This is perfunctory-- a recording of what I read last year so I can get into details about what I'm reading this year. 

January
Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran-Foer
The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison
The Beans of Egypt, Maine, Hillary Chute

February
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March
My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi

April 
This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki
Patience, Daniel Clowes

May
In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larsson
The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante
Ghost World, Daniel Clowes
Handbook, Kevin Budnik

June
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Elena Ferrante
Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit

July
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August
Summerland, Michael Chabon
Gratitude, Oliver Sacks
Ten Years in the Tub, Nick Hornby

September
(1599 - Abandoned)

October
The Quieting

November
Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson
The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli

December
The Lonely City, Olivia Laing
The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante
Like Life, Lorrie Moore

unfinished/still working on
The Third Coast, Thomas Dyja
And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts

(I set a goal of reading two books a month last year and looking back at this list now, I see that I failed to meet that goal a few times, and that I exceeded it others. I see that I counted graphic novels and a poetry chapbook, which is reassuring.)