Dansite Reading Journal

Book, read, date unknown

The Killer Angels (1975)

by Michael Shaara

Historical Fiction Top Pick

Book, read February 7, 2026

North Woods (2023)

by Daniel Mason

Literary Fiction Nature Writing Pulitzer Prize Finalist Top Pick

Book, read January 17, 2026

Five Decembers (2022)

by James Kestrel

Crime Fiction Top Pick

Book, read August 31, 2025

Train Dreams (2002)

by Denis Johnson

American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read August 7, 2025

The Remains of the Day (1989)

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read August 6, 2025

The Great Gatsby (1925)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read July 31, 2025

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez • translated by Gregory Rabassa

Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read June 23, 2025

Moby Dick: or, The Whale (1851)

by Herman Melville

American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read May 30, 2025

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850)

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read August 25, 2024

East of Eden (1952)

by John Steinbeck

American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick

Book, read April 9, 2024

Stoner (1965)

by John Edward Williams

American Literature Top Pick

Book, read October 29, 2023

We Who Are About To... (1975)

by Joanna Russ

Science Fiction Top Pick

Book, read January 30, 2023

Blindsight (2006)

by Peter Watts

Science Fiction Top Pick

Book, read March 31, 2021

Angle of Repose (1971)

by Wallace Stegner

American Literature Top Pick

Book, read March 19, 2021

Slouching Towards Bethleham (1968)

by Joan Didion

Essay Top Pick

Book, read, date unknown

House Made of Dawn (1968)

by N. Scott Momaday

American Literature Pulitzer Prize Top Pick

Book, read August 12, 2020

A Gentleman in Moscow (2016)

by Amor Towles

American Literature Historical Fiction Top Pick