1. New York Sketches, by E.B. White*
2. Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
3. Heartbreak is the National Anthem, by Rob Sheffield*
4. Keanu Reeves is not in Love with You, by Becky Holmes
5. Crossroads of Twilight, by Robert Jordan
6. Wandering Stars, by Sholem Aleichem
7. Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino
8. Acts of Desperation, by Megan Nolan
9. Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma, by Melanie Brooks
10. The Chronology of Water, by Lidia Yuknavitch*
11. "I Remain in Darkness" by Annie Ernaux*
12. The Extinction of Irena Reyn, by Jennifer Croft
13. Negotiating with the Dead, by Margaret Atwood
14. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick
15. Tokyo Year Zero, by David Peace
16. Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg****
17. Knife of Dreams, by Robert Jordan
18. The Dry Heart, by Natalia Ginzburg
19. Tough Titties, by Laura Belgray
20. Little Weirds, by Jenny Slate
21. Burning Lights, by Bella Chagall
22. Love Like the Falling Petals, by Keisuke Uyama
23. Motherhood, by Sheila Heti *
24. Gentle Writing Advice, by Chuck Wendig
25. The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
26. The Briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami*
27. Fly Me to the Moon Vol.1, by Kenjiro Hata
28. Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan, by Patrick Macias
29. Haiku Harvest, translated by Peter Beilensen and Harry Behn*
30. Kairos, by Jenny Erpenbeck
31. Writing Haiku, by Bruce Ross *
* is a favorite
