Reading List // 6 Books to Check Out

I’m starting a new series and following up on a promise to myself: to read more books. The first six books offer up bite size musings on prose, poetry, and short fiction.

1. Metaphysical Dog by Frank Bidart — A vortex of precise, brazen poetry.
2. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis — The first story really bloomed and hooked me.
3. Winter People by Jennifer McMachon — A chilling tale of mothers and daughters and something that lives in the woods… A real Twin Peaks influence for Lynch fans out there.
4. Doting by Henry Green — 1940s London, infatuation, secrets and the story is written mostly in dialogue. A real gem.
5. The Acid House by Irvine Welsh — A clever and shocking collection of short stories with some appearances by Welsh’s more known characters.
6. The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan — I love deviations from typical structure and syntax. A romance is chronicled in the form of dictionary entries. I read it in one lazy afternoon with the perfect green tea.