Archive - Books on GIF

'City of Night' by John Rechy

'And how will I be remembered, if at all, by those hundreds and hundreds of nightpeople in that long goodbye that life turns into?'—Review #230

Apr 14

March 2024

'Mother Doll' by Katya Apekina

'I lived many, many years with secrets that I repressed and repressed until I was formed from them.'—Review #229

Mar 31

'Crying in H Mart: A Memoir' by Michelle Zauner

'Each dish I cooked exhumed a memory. Every scent and taste brought me back for a moment to an unravaged home.'—Review #228

Mar 17

'Dune Messiah' by Frank Herbert

'He held them all in the palm of his vision!'—Review #227

Mar 3

February 2024

'Stories From the Tenants Downstairs' by Sidik Fofana

'I don't get a joy out of seeing you get washed away. Not when that same wave's coming for me, too.'—Review #226

Feb 18

'Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography' by Zora Neale Hurston

'A wind full of memories blew out of the past and brought a chilling fog.'—Review #225

Feb 4 •

January 2024

'The Little Friend' by Donna Tartt

'At one time, she was very sure; the idea had felt right, and that was the important thing.'—Review #224

Jan 21 •

What I Read on My Winter Break

'Down the Drain' by Julia Fox, 'A Coin in Nine Hands' by Marguerite Yourcenar and 'Kappa' by Ryunosuke Akutagawa — Review #223

Jan 7 •

December 2023

'The Game' by A.S. Byatt

'There is nowhere I shall not drag this grotesque shadow, our joint creature.'—Review #222

Dec 17, 2023

9 Favorite Books I Read in 2023

Our annual Books on GIFt guide includes 8 novels and 1 nonfiction work, plus independent bookstores and publishers where you can buy them.

Dec 3, 2023 •

November 2023

'True Grit' by Charles Portis

'No, I will see the thing done myself.'—Review #221

Nov 19, 2023

'Lapvona' by Ottessa Moshfegh

'What good was a life of struggle with no guarantee of heaven?'—Review #220

Nov 5, 2023

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