Nightstand Books: August Reading!

I have a healthy stack o' books on the nightstand. Probably more than I should — but hey, what's new, right?

For those who don't wish to squint at the screen, the books are (from top to bottom):

• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• The White Album by Joan Didion
• The Great Stink by Clare Clark
• How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
• An Outrageous Affair by Penny Vincenzi
• The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötsch
• The Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
• Johannes Cabal: Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard

This is not the order in which they are being read: I am reading The Great Stink with Karen and How to Be a Woman is for my funny bone.

A few of these will have to be postponed after Labor Day, as I need to prep for Fall for the Book Festival. I need to read Amy Waldman's The Submission and Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue before the festival. But we'll see.

What's on your nightstand?