Jess Walter Doesnât Have a Lot of Patience for Memoirs Credit...Jillian Tamaki Dec. 17, 2020 âMaybe itâs fatigue with social media and the confessional tone of reality television,â says the author of the new novel âThe Cold Millions,â âbut I get claustrophobic spending too much time in the head of another writer.â What books are on your night stand? âThe Death of Vivek Oji,â by Akwaeke Emezi, âThe New Wilderness,â by Diane Cook, âInterior Chinatown,â by Charles Yu, and âSand,â by Wolfgang Herrndorf. Whatâs the last great book you read? Sarah M. Broomâs âThe Yellow House.â And I finally read Hilary Mantelâs âWolf Hallâ this summer. (Sometimes, when everyone is reading a book, I avoid it like itâs a trendy restaurant. Now, 10 years later, I canât find anyone to talk about it. I sure hope thereâs a sequel.)