In Poets & Writers, Joshua Bodwell bested the typical “Top Ten List” of favorite books by making his own list of thirteen titled “Bodwell’s Baker’s Dozen”. He states that his “exhaustively thorough” process involves standing in front of his bookcase and simply picking out recent reads. I like that.
Inspired, I made my own list, which I have titled The Sienkiewicz Seven (seven because I like the sound of it):
1. Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
2. Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
3. American Salvage, Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell
4. No Where Near Normal by Traci Foust
5. The Four Stages of Cruelty by Keith Hollihan
6. The Devil’s Mistress by Laura Navarre
7. Talk, Talk by T.C. Boyle
Books published in 2011 or books *read* in 2011?
I chose from the books I read in 2011, as I believe Bodwell also did!
That’s exactly what I did, Linda. Thanks for sharing my piece, and your great list!
Best,
Joshua
You’re welcome. I love your Baker’s Dozen. So cheeky.