Last year I spent a year reading canonical novels by women novelists. This year I’m spending the year reading (or in some cases rereading) novels that are important in Comparative Literature that I have not yet had the chance to read or read with the care and attention with which I wanted to read them.

Today I want to outline what those novels are and invite you all to spend the year reading with me (although, I guess given when I’m posting this, you’ll have to pick up from the second novel).