Summer Reading 2014

In no apparent order, here are some books I’m planning to read this summer. Please comment below if you have some suggestions.

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (read)

Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler

The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (read)

Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers (read)

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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