— reading list; 2024

⍤ - ongoing 
☐ - need to read
☒ - read 
≛ - re-read
ӫ - unsure
🇿🇦 : local 

🦹 : graphic novel 🎧 : audiobook/drama 🎙️: podcast  📚 : school/textbook 🗞️ : nonfic

🖊️ : writing/grammar 🌱 : self-improvement 🎼: poetry  ✍🏻: memoir 

📖: shorts/anthology  📝: essay  🔄: translated    💭: mental health 

📢 : social issues/politics  ⚖️: true crime   🕰️: history  

1. Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson ☒ 📖
2. Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson ☒📖
3. It'll Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson ☒
4. The Magnus Archives s1 by Jonathan Sims ☒ 🎧🎙️
5. The Magnus Archives s2 by Jonathan Sims ☒ 🎧🎙️
6. The Magnus Archives s3 by Jonathan Sims ☒ 🎧🎙️
7. The Magnus Archives s4 by Jonathan Sims ☒ 🎧🎙️
8. The Magnus Archives s5 by Jonathan Sims ☒ 🎧🎙️
9. Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims ☒ 📖
10. Family Business by Jonathan Sims ☒ 
11. Malevolent s1 by Harlan Guthrie ☒  🎧🎙️
12. Malevolent s2 by Harlan Guthrie ☒ 🎧🎙️
13. Malevolent s3 by Harlan Guthrie ☒  🎧🎙️
14. Malevolent s4 by Harlan Guthrie ☒ 🎧🎙️
15. Impact Winter s1 by Travis Beacham ☒ 🎧🎙️
16. Impact Winter s2 by Travis Beacham ☒ 🎧🎙️
17. Impact Winter s3 by Travis Beacham ☒ 🎧🎙️
18. The Witch Farm by Danny Robins ☒ 🎧⚖️🕰️
19. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh ☒
20. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow ☒
21. The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage by Alix E. Harrow ☒ 📖
22. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan ☒
23. Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan ☒
24. Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan ☒ 📖
25. Murder at the Royal Ruby by Nita Prose ☒ 📖
26. The Mosquito by B.A Paris ☒ 📖
27. People Like Them by Minka Kent ☒ 📖
28. Slot Machine Fever Dreams by Chris Bohjalian ☒ 📖
29. Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole ☒ 📖
30. Ark by Veronica Roth ☒ 📖
31. Void by Veronica Roth ☒ 📖
32. Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth ☒ 📖
33. When Among Crows by Veronica Roth ☒
34. Summer Frost by Blake Crouch ☒ 📖
35. You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles ☒ 📖
36. The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay ☒ 📖
37. Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay ☒ 
38. Randomize by Andy Weir ☒ 📖
39. Slow Time Between the Stars by John Scalzi ☒ 📖
40. How it Unfolds by James S.A Corey ☒ 📖
41. Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse ☒ 📖
42. The Long Game by Ann Leckie ☒ 📖
43. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor ☒ 📖
44. The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor ☒ 📖
45. The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ☒ 📖
46. 2043 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) by Nisi Shawl ☒ 📖
47. These Alien Skies by C.T. Rwizi ☒ 📖
48. Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson ☒ 📖
49. We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle ☒ 📖
50. Calypso's Guest by Andrew Sean Greer ☒ 📖
51. The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke ☒ 📖
52. The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒ 📖
53. The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒ 📖
54. The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒
55. Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado ☒  📖
56. The Backbone of the World by Stephen Graham Jones ☒ 📖
57. Parthenogenesis by Stephen Graham Jones  ☒ 📖
58. Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones  ☒ 📖
59. The Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones  ☒ 📖
60. After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones  ☒ 📖
61. The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones  ☒ 📖
62. Zombie Bake-Off by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
63. The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
64. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
65. Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
66. A Righteous Man by Tochi Onyebuchi ☒ 📖
67. Stag by Karen Russell ☒ 📖
68. Wildlife by Jeff VanderMeer ☒ 📖
69. The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell ☒ 📖
70. Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone ☒ 📖
71. The Princess Game by Soman Chainani ☒ 📖
72. The Cleaners by Ken Liu ☒ 📖
73. The Wickeds by Gayle Foreman ☒ 📖
74. The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee ☒ 📖
75. Loam by Scott Heim ☒ 📖
76. Anonymous by Uzodinma Iweala ☒ 📖
77. The Beckoning Fair One by Dan Chaon ☒ 📖
78. Will Williams by Namwali Serpell ☒ 📖
