What I Read 2013

I'm finally updating what I've read for 2014, so I decided to move 2013 over to a post instead. I'm sure I'm missing a few, but this will at least give me a good idea of my literary journey for the last year. Any standouts? I have to say, for sheer joy of reading it, I loved The Night Circus. Other favorites include The Name of the Star and the Ruby Red trilogy. Any recommendations for this year?

Fiction:

• Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

• Mao II by Don DeLillo

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

• The Magicians by Lev Grossman

• The Magician King by Lev Grossman

• The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Young Adult:

• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

• Cinder by Marissa Meyer

• Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

• The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

• The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

• 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

• The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson

• The Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

• Fallen by Lauren Kate

• Torment by Lauren Kate

• Passion by Lauren Kate

• The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

• The Elite by Kiera Cass

•  The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

•  The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

• Defiance by C.J. Redwine

• Deception by C.J. Redwine

• The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

• Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

• The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

• Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross

• The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

• The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson

• Ruby Red by Kerstin Geir

• Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Geir

• Emerald Green by Kerstin Geir

Memoirs:

• MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche

Open Letters from McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Call me a snob, but I appreciate McSweeney's, not only for the work they produce, but also for they way they encourage young writers. I'm pretty much on board for anything that comes from the mind of Dave Eggers. And have you seen their packaging? Divine.

On Friday afternoon, they hooked me with a tweet that said: "An Open Letter to the Mix Tape Made for Me By My College Boyfriend, Now Deceased." Intrigued, I clicked through, only to learn about the long-standing column "Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond." Naturally, I proceeded to read no less than eighteen of the submissions.

I'm still picking my favorites, but if you're looking for a quick read, I recommend the following:

• AN OPEN LETTER TO EVERYONE WHO, WHEN MY FIANCÉ LEFT ME, TOLD ME IT WAS “HIS LOSS.”
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MARKETING LADY IN MY OFFICE WHO ASKED ME WHAT MY MAJOR WAS IN COLLEGE, AND WHEN I SAID ENGLISH, RESPONDED WITH, “YOU’LL NEVER GET ANYWHERE WITH THAT.”
• AN OPEN LETTER TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY REGARDING INQUIRIES ABOUT MY REPRODUCTIVE PLANS.
• AN OPEN LETTER TO MY ITALIAN SLACKS THAT RIPPED AT THE SEAM JUST PRIOR TO DEPOSITION.
• AN OPEN LETTER TO MY DAD BEFORE HE BEGAN TAKING ZOLOFT.

And just for good measure, a  post about the "lovable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery" that is Comic Sans.