FAVORITE NOVELLA(s):
Travesty by John Hawkes
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
![Travesty](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0811206408&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Miss Lonelyhearts](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1409206572&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE SHORT STORY COLLECTION(s):
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg
The Stories of Breece D'J' Pancake by Breece D'J' Pancake
Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace
![The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0312429894&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0316715972&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE FIRST NOVEL:
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
![Hard Rain Falling (New York Review Books Classics)](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1590173244&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE MILITARY READ:
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
![The Things They Carried](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0618706410&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE CLASSIC:
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevski
![Notes from Underground](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=067973452X&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE LITERARY NOVEL(s):
Living to Tell by Antonya Nelson
Merciless Beauty by Sam Eisenstein
![Living to Tell: A Novel](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0743200608&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Merciless Beauty (Green Integer)](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1933382872&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE MEMOIR(s):
Digging Deeper: A Memoir of the Seventies by Peter Weissman
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
Cherry by Mary Karr
![Digging Deeper - A Memoir Of The Seventies](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=190655711X&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Penguin Classics)](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0140439013&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Cherry](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0141002077&tag=enriqsforu-20)
FAVORITE ESSAY COLLECTION(s)
Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World by Sarah Vowell
Finding a Form: Essays by William H. Gass
![Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World (Paperback)](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B002XMMCQ8&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Finding a Form: Essays](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0801484898&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE POLITICAL READ:
Tiananmen Diary: Thirteen Days in June by Harrison E. Salisbury
![Tiananmen Diary: Thirteen Days in June](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0316809055&tag=enriqsforu-20)
FAVORITE MACABRE READ(s):
The Totem by David Morrell
The Descent by Jeff Long
![Totem](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=2253170607&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![The Descent](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=051513175X&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE DARK FANTASY:
Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
![Wraeththu](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0312890001&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE NOIR(s):
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
![Imperial Bedrooms](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0307266109&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![The Postman Always Rings Twice](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0679723250&tag=enriqsforu-20)
FAVORITE LITERARY THRILLER:
The Same River Twice by Ted Mooney
![The Same River Twice](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0307272737&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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FAVORITE LITERARY CRITICISM:
Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace and Infinite Jest by Greg Carlisle
![Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0976146533&tag=enriqsforu-20)
FAVORITE BOOKS I RE-READ IN 2010:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Jesus' Son: Stories by Denis Johnson
Last Vanities by Fleur Jaeggy
![Infinite Jest](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0316066524&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Jesus' Son: Stories](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=031242874X&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Last Vanities](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0811213749&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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BOOKS I DIDN'T FINISH THAT FELT LIKE THEY WOULD BECOME FAVORITES ONCE I FINISHED THEM:
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
Dostoyevsky: A Writer in His Time by Joseph Frank
![Skippy Dies: A Novel](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0865479437&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (Volume 1)](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1564780139&tag=enriqsforu-20)
![Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0691128197&tag=enriqsforu-20)
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MY ALL-AROUND FAVORITE READ OF THE YEAR:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
![Infinite Jest](http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0316066524&tag=enriqsforu-20)
It's even better the third time around
Travesty by John Hawkes
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
FAVORITE SHORT STORY COLLECTION(s):
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg
The Stories of Breece D'J' Pancake by Breece D'J' Pancake
Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace
FAVORITE FIRST NOVEL:
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
FAVORITE MILITARY READ:
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
FAVORITE CLASSIC:
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevski
FAVORITE LITERARY NOVEL(s):
Living to Tell by Antonya Nelson
Merciless Beauty by Sam Eisenstein
FAVORITE MEMOIR(s):
Digging Deeper: A Memoir of the Seventies by Peter Weissman
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
Cherry by Mary Karr
FAVORITE ESSAY COLLECTION(s)
Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World by Sarah Vowell
Finding a Form: Essays by William H. Gass
FAVORITE POLITICAL READ:
Tiananmen Diary: Thirteen Days in June by Harrison E. Salisbury
FAVORITE MACABRE READ(s):
The Totem by David Morrell
The Descent by Jeff Long
FAVORITE DARK FANTASY:
Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
FAVORITE NOIR(s):
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
FAVORITE LITERARY THRILLER:
The Same River Twice by Ted Mooney
FAVORITE LITERARY CRITICISM:
Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace and Infinite Jest by Greg Carlisle
FAVORITE BOOKS I RE-READ IN 2010:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Jesus' Son: Stories by Denis Johnson
Last Vanities by Fleur Jaeggy
BOOKS I DIDN'T FINISH THAT FELT LIKE THEY WOULD BECOME FAVORITES ONCE I FINISHED THEM:
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
Dostoyevsky: A Writer in His Time by Joseph Frank
MY ALL-AROUND FAVORITE READ OF THE YEAR:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
It's even better the third time around
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