79. The Weight of Memories by Liu Cixin ☒ 📖🔄
80. The Water that Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu  ☒ 📖
81. Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson ☒ 📖
82. meat + drink by Daniel Polansky ☒ 📖
83. Shards by Ian Rogers ☒ 📖
84. Come See the Living Dryad by Theodora Goss ☒ 📖
85. The Time Invariance of Snow by E. Lily Yu ☒ 📖
86. Anabasis by Amal El-Mohtar  ☒ 📖
87. Hunting Monsters by S. L Huang ☒ 📖
88. Fighting Demons by S. L Huang ☒ 📖
89. Burning Roses by S. L Huang ☒ 📖
90. Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale by Kathleen Jennings ☒ 📖🎼
91. The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri ☒ 📖
92. The Red Mother by Elizabeth Bear ☒ 📖
93. Pretty Good Neighbor by Jeffrey Ford ☒ 📖
94. A Forest, or a Tree by Tegan Moore ☒ 📖
95. Hearts in the Hard Ground by G.V Anderson ☒  📖
96. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory ☒ 📖
97. Everybody Is in the Place by Emma J. Gibbon ☒ 📖
98. Rewards by Emma Cline ☒ 📖
99. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang  ☒ 📖
100. The Last Night of the World by Ray Bradbury ☒ 📖
101. A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong  ☒ 📖
102. Burning Girls by Veronic Schanoes ☒ 📖
103. Ungirls by Lauren Beukes ☒ 📖
104. Slipping: Stories, Essays & Other Writings by Lauren Beukes ☒ 📖🗞️
105. Afterland by Lauren Beukes ☒
106. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes  ☒
107. Bridge by Lauren Beukes ☒
108. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes ☒
109. Moxyland by Lauren Beukes ☒
110. Zoo City by Lauren Beukes ☒
111. Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie ☒
112. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie ☒
113. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft ☒
114. A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft ☒
115. What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge ☒
116. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher ☒≛
117. What Feasts at Night  by T. Kingfisher ☒
118. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher ☒
119. A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher ☒
120. The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan ☒
121. The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan ☒
122. The Trials of the Empire by Richard Swan ☒
123. An Education in Malice by S.T Gibson ☒
124. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo ☒
125. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden ☒
126. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff ☒
127. Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff ☒
128. Funny Story by Emily Henry ☒
129. Home Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker ☒
130. Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker ☒ 📖
131. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White ☒
132. Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White  ☒
133. Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta  ☒
134. Bride by Ali Hazelwood ☒
135. The Ash-Born Boy by Victoria Schwab ☒
136. The Fox's Tower and Other Tales by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
137. The Candlevine Gardener and Other Stories by Yoon Ha Lee ☒
138. The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo ☒
139. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang ☒
140. Daphne by Josh Malerman ☒
141. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman ☒
142. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer ☒
143. September House by Carissa Orlando ☒
144. How Can I Help You by Laura Sims ☒
145. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle ☒
146. Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin ☒
147. Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone ☒≛
148. Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone ☒
149. One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake ☒ 
150. Sacred Hospitality by Olivie Blake ☒ 📖
151. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake ☒
152. The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake ☒
153. The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake ☒
154. The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim ☒
155. Maeve Fly by C.J Lede  ☒
156. Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas ☒
157. My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen ☒
158. Sleep Tight by J.H Markert ☒
159. The Unmothers by Leslie J.Anderson ☒
160. Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning ☒
161. Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid ☒
162. Dearest by Jacquie Walters ☒
