What to Read Now

It���s been two months since I last blogged, and offering book suggestions strikes me as a good way to break the drought. What-to-read? is a question I���m asked all the time, and so here I���ve put together a list. To make this list a book had to be one I love, and I had to be able to see it on my shelf. Hey, I needed some way to limit the length of the list, and I didn't want any grand organizing principle (other than my random taste). Some of these books you���ll know, and some you won���t. There is no particular order. More suggestions will follow.

The Stories of John Cheever; The Zero by Jess Walter; World���s End by TC Boyle; This Boy���s Life by Tobias Wolff; Affliction by Russell Banks; A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo; Billy Dead by Lisa Reardon; Nobody���s Fool by Richard Russo; Last Night by James Salter; In the Blue Light of African Dreams by Paul Watkins; Fay by Larry Brown; The Pacific by Mark Helprin, Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx.

That should get you going. As I said, more to follow.