I read 34 books in 2024, some for the second time, like The Old Man and the Sea and The Lady in the Lake. I also read a lot of plays. I like to read plays because I can Imagine the actors’ actions when they play their parts upon the stage. Also, I am writing a couple of plays, and the best way to learn how to write a play is to read a lot of plays. Here is my list of my top 10 books in no special order. However, if I had to pick a favorite it would be Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy—happy reading to all who read in 2025.

1. The Dragon Country – Tennessee Williams
2. The Lady in the Lake – Raymond Chandler
3. Suttree – Cormac McCarthy
4. The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
5. The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
6. The Sunset Limited – Cormac McCarthy
7. Rhinoceros – Eugene Ionesco
8. The Savage Detectives – Roberto Bolano
9. Hollywood – Charles Bukowski
10. Deception – Philip Roth