163. House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias ☒
164. So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison  ☒
165. Strange Folk by Alli Dyer ☒
166. We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Torado ☒
167. The City in Glass by Nghi Vo ☒
168. On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo ☒ 📖
169. The House of Aunts by Zen Cho ☒ 📖
170. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik ☒ 📖
171. William by Mason Coile ☒
172. Evil in Me by Brom ☒
173. Model Homes by Rivers Solomon ☒
174. Butter by Asako Yuzuki ☒🔄
175. Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola ☒
176. Baltimore, vol 1: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
177. Baltimore, vol 2: The Curse Bells by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
178. Baltimore, vol 3: A Passing Stranger and Other Stories by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
179. Baltimore, vol 4: Chapel of Bones by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
180. Baltimore, vol 5: The Apostle and the Witch of Haru by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
181. Baltimore, vol 6: The Cult of the Red King by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
182. Baltimore, vol 7: Empty Graves by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
183. Baltimore, vol 8: The Red Kingdom by Mike Mignola ☒🦹
184. Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood by Marjane Satrapi ☒🦹🗞️✍🏻
185. Persepolis: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi ☒🦹🗞️✍🏻
186. Kin (The Good Neighbors 1) by Holly Black ☒🦹
187. Kith (The Good Neighbors 2) by Holly Black ☒🦹
188. Kind (The Good Neighbors 3) by Holly Black ☒🦹
189. Clean Room, vol 1-18 by Gail Simone ☒🦹
190. The Variants, vol 1-5 by Gail Simone ☒🦹
191. Batman: Beyond the White Knight, vol 1-8 by Sean Gordon Murphy ☒🦹
192. Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen ☒
193. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir ☒🔄📖
194. Lucy Undying by Kiersten White ☒
195. The Perfection of Theresa Watkins by Justin C. Key ☒ 📖
196. The Tale of Ak and Humanity by Yefin Zozulya ☒🔄📖
197. Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram ☒
198. I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong ☒
199. Falling Down by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
200. The Pit and the Box by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
201. The Hunted by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
202. Risen by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
203. Siege by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
204. Encounter by Guillermo del Toro ☒ 📖
205. Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw ☒ 📖
206. A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw ☒ 📖
207. Stay On the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman ☒ 📖
208. Countess by Suzan Palumbo ☒ 📖
209. Ushers by Joe Hill ☒ 📖
210. Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley ☒ 
211. Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley ☒ 
212. Candy Cain Kills Again by Brian McAuley ☒  
213. The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister ☒ 
214. All Cats Have Asperger's Syndrome by Kathy Hoopmann ☒ 📖🗞️💭
215. Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde ☒  🗞️📝📢
216. Fantasy's Othering Fetish by P. Djèlí Clark ☒  🗞️📝🖊️📢
217. Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patrcia Cornwell  ☒  📚🗞️✍🏻🕰️⚖️
218. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah ☒ 🗞️✍🏻📢🇿🇦 
219. The War on the West by Douglas Murray ☒ 📚 🗞️📢
220. A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️ 
221. The Writer's Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier ☒📚🗞️🖊️
222. Plot Perfect by Paula Munier ☒📚🗞️🖊️
223. How to Be a Writer by Barbara Baig ☒  📚🗞️🖊️
224. Spellbinding Sentences by Barbara Baig ☒  📚🗞️🖊️
225. Verbalize by Damon Suede ☒  📚🗞️🖊️
226. The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️💭
227. The Structure of Story by Ross Hartmann ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️
228. The Anatomy of a Best Seller by Sacha Black ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️
229. 10 Steps To Hero by Sacha Black ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️
230. 13 Steps to Evil by Sacha Black ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️
231. 8 Steps to Side Characters by Sacha Black ☒ 📚🗞️🖊️
232. How to Get Unstuck by Matt Perman ☒📚🗞️🌱💭
233. Kokology by Tadahiko Nagao ☒ 📚🗞️🌱💭
234. Kokology 2 by Tadahiko Nagao ☒📚🗞️🌱💭