Ten Great Books I’ve Read This Summer, in No Particular Order:
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson
- Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Yoko Ogawa
- Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, ZZ Packer
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King
- The Toughest Indian in the World, Sherman Alexie
- The Outlaw Album: Stories, Daniel Woodrell
- Woman Hollering Creek And Other Stories, Sandra Cisneros
- Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories, Kevin Wilson
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
- A Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
Right now I’m in the middle of Gillian Flynn’s wildly popular Gone Girl, and I’m intrigued but still undecided. Next on my list? Holly Goddard Jones’ The Next Time You See Me, which arrived on my doorstep from Amazon not ten minutes ago. If it’s even half as wonderful as her story collection, Girl Trouble, I’ll be happy. Also in that package from Amazon are Andrew Hudgins’ memoir, The Joker, and David Small’s graphic memoir, Stitches.
Rebecca Turkewitz is an MFA candidate in fiction at The Ohio State University and the managing editor for The Journal. Her humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker.