JPWeaver’s 2025 board

A book with an important tree: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonA Western: The Crossing by Cormac McCarthyA book about a journey made with a non-car form of transportation (train, bus, boat, plane, walking, horse, etc.): Solito by Javier ZamoraA book with a one-word title: Recursion by Blake CrouchA book by an author you’ve never read before with at least 10 published books: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Pick and read a book off of a friend’s shelf without their input: Meditations by Marcus AureliusA book about or inspired by a real crime: In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA book first translated into English in the last five years: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua DusapinA book with a queer protagonist: Jade Legacy by Fonda LeeA science fiction/speculative fiction book: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A book by an author you’ve disliked/been underwhelmed by before but want to give another chance: The Symposium by PlatoA book on the NYT’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list: Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelFREE SPACE (Any book): Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyA book about a specific/niche subculture: Vineland by Thomas PynchonRead a book with a book club (or make a one-off book club and read a book with a friend): Moscow X by David McCloskey
A book with no chapter breaks: Pedro Páramo by Juan RulfoA book with a time of day in the title (day, night, morning, dawn, dusk, etc.): Morning And Evening by Jon FosseA book a friend wants you to read: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyA book on Time’s The 100 Must Read Books of 2024 list: James by Percival EverettA non-fiction book published in 2025: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
A book translated from a language spoken by your ancestorsA book about books: The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiA book with a ghost in it: Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersA book with a movie or tv adaptation that you’ve already seenA novel by a poet: Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson