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John’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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John Darnielle
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in Bloomington, Indiana, The United States
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June 2008
Traveler of the Century
When people send or give me a book, I always try to make a point of saying: "It takes me forever to get around to anything." My editor at FSG, Sean McDonald, gave me Neuman's Traveler of the Century during one of our earliest meetings -- before I'd even finished Wolf in White Van, I think. I started reading Traveler...last week.
So far it's tremendous -- I often struggle with stories involving 19th Read more of this blog post »
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Wolf in White Van
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2014
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34 editions
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Universal Harvester
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2017
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6 editions
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Devil House
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2022
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17 editions
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Master of Reality
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2008
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11 editions
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Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond
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2010
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Uncertainties Volume IV
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2020
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From Blacksheep Boys to Bill Collectors: The Music-Related Artwork of William Schaff
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My picture-book [Hardcover]
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This Year: 365 Songs Elucidated and Illustrated: Selected Mountain Goats Lyrics, 1991�2024
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| I found this books very informative -- my exposure to Jung is mainly anecdotal, through summaries of his thought -- but the bedrock claims about Other as projection, about the existential nature of relationship: I'm not sure I accept them. As a possi ...more | |
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| This is my third Ndiaye book; it won't be my last, although two in a row was intense. It is an unpleasant book; the narrator has no sympathizers, and presents herself in the most unflattering light unapologetically; the grotesque holds the field at a ...more | |
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“This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.”
― Wolf in White Van
― Wolf in White Van
Polls
2nd Quarter 2022 - Horror #1
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas, 352p
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, 416p
The Diviners by Libba Bray, 578p
Extasia by Claire Legrand, 496p
From Hell by Alan Moore, 576p
The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 479p
Devil House by John Darnielle, 416p
Sundial by Catriona Ward, 304p
The White Road by Sarah Lotz, 272p
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| The Book Challenge: laurea's 2010 challenge | 25 | 82 | Jul 11, 2010 01:10PM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: 2014 National Book Award | 27 | 180 | Nov 20, 2014 07:59AM | |
| Reading Book Club: The Best Books Of 2014 | 1 | 26 | Dec 05, 2014 04:58AM | |
| J.D. Robb : Best Books - 2014 | 50 | 47 | Jan 03, 2015 03:34PM | |
| The Book Club: Books and Authors in the Media | 71 | 109 | Jan 14, 2015 01:36PM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Caroling, Caroling � | 30 | 104 | Feb 12, 2015 05:58AM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: Favorite Books of 2014 | 29 | 112 | Feb 18, 2015 08:46PM |
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