As part of the 1000 Days to an MFA program I’ve developed this book list. Feel free to read along with me and please recommend new titles, in the comments, that may not be on the list. My preferred genres are science fiction, fantasy, and anything really good. Thank you.
I have included links to all these titles. Where possible I’ve included free versions (Project Gutenberg) of the books, otherwise assume they are Amazon Affiliate links.
If you know of a legitimate free source for any title send it to me and I’ll update the link.
2023 READING
January
Crafting Book – Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury (My post about this book.)
Classic – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (PG) (Did not finish. Couldn’t get into it. Wasn’t interesting to me.)
February
Novel – Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Read. Decent pop-corn fiction. 3/5 stars.)
March
Crafting Book – Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
Classic – A Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
April
Novel – Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks
May
Crafting Book –The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (My post about this book.)
Classic – Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
June
Novel – Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
July
Crafting Book – Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Classic – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
August
Novel – All Systems Red by Martha Wells
September
Crafting Book – How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas C. Foster
Classic – Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
October
Novel – To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
November
Crafting Book – TBD
Classic – Neuromancer by William Gibson
December
Novel – Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Extra Titles (if time or next year)
Novel – Exo by Fonda Lee
Novel – Recursion: A Novel by Blake Crouch
Novel – Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Novel – Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Novel – We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Novel – City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
Novel – Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga) by Miles Vorsokigan
Classic – The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic – Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
