I've read so far: Friends and Heroes by Olivia Manning, The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, and Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion. I'm about to embark on Where I Was From by Joan…