Do you ever get that worried feeling that you’re going to die before you read all the books you want to read? No? That’s weird. Call me crazy, but I’m way too obsessive about reading. I just want to read everything (!!) all the time (!!). Like right now? I’d rather be reading. Slap it on my car like one of those boring bumper stickers. I’m always on the hunt, looking for my next fix. I get worried that my new favorite book is going to pass me by. I apparently have the book-nerd version of FOMO*. Its totally ridiculous, but totally what makes me…well, me. So, it’s not surprising that I could never possibly catch-up to my to-read list since I’m always finding new things to add…but I try. I really, really try.

So, here’s a compilation of the past month’s most exciting additions to my every-growing to-read shelf.

1. The Hundred-Year House // Rebecca Makkai – You had me at eccentric family.

2. North of Boston // Elisabeth Elo – Boring cover but they mention Dennis Lehane (one of my all-time favorite authors in the whole world).

3. My Life in Middlemarch // Rececca Mead – Never read Middlemarch (nor do I have any desire to), but this intrigued me.

4. The Dark Road to Mercy // Wiley Cash – A Land More Kind Than Home was great, fingers crossed for the good ol’ sophomore attempt.

5. The Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency – Because the cool kids are doing it.

6. The Book of Heaven // Patricia Storace – Love the cover.

7. Martian // Andy Weir – ‘Cause sometimes you just need a good thriller.

8. Thirty Girls // Susan Minot – Young teenage girl in war-torn Uganda, made to witness insufferable tragedies? Sure, why not be depressed for a week?

9. Orfeo // Richard Powers – Hoping it will make me look and/or sound smart.

10. Take This Man // Brando Skyhorse – ‘Cause I pretty much want to read anything written by someone named Brando Skyhorse.

What are you looking forward to reading next?

*For those who may not work in or around super-smart marketing professionals such as myself (not), FOMO is just a really irritating way to describe the affliction of “fear of missing out”…which pretty much every millennial suffers from.