“I’ve got two bottoms and no top. That is no fun at any party.”
– Rachel Ray, who knew Exactly what she was saying
note: lists presented in no particular order
2022 Top 5
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021)
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (2022)
- Vladimir by Julia May Jonas (2022)
- 101 Reykjavik by Hallgrimur Helgason (1996)
- Cruising by Gerald Walker (1970)
2022 Bottom 5
- Woom by Duncan Ralston (2016)
- Period by Dennis Cooper (2000)
- The Error in Our Ways by Eric Jordan Campbell (2018)
- The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
- Leather Daddies of the Black Lagoon by Wolfe Hans (2019)
2021 Top 5
- Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (2017)
- World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2020)
- Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen (2021)
- What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins (2021)
- Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony (2020)
2021 Bottom 5
- Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino by Julian Herbert (2017)
- Whiteness in America by Monica McDermott (2020)
- Baby by David Watters (2016)
- Whiskey Words & A Shovel II by R. H. Sin (2016)
- The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America by Eric Cervini (2020)
2020 Top 5
- Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald (2017)
- Supermarket by Bobby Hall (aka Logic) (2019)
- Deceit and Other Possibilities: Stories by Vanessa Hua (2016)
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (2017)
- How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee (2018)
2020 Bottom 5
- Consumed by David Cronenburg (2014)
- For Your Consideration: Keanu Reeves by Larissa Zageris & Kitty Curan (2019)
- Chameleon in a Candy Store by Anonymous (2014)
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899)
- Straight James / Gay James by James Franco (2015)
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