
  41. Giovanni’s Room (1956) by James Baldwin (June 9-14)
  42. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1600) by William Shakespeare (June 15-21)
  43. *The Tragedy of King Lear (1606) by William Shakespeare (June 22-25)
  44. The Tragedy of Macbeth (1606) by William Shakespeare (June 26-27)
  45. How to Disappear in America (2008) by Seth Price (June 27-28)
  46. It Chooses You (2011) by Miranda July (June 29)
  47. Danse Macabre (1981) by Stephen King (June 30-July 12)
  48. The Tommyknockers (1987) by Stephen King (July 12-19)
  49. Misery (1987) by Stephen King (July 19-25)
  50. On Writing (2000) by Stephen King (July 25-28)
  51. The Elements of Style (1959) by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White (July 30-31)
  52. Wait Till You See Me Dance (2017) by Deb Olin Unferth (Aug. 1-2)
  53. Orange Roses (2013) by Lucy Ives (Aug. 1)
  54. Minor Robberies (2007) by Deb Olin Unferth (Aug. 3-5)
  55. Elizabeth Zoë Lindsay Drink Fanta (2011) by Jon Leon (Aug. 6)
  56. Impossible Views of the World (2017) by Lucy Ives (Aug. 7-10)
  57. White Plains by (2017) Gordon Lish (Aug. 10-15)
  58. State of Grace (1973) by Joy Williams (Aug. 16-21)
  59. The Changeling (1978) by Joy Williams (Aug. 22-24)
  60. Taking Care (1982) by Joy Williams (Aug. 26-28)
  61. Breaking and Entering (1988) by Joy Williams (Aug. 29-31)
  62. Escapes (1990) by Joy Williams (Sept. 1-3)
  63. The Quick and the Dead (2000) by Joy Williams (Sept. 5-8)
  64. Loss (2017) by Rachel Bell (Sept. 6)
  65. Ill Nature (2001) by Joy Williams (Sept. 9-12)
  66. *Honored Guest (2004) by Joy Williams (Sept. 12-14)
  67. Ninety-Nine Stories of God (2016) by Joy Williams (Sept. 15)
  68. The Visiting Privilege (2015) by Joy Williams (Sept. 16-18)
  69. Georgia O'Keeffe (1976) by Georgia O'Keeffe (Sept. 19)
  70. Birds of North America (1972) by Eliot Porter (Sept. 20-21)
  71. Caca Dolce (2017) by Chelsea Martin (Sept. 22-25)
  72. The Orchard Keeper (1965) by Cormac McCarthy (Sept. 26-28)
  73. Outer Dark (1968) by Cormac McCarthy (Sept. 28-Oct. 1)
  74. Child of God (1973) by Cormac McCarthy (Oct. 2-3)
  75. Suttree (1979) by Cormac McCarthy (Oct. 3-9)
  76. *Blood Meridian (1985) by Cormac McCarthy (Oct. 9-12)
  77. Cunny Poem Vol. 1 (2014) by Bunny Rogers (Oct. 12-14)
  78. *Selected Unpublished Blog Posts of a Mexican Panda Express Employee (2011) by Megan Boyle (Oct. 14-16)
  79. The Little Disturbances of Man (1959) by Grace Paley (Oct. 17-19)
  80. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) by Grace Paley (Oct. 19-20)
  81. Later the Same Day (1985) by Grace Paley (Oct. 22-23)
  82. The Beach at Night (2007) by Elena Ferrante (Oct. 23)
  83. The Others (2017) by Matthew Rohrer (Oct. 24-25)
  84. Talkativeness (2014) by Michael Earl Craig (Oct. 26)
  85. *Break It Down (1986) by Lydia Davis (Oct. 28-31)
  86. Almost No Memory (1997) by Lydia Davis (Nov. 2-3)
  87. Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (2001) by Lydia Davis (Nov. 5-7)
  88. Varieties of Disturbance (2007) by Lydia Davis (Nov. 7-9)
  89. Can't and Won't (2014) by Lydia Davis (Nov. 11-13)
  90. The End of the Story (1994) by Lydia Davis (Nov. 14-16)
  91. The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories (1971) by Cynthia Ozick (Nov. 17-21)
  92. Bloodshed and Three Novellas (1976) by Cynthia Ozick (Nov. 25-27)
  93. Levitation: Five Fictions (1982) by Cynthia Ozick (Nov. 28-29)
  94. The Shawl (1989) by Cynthia Ozick (Nov. 30)
  95. Dictation: A Quartet (2008) by Cynthia Ozick (Dec. 1-4)
  96. *you are a little bit happier than i am (2006) by Tao Lin (Dec. 5-6)
  97. *Bed (2007) by Tao Lin (Dec. 7-9)
  98. *Eeeee Eee Eeee (2007) by Tao Lin (Dec. 10-12)
  99. *cognitive-behavioral therapy (2008) by Tao Lin (Dec. 13)
  100. We Were Eight Years in Power (2017) by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Dec. 14-23)
  101. Motherest (2017) by Kristen Iskandrian (Dec. 23-27)
  102. How Should a Person Be? (2012) by Sheila Heti (Dec. 27-30)
*previously read

# books read: 102
# books read for the first time: 86
# books reread: 16
# books read on average per month: 8.5
# books written by men: 47
# books written by women: 54
# books written by a group of people: 1
# distinct authors: 51
# male authors: 26
# female authors: 24
# non-gendered authors: 1
# novels: 36
# short story collections: 31
# books of nonfiction: 15
# books of poetry: 11
# plays: 3
# chapbooks: 3
# art books: 2
# children's books: 1
# books translated from another language to english: 4
# books published in 2017: 15
# books published in 21st century: 50
# books published in 20th century: 49
# books published before 20th century: 3

standouts:
Elbowing the Seducer (1984) by T. Gertler
Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George Saunders
Bandit (2016) by Molly Brodak
Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
South and West (2017) by Joan Didion
Nightwatchmen (1973) by Barry Hannah
God Box (2017) by Mallory Whitten
Bob the Gambler (1997) by Frederick Barthelme
Homesick for Another World (2017) by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Correspondence (2017) by J. D. Daniels
It Chooses You (2011) by Miranda July
The Tommyknockers (1987) by Stephen King
Wait Till You See Me Dance (2017) by Deb Olin Unferth
White Plains (2017) by Gordon Lish
The Quick and the Dead (2000) by Joy Williams
Caca Dolce (2017) by Chelsea Martin
Suttree (1979) by Cormac McCarthy
Cunny Poem Vol. 1 (2014) by Bunny Rogers

takeaway:
i had fun reading a lot of books, keeping a rigorous schedule, seeing how it affected by own writing. i wanted to see if i could read 100 books in a year. i can. i don't plan to read as many books in 2018, but i don't regret it

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