I receive a lot of ARCs (advance reading copies) and for that reason, and because space, I don’t keep many of the books. For the same reasons, I try not to buy many books. But these books, I either kept after reading and reviewing or if I received an e-arc, I actually went out to buy. All of these books are from the 2010s and have a permanent home on my bookshelf.
Seeing this list, I realize that I definitely gravitate toward the weird books! Each one has a strange little element to it, are beautifully written and will take your breath away with their brilliance. You should read them!
(The links below will take you to either my Instagram post about the book or my review on Goodreads.)
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
Smashed by Junji Ito
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M. T. Anderson
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Hark! The Herald Angels Scream edited by Christopher Golden
Lost Boy by Christina Henry
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith