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 
bow grip by ivan e coyote 
sunburn by chloe michelle howarth 
the emperor of gladness by ocean vuong 
a scatter of light by malinda lo