Books I Saw on the E train (and a few other places) in 2025

Posted on by dr. candice roberts
  • iron flame – rebecca yarros (downtown E, hardcover)
  • crying in h mart – michelle zauner (downtown E, softcover)
  • you like it darker – stephen king (uptown 6, softcover)
  • the midnight library – matt haig (amtrak, nyc > phl, hardcover library book)
  • the nickel boys – colson whitehead (uptown C, softcover)
  • you dreamed of empires – álvaro enrigue (washington square park, softcover)
  • my father’s house– joseph o’connor (downtown A, softcover)
  • my brilliant friend – elena ferrante (uptown 1, softcover)
  • famous last words – gillian mcallister (mnh bound E, hardcover)
  • the great successor: the divinely perfect destiny of brilliant comrade kim jong un – anna fifield (mnh bound E, softcover)
  • hello beautiful – ann napolitano (mnh bound 2 train, softcover
  • romeo & juliet (queens bound E, softcover)
  • 11/22/63 – stephen king (lirr, hardcover)
  • something from tiffany’s – melissa hill (queens bound E, softcover)
  • leviathan wakes – james s.a. corey (queens bound F, softcover)
  • sicker in the head – judd apatow (queens bound E, softcover)
  • the racket – conor niland (aer lingus LIS > DUB, softcover) 
  • crime & punishment – dostoevsky (delta DUB > JFK, softcover with deckled edge)
  • white teeth – zadie smith (delta DUB > JFK, softcover)
  • the justice of kings – richard swan (9th ave, crosswalk, softcover)
  • bright young women – jessica knoll (9th ave crosswalk, hardcover)
  • remarkably bright creatures – shelby van pelt (downtown E, softcover)
  • i who have never known men – jacqueline harpman (poolside, gov island, softcover)
  • buddy boys – mike mcalary (uptown E, mmpb)
  • my brilliant friend -elena ferante (uptown E, softcover)
  • dune messiah – frank herbert (jfk airtrain, mmpb)
  • dune (kew gardens subway station, mmpb)
  • against the grain – james c. scott (downtown E, softcover) 
  • the nightingale – kristin hannah (downtown 6, softcover)
  • player piano – kurt vonnegut (uptown 6, softcover)
  • atmospheric disturbances – rivka galchen (uptown E, softcover)
  • ways of looking: how to experience contemporary art – ossian ward (queens bound E, softcover) 
  • in five years – rebecca serle (JFK airport, terminal 5, softcover)
  • the bourne initiative – ludlum via eric van lustbader (kew gardens platform, hardcover, my colleague)
  • caledonian road – andrew o’hagan (downtown Q, softcover)
  • love me tender – constance debré (downtown Q, softcover)
  • a court of wings and ruin – sarah j. mass (uptown R, softcover)
  • a life: georgia o’keefe – roxana robinson (spirit airlines, SAV > EWR, softcover) 
  • hotel splendide – ludwig bemelmans (spirit airlines, SAV > EWR, hardcover)

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