Reading in Progress

I tend to have a few books going at the same time. This page is just what I'm reading right now.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

Now I Surrender

by Alvaro Enrigue

A novel that moves across time along the Mexico-US border, following a woman fleeing an Apache raid, a soldier on a strange pursuit, and the long American project of engineering Geronimo's surrender, but told in Enrigue's wicked funny voice.

Vigil

by George Saunders

A man on his deathbed must confront what he has wrought while angels argue about what happens to him next.

Helen of Nowhere

by Makenna Goodman

A disgraced professor wants a simpler, more ‘natural’ life and can’t quite see how much of that desire is built on top of other people. Written from four perspectives: Man, Realtor, Helen, Wife. Funny and ruthless so far - a look at what ‘good living’ actually costs.

Sisters in Yellow

by Mieko Kawakami

Teenage Hana in 1990s Tokyo has no money and no good options. As she forms a family of choice with an older woman and two other deseperate young friends, they open a bar leading into criminal territory.