Let the editors and avid readers at the Kenyon Review — one of the world’s most respected literary magazines — share what's on their bookshelves. Then tell us which titles have you turning the pages, and we'll share your response below.
A
"Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Richard B., Takoradi, Western Ghana
"Bastard Out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison
Charlotte J., Cincinnati, Ohio
"Antes de Ser Libres" by Julia Alvarez
Margaret F., Cincinnati, Ohio
B
“Going to Meet the Man" by James Baldwin
Paige D., Darien, Connecticut
"Ten Days in a Mad-House" Nellie Bly
Page P., Placida, Florida
"Ficciones" by Jorge Luis Borges
Paige D., Darien, Connecticut
C
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Caecilia S., Fairfield, Connecticut
"The Club" by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg
Milan C., Merion Station, Pennsylvania
"Open City" by Teju Cole
Natalie M., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Isabella E., Tervuren, Belgium
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey
Richard O., Kumasi; Ashanti, Ghana
"The Extinction of Irena Rey" by Jennifer Croft
Nomulin K., Ulaanbaatar; Baganuur, Mongolia
D
“In Search of Us" by Ava Dellaira
Madeline A., White Salmon, Washington
"Evicted" by Matthew Desmond
Kaden T., Lexington, Massachusetts
E
"The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco
Kevin C., San Diego, California
G
"The Wild Iris" by Louise Glück
Paige D., Darien, Connecticut
H
"The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt
Leonardo C., Ottawa, Illinois
"The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Miriam H., Alburquerque, New Mexico
Cooper Z., Dublin, Ohio
"Peter Camenzind" by Hermann Hesse
Paige D., Darien, Connecticut
"Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman" by Miriam Horn
Elin S., Montclair, New Jersey
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Hurston
Aria B., Oshkosh, Wisconsin
J
"The Haunting Of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Jack R., Los Angeles, California
"Dubliners" by James Joyce
Jane V., San Francisco, California
K
"The Sun and Her Flowers" by Rupi Kaur
Ariyana D., New Haven, Connecticut
"Everything We Never Were" by Alice Kellen
Emilia G., Bethesda, Maryland
"Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver
Colin M., Lake Oswego, Oregon
"Sátántangó" by Lázsló Krasznahorkai
Evan H., Wentzville, Missouri
L
"Paul" by Daisy Lafarge
Travis J., Malvern, Pennsylvania
"Last Night at the Telegraph Club" by Malinda Lo
Ieleen L., Salinas, California
M
"Buddenbrooks" by Thomas Mann
Flavia C., Goiania; Goias, Brazil
"A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance of Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Ryleigh L., Carlisle, Pennsylvania
"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
Kyle C., League City, Texas
"Circe" by Madeline Miller
Franck Ryan C., Austin, Texas
"Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller
Crystal Z., Livingston, New Jersey
"Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" by Lorrie Moore
Elizabeth Y., Naperville, Illinois
"After the Quake" by Haruki Murakami
Jane V., San Francisco, California
N
"Invitation to Beheading" by Vladimir Nabokov
Paige D., Darien, Connecticut
"World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Olivia K., Austin, Texas
O
"Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Ravin M., Annawan, Illinois
"Memory Police" by Yoko Ogawa
Sofia S., Coconut Creek, Florida
Q
"Night at the Fiestas" by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Jane V., San Francisco, California
R
"I'm Thinking of Ending Things" Iain Reid
Maria A., Concord, North Carolina
"The Creative Act" by Rick Rubin
Maxwell F., Libertyville, Illinois
S
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Olivia S., Gallatin, Tennessee
"Peak" by Roland Smith
Jenna G., Onalaska, Wisconsin
"On Beauty" by Zadie Smith
Mya G., Northbrook, Illinois
"Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone" by Benjamin Stevenson
Joseph P., San Francisco, California
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oluwabori F., Dallas, Texas
T
"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Maryella W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
Cordelia L., Warren, New Jersey
"The Brothers Karamazov" by Leo Tolstoy
Jared R., Asheville, North Carolina
"Smile at Fear" by Chögyam Trungpa
James E., Groton, Massachusetts
W
"The Rage of Dragons" by Evan Winter
Kamauria K., Chicago, Illinois
"The Waves" by Virginia Woolf
Zuberi S., Boonton, New Jersey
Y
"A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara
Lilah D., New Orleans, Louisiana
"Fable" by Adrienne Young
Zoe B., Lafayette, Indiana
Z
"Crying in H-Mart" by Michelle Zauner
Miriam H., Alburquerque, New Mexico