Literaryswag Book Club Picks

A complete list of all the books we’ve read.

2020

march
the collected schizophrenias
esmé weijun wang

february
old in art school
nell painter

January
the warmth of other suns
isabel wilkerson

2019

December
What if this were enough? (essays)
Heather Havrilesky

September
dapper Dan, Made in Harlem (memoir)
Daniel Day

june
war against all Puerto Ricans
nelson a. denis

March
the white card (Play)
Claudia Rankine

November
eye level (poetry)
jenny xie

August
white flightS (essays)
jess row

may
good talk (Graphic novel)
Mira jacob

february
An American marriage (Novel)
Tayari Jones

october
htwaan (essays)
alexander chee

JULY
Patsy (Novel)
Nicole Dennis-Benn

April
in our mad and furious city (novel)
guy gunaratne

JANUARY
CALL THEM BY THEIR TRUE NAMES (essays)
Rebecca Solnit

2018

DECEMBER
WE ARE NEVER MEETING IN REAL LIFE
SAMANTHA IRBY, (ESSAYS)

SEPTEMBER
NOT A GAME
KENT BABB, (BIOGRAPHY)

JUNE
ON MICHAEL JACKSON
Margo Jefferson, (ESSAYS)

MARCH
THE CHANGELING
Victor LaValle, (fantasy-NOvel)

NOVEMBER
WHEREAS
LAYLI LONG-SOLDIER, (POETRY)

AUGUST
TELL ME HOW IT ENDS
VALERIA LUISELLI, (ESSAYS)

MAY
Air traffic
Gregory Pardlo, (MEMOIR)

FEBRUARY
THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING
MORGAN JERKINS, (MEMOIR)

OCTOBER
A LUCKY MAN
Jamel Brinkley, (SHORT STORIES)

JULY
THE TURNER HOUSE
ANGELA FLOURNOY, (NOVEL)

APRIL
THE BEST WE COULD DO
THI BUI, (GRAPHIC MEMOIR)

JANUARY
REAL AMERICAN
JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, (MEMOIR)

2017

NOVEMBER
olio
TYehimba jess, (POETRY)

august
the wangs vs. the world
jade chang, (novel)

may
the boy in the black suit
Jason Reynolds, (young adult novel)

february
the lonely city
OLIVIA LAING, (ESSAYS)

OCTOBER
sing, unburied, sing
jesmyn ward, (novel)

july
one daY we’ll all be dead. . .
scaachi koul, (essays)

april
your face in mine
jess row, (novel)

january
HOMEGOING
YAA GYASI, (NOVEL)

SEPTEMBER
redeployment
phil klay, (short stories)

june
the argonauts
maggie nelson, (memoir)

march
multiply divide
wendy s. walters, (essays)

2016

DECEMBER
COUNTING DESCENT
CLINT SMITH, (POETRY)

SEPTEMBER
RANDOM FAMILY
ADRIAN NICOLE-LEBLANC, (NON-FICTION)

JUNE
WE THE ANIMALS
JUSTIN TORRES, (NOVEL)

MARCH
THE WOMEN
HILTON ALS, (MEMOIR)

2015