An unorganized, partial list of some of the non-work-related books I read (but weren’t released) this year.
The first time I met drummer Bill Stevenson (the Descendents, Black Flag) in the mid-’90s, he swore that I would love Charles Bukowski. It has taken me over a decade, but I’ve finally read him, and I liked it. I read Post Office
I was sent When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Someone recommended that I read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
The Sedaris books lead me to Birds of America: Stories
However, another Sedaris-seal-of-approval book, The Columnist
During a road trip through New England this summer, I read Travels with Charley in Search of America, which I highly recommend. I had previously reread East of Eden and was on a huge Steinbeck high. Ahh.
I enjoyed reading The Sun Also Rises
I also reread The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka and for the first time read Under the Volcano.
I’m always wondering what I missed, from classics to contemporaries. Suggestions?
– Chris Force