I read a lot this year, so I'll just point out some highlights: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - The highlight of the year. I'm now partially through th

I read a lot this year, so I'll just point out some highlights: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - The highlight of the year. I'm now partially through the 3rd book in the series. And amazing portrait of the friendship between 2 girls as they grow up and try to escape the violence and poverty of their small town in Naples. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - My guess is that plenty of people here have read it. Great read about the fall of civilization due to a massive flu outbreak. Room by Emma Donoghue - Beautiful, heartbreaking, troubling and uplifting. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - A classic, glad to finally read it. The Room by Jonas Karlsson - Absurdist take on corporate life about a man who finds a room in his office building that shouldn't be there. Welcome To Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor - For fans of the podcast. I highly recommend both. Uglies/Pretties/Specials by Scott Westerfeld - YA trilogy about a future in which everybody is made pretty once they reach a certain age. Not great literature, but a fun read. Although the second one is a little blah. Get In Trouble by Kelly Link - Excellent collection of fantastical yet mundane short stories. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine - Powerful exploration of race in America. I feel like I need to read it a few more times. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Still one of my favorite authors. Story of a baby whose family is brutally murdered and ends up being raised by spirits in a graveyard.