Lists of lists

It’s the end of the year, which means listmakers have been compiling the year’s best books into neat and tidy lists for at least 2.5 weeks. I said it last year, and I’ll say it again: it’s the middle of December. 2013′s still got two more weeks. Also, I’ve only read 33 books so far this year, so I plan to read at least two more books before the year’s out.

That said, I did take part in a listmaking activity, but only because I was able to write about anything I wanted and because the man behind the lists was Troy Palmer, who runs the ever-impressive Little Fiction.

My list features ten calls to literary arms. You can read them here.

Also, as long as we’re on the subject of lists, I want to take this time to show my appreciation for the amazing people I’ve worked with this year, either at apt or Aforementioned or Literary Firsts or AGNI. This is not meant to be exhaustive, but I had such a great time working/spending time with the following writers/artists: Anthony D’Aries, Michael Thurston, Danielle Jones-Pruett, Sarah Sweeney, Steven LaFond, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Denise Warren, Dolan Morgan, Lam Pham, Alexis Pope, Michelle Cheever, James Tadd Adcox, Sam Cha, Elisa Gabbert, John Cotter, Melissa Febos, Adrian Todd Zuniga, Robert Kloss, Vanessa Veselka, Chris Marstall, Myfanwy Collins, Reyna Clancy, William Pierce, Daniel Evans Pritchard, JoeAnn Hart, Daniel Nester, Tony McMillan, Michael Lynch, Nicole Terez Dutton, Kim Triedman, Anne Champion, Michelle Seaton, Molly Howes, April Ranger, Amber Burke, Lena Bertone, Krysten Hill, James Grinwis, Mary Cafferty, Janelle DolRayne, Justin Lawrence Daugherty, Andra Hibbert, Michael Nagel, Meg Thompson, Emily-Jo Hopson, Amanda Deo, Kacy Beck, Michael Chaney, Celine West, Dillon J. Welch, Johnny Magdeleno, Sally Molini, Mark Cunningham, E. Tomaszewski, Anthony Opal, Jen Michalski, Margaret Eaton, Christine Langill, Pat Hanahoe-Dosch, Eric Blix, Mercedes Lucero, Caroline Reid, Tracy Dimond, Nina Boutsikaris, Gabriel Schlesinger, Josh Cook, Jen Knox, John Gorman, Paige Taggart, Carolyn Zaikowski, Rich Ives, Melissa Barrett, Priya Chandrasegaram, Amanda Chiado, Gregory Crosby, C.E. Garrett, Ben Gunsberg, Suzanne Lee, Kate Nacy, Kevin O’Cuinn, Emily O’Neill, Nikola Petković‎, Samuel Piccone, Matt Thompson, Justin Waldron, Liam Day, Tony Tulathimutte, Selena Anderson, Sarah Mathews, Robin Mork, and of course, in every capacity, always, Randolph Pfaff.

Happy end of the year, all. Thanks for reading.