Archive - BOOK PERSON

The best books I read in 2021

Plus some other favourites. See you next year!

Dec 31, 2021 •

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 33

Writer Sara Harowitz recommends Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, and Raven Leilani.

Dec 12, 2021 •

November 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 32

Carly Drake's soft spot for Canadian fiction, from Robertson Davies to Elizabeth Hay.

Nov 28, 2021 •

October 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 31 Spooktacular!

Whether you're in the mood for gore or psychological horror, I have a scary book for you.

Oct 31, 2021 •

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 30

Cinephile Sarah Bakke loves Rilke, abolitionist theory, and "Circe" by Madeline Miller.

Oct 3, 2021 •

September 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 29

Kait McNabb has 14 books next to her bed right now and they all sound fantastic— essays, pop culture criticism, memoirs, micro-fiction and so! much…

Sep 19, 2021 •

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 28

Kevin Read is very into Deborah Levy— also Rachel Cusk, George Saunders, Patrick deWitt, and a gripping western thriller.

Sep 5, 2021 •

August 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 27

Climate reporter Michelle Gamage endorses John Steinbeck, the uncanny valley of near-reality fiction, and having a giant stack of books beside your bed.

Aug 22, 2021 •

BOOK PERSON | Intermezzo

Six distinctive recommendations + the Goodreads alternative you've been waiting for.

Aug 8, 2021 •

July 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 26

So many fantasy and sci-fi recommendations from Stu Popp, who is always down for the three-page feast description in Game of Thrones.

Jul 25, 2021 •

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 25

Megan Jenkins on her first self-help book, changing her mind on Rachel Cusk, and why she hates a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Jul 11, 2021 •

June 2021

BOOK PERSON | Vol. 24

Alyssa Arbuckle reads broadly but appreciates the classics. Also, do us both a favour and read Leslie Jamison's The Recovering.

Jun 27, 2021 •

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