so far in 2024 i've finished 15 books, including counterweight by djuna, the collected fictions of jorge luis borges, the employees by olga ravn, blackouts by justin torres, the master of go by yasunari kawabata, the book of love by kelly link, the night ocean by paul la farge, the warm hands of ghosts by katherine arden, and the broken heart of america: st. louis and the violent history of the united states by walter johnson.
aside from blackouts, i haven't read anything this year that i've been head-over-heels in love with, but i will report back once i find that special somebook. hooooly shit you guys the broken heart of america is so good. even if you've never lived in st. louis it's an amazing book about connecting racial capitalism to native american removal to slavery to jim crow to redlining to contemporary policing, and it's also filled with cool midwestern communists you've probably never heard of.
