— reading list; 2022

 

⍤ - ongoing 
☐ - need to read
☒ - read 
≛ - re-read
ӫ - unsure

🦹 : graphic novel 🎧 : audiobook/podcast 📚 : school/textbook 🗞️ : nonfiction/research 🖊️ : writing/grammar 

🧘🏻‍♀ : self-improvement 🎼: poetry 

1. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter ☒ 📚
2. Dangerous Love by Ben Okri ☒ 📚
3. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee  ☒ 📚
4. The Waste Land by T.S Eliot ☒ 📚
5. The Adventures of English by Melvyn Bragg ☒ 📚🗞️
6. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism by Steven J. Venturino ☒ 📚🗞️
7. Psychology Statistics for Dummies by Donncha Hanna & Martin Dempster ☒📚🗞️🖊️
8. The Perfect English Grammar Workbook by Lisa McLendon ☒📚🗞️🖊️
9. Story Stakes by H.R D'Costa ☒📚🗞️🖊️
10. Inciting Incident by H.R D'Costa ☒📚🗞️🖊️
11. Midpoint Magic by H.R D'Costa ☒📚🗞️🖊️
12. Brevity by David Galef ☒📚🗞️🖊️
13. How to Write Essays by Don Shiach ☒📚🗞️🖊️
14. Write Naked by Jennifer Probst ☒📚🗞️🖊️
15. Write True by Jennifer Probst ☒📚🗞️🖊️
16. Dear Writer, Are You In Writer's Block by Becca Syme ☒📚🗞️🖊️
17. Bird by Bird by Annie Lamott ☒📚🗞️🖊️
18. Writing Deep Scenes by Martha & Jordan Rosenfeld ☒📚🗞️🖊️
19. Dubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent by Milena Popova ☒📚🗞️🖊️
20. Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend ☒ 🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
21. The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins ☒🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
22. The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins ☒🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
23. Stop Saying You're Fine by Mel Robbins ☒🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
24. Eat that Frog! by Brian Tracy ☒🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
25. Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven ☒🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
26. Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab ☒📚🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
27. Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson ☒📚🗞️🧘🏻‍♀
28. Our Poisoned Land by Jacques Pauw ☒🗞️
29. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill ☒
30. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo ☒
31. Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid ☒
32. For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten ☒≛
33. For the Throne by Hannah Whitten ☒
34. Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden ☒
35. The Mystery of Mrs Christie by Marie Benedict ☒
36. Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor ☒
37. Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White ☒
38. Persephone Station by Stina Leicht ☒ 
39. Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin ☒
40. The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay ☒
41. They Never Learn by Layne Fargo ☒
42. The Lost Village by Camilla Sten ☒
43. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik ☒ 
44. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim ☒≛
45. The Dragon's Promise by Elizabeth Lim ☒
46. Gothikana by RuNyx  ☒ 
47. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell  ☒≛
48. Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell ☒≛
49. Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell ☒
50. American Hippo by Sarah Gailey ☒
51. Drones to Ploughshares by Sarah Gailey ☒
52. The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey ☒
53. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey ☒
54. Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey ☒
55. When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey ☒
56. Eat the Rich (vol. 1-5) by Sarah Gailey ☒ 🦹
57. An Encore of Roses by S.T Gibson ☒
58. The Furies by Katie Lowe ☒
59. Slewfoot by Brom ☒
60. Just like Mother by Anne Heltzel ☒ 
61. Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy ☒ 
62. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal ☒ 
63. We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal ☒
64. Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood ☒
65. Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood ☒
66. Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood  ☒
67. Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood ☒
68. Stone Heart by Katee Robert ☒
69. Hades and Hades by Katee Robert ☒
70. Electric Idol by Katee Robert ☒
71. Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert ☒
72. The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert ☒ 
73. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado ☒
74. Hide by Kiersten White ☒
75. Cackle by Rachel Harrison ☒
76. The Veil by Rachel Harrison ☒ 🎧
77. Oracle by Andrew Pyper ☒🎧
78. Oracle 2: The Dreamland Murders by Andrew Pyper ☒🎧
79. Smoke Signal by Marie Benedict & Kate Quinn ☒ 🎧
80. Buried Deep by Margot Hunt ☒ 🎧
81. The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe by  Arvind Ethan David ☒ 🎧
82. Brackish Waters by Matt Boren ☒ 🎧
83. The Vanishing Negative by Aaron Mark ☒ 🎧
84. Nightfall by Marisela Treviño Orta ☒ 🎧
85. The Guilty by James Patterson ☒ 🎧
86. The Miranda Obsession by Jen Silverman ☒ 🎧🗞️
87. Zaddy by Sarah Ramos ☒ 🎧
88. Self Help by Ben H. Winters ☒ 🎧
89. The Armies of Those I Love by Ken Liu ☒ 🎧
90. 64th Man by Bryan Tucker & Zack Phillips ☒ 🎧
91. Lost Children by Francesca Lia Block ☒ 🎧
92. Spies! by Scott McCormick ☒ 🎧
93. Hot White Heist by Adam Goldman ☒ 🎧
94. Hit Job by  Eric Cunningham, Achilles Stamatelaky & Lauren Gurganous ☒≛ 🎧
95. Passable in Pink by Mike Sacks ☒ 🎧
96. Sleeping Beauty by Marty Ross ☒ 🎧
97. Treasure Island by Marty Ross ☒ 🎧
98. Three Musketeers by Marty Ross ☒ 🎧
99. Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant by Alan Cumming ☒ 🎧🗞️
100. Phreaks by Matthew Derby ☒ 🎧
101. American Girl: A Novel by Wendy Walker ☒ 🎧
102. Young Rich Widows: A Novel by Kimberley Belle ☒ 🎧
103. Hell Cats by Carina Rodney ☒≛ 🎧🗞️
104. Alexa, Why Can't You Love Me? by David Rossmer ☒ 🎧
105. Death Game Quality Assurance by Andrew Rowe ☒ 🎧
106. The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner ☒ 🎧
107. The Big Lie by John Mankiewicz ☒ 🎧🗞️
108. Descent by Alexandra Wood ☒ 🎧
109. Moriarty: The Devil's Game by Charles Kindinger  ☒ 🎧
110. Fishpriest by Mike Batistick ☒ 🎧
111. Coal Country by Jessica Blank ☒ 🎧🗞️
112. The Ophelia Network by Mur Lafferty ☒ 🎧
113. Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon ☒ 🎧
114. The Orchard by Mike Jones & Mike Cowap ☒ 🎧
115. One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose ☒ 🎧
116. Isaac Steele and the Forever Man by Daniel Rigby ☒ 🎧
117. Arkham County by Guy Adams & AK Benedict ☒ 🎧
118. The Stand-In by Lily Chu ☒ 🎧
119. The Comeback by Lily Chu ☒ 🎧
120. The Prophecy by Randy McKinnon ☒ 🎧
121. Hearts, Keys and Puppetry by Neil Gaiman ☒ 🎧
122. Bitter Grounds by Neil Gaiman ☒
123. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman ☒🗞️🖊️
124. Dear Girls by Ali Wong ☒🗞️
125. The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee ☒
126. Jade City by Fonda Lee ☒
127. Jade War by Fonda Lee ☒
128. Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee ☒
129. Book Lovers by Emily Henry ☒
130. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry ☒
131. Beach Read by Emily Henry ☒
132. Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi ☒
133. A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow ☒
134. Mr Death by Alix E. Harrow ☒
135. Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley ☒
136. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle ☒
137. The Changeling by Victor LaValle ☒
138. The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle ☒
139. American Queen by Sierra Simone ☒
140. American Prince by Sierra Simone ☒
141. American King by Sierra Simone ☒
142. Cards of Love: The Moon by Sierra Simone ☒
143. American Squire by Sierra Simone ☒
144. The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang ☒
145. The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang ☒
146. The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang ☒
147. The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang ☒
148. Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
149. Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
150. Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
151. Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
152. Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
153. Combustion Hour by  Yoon Ha Lee ☒
154. Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garbier ☒
155. The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garbier ☒
156. The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
157. Warriors of God by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
158. Light Perpetual by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
159. The Road with No Return by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
160. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
161. Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
162. Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
163. Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
164. The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
165. Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
166. The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski ☒
167. Future Lovecraft by Silvia Moreno Garcia (ed.) ☒
168. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒
169. The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒
170. The Starlit Wood by Dominik Parisien (ed.) ☒
171. Monstrous Affections by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (eds.) ☒
172. Cursed by Marie O'Regan (ed.) ☒ 
173. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides ☒
174. Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas ☒
175. Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi ☒
176. Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi ☒
177. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi ☒
178. What's Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi ☒
179. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher ☒
180. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher ☒
181. Metal Like Blood in the Dark by T. Kingfisher ☒
182. Book of Night by Holly Black ☒
183. Only a Monster by Vanessa Len ☒
184. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas ☒
185. A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft ☒
186. Finna by Nino Cipri ☒
187. Defekt by Nino Cipri ☒
188. A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee ☒
189. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong ☒
190. Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong ☒
191. Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman ☒
192. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman ☒
193. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman ☒ 
194. The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman ☒ 
195. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers ☒
196. Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers ☒
197. Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers ☒
198. Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers ☒
199. Igniting Darkness by Robin LaFevers ☒
200. Lore by Alexandra Bracken ☒
201. Gallant by V.E Schwab ☒
202. ExtraOrdinary by V.E Schwab ☒ 🦹
203. Sundial by Catriona Ward ☒
204. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward ☒
205. Hide by Kiersten White ☒
206. The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro ☒
207. A Wolf for a Spell by Karah Sutton ☒
208. The Girls by Emma Cline ☒
209. The Diviners by Libba Bray ☒ 
210. Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray ☒ 
211. Before the Devil Break You by Libba Bray ☒ 
212. King of Crows by Libba Bray ☒ 
213. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson ☒ 
214. Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand ☒
215. Extasia by Claire Legrand ☒
216. Proof by Induction by José Pablo Iriarte ☒
217. Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. by Fran Wilde ☒
218. Heracles' Bow by Madeline Miller ☒
219. Playing Nice With God's Bowling Ball by N.K. Jemisin ☒
220. Elephants and Corpses by Kameron Hurley ☒
221. The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie by Kathleen Jennings ☒
222. The Tinder Box by Kate Elliot ☒
223. Baby Teeth by Daniel Polansky ☒
224. Seven Vampires by Lavie Tidhar ☒
225. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid by C.L. Polk ☒
226. The Inaccessibility of Heaven by Aliette de Bodard ☒
227. The Ordinary Woman and the Unquiet Emperor by Catherynne M. Valente ☒
228. What the Dragon Said by Catherynne M. Valente ☒
229. The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente ☒
230. L'Esprit de L'Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente ☒
231. What the Dragon Said: A Love Story by Catherynne M. Valente ☒
232. #Selfcare by Annalee Newitz ☒
233. The Little Witch by  M. Rickert ☒
234. Persephone by Seanan McGuire ☒
235. Tangles by Seanan McGuire ☒
236. Sleeper by Jo Walton ☒
237. Ekaterina and the Firebird by Abra Staffin-Wiebe ☒
238. The Angel of Khan El-Khalili by P. Djéli Clark ☒
239. As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang ☒
240. The Ones Who Look by Katharine Duckett ☒
241. The Necessary Arthur by Garth Nix ☒
242. Exile's End by Carolyn Ives Gilman ☒
243. Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super by A.T. Greenblatt ☒
244. Open House on Haunted Hill by John Wiswell ☒
245. Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
246. Curses by Lish McBride ☒
247. Heads Will Roll by Lish McBride ☒
248. Die (1-20)  by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
249. Once & Future (1-29)  by Kieron Gillen ☒⍤ 🦹
250. The Wicked + The Divine (1-45) by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
251. The Wicked + The Divine: 455 AD by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
252. The Wicked + The Divine: 1373 by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
253. The Wicked + The Divine 1831 by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
254. The Wicked + The Divine: 1923 by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
255. The Wicked + The Divine: The Funnies by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
256. The Wicked + The Divine: Christmas Annual #1 by Kieron Gillen ☒ 🦹
257. Monstress (1-41)  by Marjorie M. Liu ☒⍤ 🦹
258. Monstress: Talk-Stories (1-2) by Marjorie M. Liu ☒ 🦹
259. Something is Killing the Children (21-25) by James Tynion IV ☒⍤ 🦹
260. Enter the House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV ☒ 🦹
261. The House of Slaughter (1-7)  by James Tynion IV ☒⍤ 🦹
262. The Beauty (1-29) by Jeremy Haun ☒ 🦹
263. The Beauty: All Good Things by Jeremy Haun ☒ 🦹
264. Sunstone (vol. 1-7) by Stjepan Sejic ☒ 🦹
265. Batman: Damned (vol. 1-3) by Brian Azzarello ☒🦹
266. Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy ☒ 🦹
267. Batman: White Knight Presents: Von Freeze #1 by Sean Murphy ☒ 🦹
268. Batman: Curse of the White Knight by Sean Murphy ☒ 🦹
269. Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn by Katana Collins ☒ 🦹
270. Joe Golem and the Copper Girl: A Short Story by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
271. Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
272. Joe Golem: The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
273. Joe Golem: The Outer Dark by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
274. Joe Golem: The Drowning City by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
275. Joe Golem: The Conjurers by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
276. Tangier in the Rain by Fabien Grolleau & Abdel de Bruxelles ☒🦹
277. Indestructible: Stingray (vol 1) by Jeff Marsick ☒🦹
278. House of X/Powers of X (vol 1-12)  by Jonathan Hickman ☒🦹
279. Anne Rice's Servant of the Bones (#1-6) by Mariah Huehner, Renae DeLiz & Ray Dillon ☒🦹