A Few Books I Read This Year (2025) Feat. Corresponding Emojis:
Swing Time - Zadie Smith 🪩
Saving Time - Jenny Odell ⏰
Revenge of the Scapegoat - Caren Beilin 🐐
My First Book - Honor Levy 🤔
True Failure - Alex Higley 📺
Head in Flames - Lance Olsen 🔥
The Wall - Marlen Haushofer (tr. Whiteside) 🐶
Just Kids - Patti Smith ❤️
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones 🦬❤️
Bad Nature - Ariel Courage 🌱
Abundance - Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson 🤓
Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham 🇺🇸
Zero at the Bone - Christian Wiman 😇
Amulet - Roberto Bolaño (tr. Andrews) 🧻
Long Island Compromise - Taffy Brodesser-Akner 💥
Best American Short Stories 2024 - ed. Lauren Groff 🤷
NW - Zadie Smith 🙁
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante (tr. Goldstein) 👠
The Employees - Olga Ravn (tr. Aitken) 🔥
Ceilings - Zuzana Brabcová (tr. Novická) 🤯
A Shining - Jon Fosse (tr. Searls) 🚗
The Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante (tr. Goldstein) 👯
Speak/Stop - Noémi Lefebvre (tr. Lewis) 😶
Chess Story - Stefan Zweig (tr. Rotenberg) ♟️
(updated August 2025)