Porch Reading Pile

Renata Oyelaran

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Listen, this isn't a bookstagram list. This is what's actually stacked on my porch table next to the wine, between tenant emails and checking the Mets box score out of spite. Some of these got me through the Mets' latest September face-plant, some I just couldn't put down even with a leaky radiator to deal with. Read 'em in whatever order, just read 'em.

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Porch Reading Pile — 7 items
Name	Title	Author	Genre	Where I got it	My take
1Demon Copperhead	Demon Copperhead	Barbara Kingsolver	Literary fiction	Taylor & Co. Books, 1021 Cortelyou Rd	Took me a week to recover from this one. Don't start it on a Sunday night.
2Tom Lake	Tom Lake	Ann Patchett	Literary fiction	Greenlight Bookstore, 632 Flatbush Ave	Cherries, old flames, and a mother who finally tells the truth. Perfect porch book.
3The Bee Sting	The Bee Sting	Paul Murray	Literary fiction	Taylor & Co. Books, 1021 Cortelyou Rd	Long, funny, heartbreaking, and I yelled at it more than once. Worth it.
4James	James	Percival Everett	Historical fiction	Greenlight Bookstore, 632 Flatbush Ave	Reread Huck Finn right after. Changed how I see the whole thing.
5Lessons in Chemistry	Lessons in Chemistry	Bonnie Garmus	Fiction	Here's A Book Store, 1964 Coney Island Ave	Furious and funny in equal measure. Read it in two sittings, wine included.
6Wellness	Wellness	Nathan Hill	Fiction	The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave	A marriage book that doesn't flinch. Made me call an old friend after.
7The Three-Body Problem	The Three-Body Problem	Liu Cixin	Science fiction	Terrace Books, 1624 10th Ave	Not my usual lane but a tenant swore by it. She was right, listen to your tenants.