jamie's running list of books they think i'd like. last updated over coffee on the 14th.
the overstory — richard powers. nine interleaved stories about people and trees. jamie says it's slow at the start, worth it.
a swim in a pond in the rain — george saunders. seven russian short stories with saunders teaching how to read them. jamie used it for a writing class.
the wager — david grann. shipwreck, mutiny, court martial. jamie called it 'the best book i read last year, full stop.'
mating — norman rush. literary novel set in botswana. dense and witty. jamie warned i might bounce off it for a hundred pages before it clicks.
stretch picks (jamie's words): piranesi by susanna clarke, the dawn of everything by graeber and wengrow.