Books Worth Your Time

There are more worthy books than any reader can finish. A useful list therefore does not pretend to be definitive; it creates a doorway into voices, forms and questions that may alter what you notice next.

Read toward the question that will not leave you alone.

Make room for surprise

Alternate a trusted recommendation with something found by accident. Browse a library shelf, follow a translator or small press, and leave room to abandon a book that is not meeting you now.

Let reading continue

Underline, keep a commonplace note or talk to someone about a single idea. Attention after the final page is often the clearest sign that a book was worth the time.