After a long semester, we find that there is no greater pleasure than indulging in reading ~for fun~. It has become a Quarto tradition to have a book swap at our final meeting of the semester, where each editor brings in one of their favorite reads to share with our Quarto friends. We decided to put together a "Quarto Winter Break Reading List" from what went down in our book swap in case you need some inspiration this winter. Have a restful break, and we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!
Illustration by Charlie Blodnieks
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Color of Water by James McBride
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Floating, Brilliant, Gone by Franny Choi
Horseradish by Lemony Snicket
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
I’m Not Here by G. Wong
[insert] boy by Danez Smith
Look by Solmaz Sharif
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Sport of the Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Tenth of December by George Saunders
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
When My Brother Was An Aztec by Natalie Diaz
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor