On My Nightstand

The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson

A retelling of Shakespeare's A Winters Tale.

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library.

The Genius in the Design by Jake Morrissey

A beautifully written history of the rivalry between Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini and how they transformed Rome with their architecture.

The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz

The continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

Bento's Sketchbook by John Berger

An exploration of the practice of drawing, as well as a meditation on how we perceive and seek to explore our ever-changing relationship with the world around us.

Hold Still by Sally Mann

Mann's memoir in which she writes about her family history and the south.

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

The second in Galbraith's (Rowling's) Cormoran Strike mysteries.