Records I spun in January 2026

 

         

  

2025 Reading Wrap-Up

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Highly recommended:

Fiction

• Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill - lean, mean fantasy about fighting fascism
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - disturbingly relevant 90 years later
• Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (narrated by Arian Moayed)- an engrossing meditation on finding meaning in death (and life)
• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li - a group of Chinese-American students embroiled in a heist to repatriate stolen art and artifacts
• Roots by Alex Haley (narrated by Avery Brooks) - there simply are no words

Non-fiction

• The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo - short form essays about history hidden in plain sight
• Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson - mental health memoir and paean to the natural world
• Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth - coming up on a reservation near Buffalo, NY
• For Small Creatures Such as We by Sasha Sagan - all about gatherings and ways we establish traditions and give our lives meaning from an atheist's perspective
• Yoko by David Sheff - you think you know, but you don't! an icon
• Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit - essays on George Orwell, finding simple beauty, and resisting fascism