Abbi Jacobson's Reading List

"Ephron’s essays are the epitome of the way I want to write. They’re so direct, funny, and observational; they can be light and then all of a sudden swerve to aging and dying, or divorce and heartbreak. I need them every so often to remind myself how to tell a personal story well."

"This story is so brilliant that I am reading the follow-up and, again, rationing what I have left. Sower takes place in the 2020s in a dystopian Los Angeles where water and other resources are limited. It’s scaring the s— out of me, because I feel like we’re not far from this sort of dystopia. But it also drew me in to the main character and her journey."