2017 Musical Book Report

Last year I started The Libretto Project where I write short musical themes for books I’ve read. As the year wraps up, and some friends have released their year-end book reports, I wanted to share some my 2017 reads and the pieces I wrote to accompany them.

Grief is the Thing With Feathers — Max Porter *my favorite read all year

The Name of the Wind — Patrick Rothfuss

My Name is Lucy Barton — Elizabeth Strout

Black Wave — Michelle Tea

Sweet Lamb of Heaven — Lydia Millet

Undermajordomo Minor — Patrick deWitt

Before the Fall — Noah Hawley

Dark Places — Gillian Flynn

Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell

Life After Life — Kate Atkinson

The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead

Wolf in White Van — John Darnielle

Another Brooklyn — Jacqueline Woodson

Some friends reading lists:

Jacob Gordon

Jacob Jones

Wilson Bethel