The Last Five Years' Best Books

To celebrate five years back in San Francisco, I'm sharing some books that have really stuck out:

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
• The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
• Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution by Dana Caspersen
• The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
• Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano
• On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
• Lila by Marilynne Robinson
• The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore
• Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan
• Educated by Tara Westover
• The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk
• The Power by Naomi Alderman
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
• Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
• Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
• The Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow

But seriously, there's one masterpiece that every high schooler should read:

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Read my reviews on Goodreads.