Many of the Books I've Read

book reader: nicholas LS whelan


People often ask me for book recommendations, but I have a difficult time recalling everything I've read. There are two pages on this website where I've posted a year's worth of book reviews, and I frequently refer to those as prompts to jog my memory. Yet those only cover 2020 and 2022, because writing reviews is time consuming. This page will be a simple list of titles.

I began keeping a log of my daily activity in July of 2014 to track my diligence in pursuing a writing career. To start I only recorded what work I had done, but over time the log broadened in scope. I began recording what I read in 2016, though the early notes are vague. I know I read several collections of Harlan Ellison's short stories that year, yet I'm only able to find a single day when I wrote "Read a ton of Harlan Ellison." Not very helpful in populating this list.

Sometime in 2017 I became more diligent about noting the day I began a book, and the day I completed it. In 2018 I finally started to record anything I read in a given day. Fortunately this covers the majority of the years when my audio book listening & reading habit became really voracious. I'm sure there's a lot that has slipped through. Lots of TTRPG books and comics and web publications I never documented. My records are still imperfect. But the purpose of this page is to help me make recommendations, so if you're not me I'm not really sure what you'd even look at this page for.


The Time Before Recordkeeping

An unordered list of everything I know I've read, but which doesn't appear in my personal logs.


Inferno
by Dante Alighieri


At the Queen's Command
by Michael A. Stackpole
Crown Colonies, Book 1


Of Limited Loyalty
by Michael A. Stackpole
Crown Colonies, Book 2


Sentimental Education
by Gustav Flaubert


Art of Deception
by Kevin Mitnick


The Ultimate History of Video Games
by Steven L. Kent


Azumanga Daioh
by Kiyohiko Azuma
Manga


Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier
by Katie Hafner and John Markoff


Alexander the Great, and the Hellenistic Age
by Peter Green


Bossypants
by Tina Fey


Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
by Mindy Kaling


The Worldwound Gambit
by Robin D. Laws
Pathfinder Tales


Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Dungeons & Dragons
by Shelly Mazzanoble




2016

Rats in the Walls
by H.P. Lovecraft


Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt


The Last Days of FOXHOUND
by Chris Coucette
Webcomic re-read


Cugel's Saga
by Jack Vance
Dying Earth, Book 3


Questionable Content
by Jeph Jacques
Webcomic re-read


Masters of Doom
by David Kushner


Yes Please
by Amy Poehler


SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
by Anthony Everitt


Suldrun's Garden
by Jack Vance
Lyonesse Cycle, Book 1


The Green Pearl
by Jack Vance
Lyonesse Cycle, Book 2


Madouc
by Jack Vance
Lyonesse Cycle, Book 3


The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
by Philip Carlo


The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engles


Perdition
by Courtney Campbell
TTRPG Book




2017

Blood in the Chocolate
by Rebecca Chenier
TTRPG Book


England Upturn'd
by Barry Blatt
TTRPG Book


The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft


H.M.S. Apollyon
by Gus L.
Development copy, TTRPG Book


The Dunwitch Horror
by H.P. Lovecraft


Ports of Call
by Jack Vance


In Defence of Socialist Planning
by Ernest Mandel


Mother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut


Conquerors' Pride
by Timothy Zahn
Conquerors Trilogy, Book 1


Angry Candy
by Harlan Ellison
A Short Story Collection


Conquerors' Heritage
by Timothy Zahn
Conquerors Trilogy, Book 2


Conquerors' Legacy
by Timothy Zahn
Conquerors Trilogy, Book 3


Bloodchild & Other Stories
by Octavia E. Butler
A Short Story Collection


Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut


Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Book 1


Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Book 2


Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Book 3


Slaughterhouse 5
by Kurt Vonnegut


H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Omnibus Collection Volume I
by H.P. Lovecraft, edited by Finn J. D. John


Revolt of the Dwarves
by Rose Estes
Choose your own adventure


W-Wing: Mercy Kill
by Aaron Allston
The latter days book 10 of the X-Wing series


Foundation's Edge'
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation, Book 4


Foundation and Earth
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation, Book 5


Myths to Live By
by Joseph Campbell
Unfinished


Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson


Five By Five
by Aaron Allston, Kevin J. Anderson, Loren L. Coleman, B.V. Larson, Michael A. Stackpole
Short story collection


The Red Flag: A History of Communism
by David Priestland


Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton


Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler


The Great Courses: Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
by Brian M. Fagan
Lecture Series


The Disaster Artist
by Greg Sestero


Soonish
by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith




2018

The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
Gentleman Bastards, Book 1


H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Omnibus Collection Volume II
by H.P. Lovecraft, edited by Finn J. D. John


Red Sails Under Red Skies
by Scott Lynch
Gentleman Bastards, Book 2


The Beseeching Parliament
by Skerples
TTRPG Book


Fledgling
by Octavia E. Butler


On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt


The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
Remembrance of Earth's Past, Book 1


The Dark Forest
by Liu Cixin
Remembrance of Earth's Past, Book 2


Death's End
by Liu Cixin
Remembrance of Earth's Past, Book 3


The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood


The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, Book 1


The Truce at Bakura
by Kathy Tyres


The Black Company
Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 1


Shadows Linger
Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 2


The White Rose
Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 3


Wage Labour and Capital
by Karl Marx


The Caves of Steel
by Isaac Asimov
Robots & Elijah Baley Trilogy, Book 1


Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert


Sacrebleu
by Tito B.A.
TTRPG Book


Frostbitten and Mutilated
by zak smith
TTRPG Book, Fuck zak


Super Stupor
by R.K. Milholland
Digital comics


Odd & The Frost Giant
by Neil Gaiman


Bitten: Dark Erotica
by Susie Bright
Short story collection


The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 1


The Grass Crown
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 2


The Standing Stone
by John D. Rateliff
TTRPG Book


Swords & Deviltry
by Fritz Leiber
Collected stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, volume 1


Prelude to Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Prequel Duology, Book 1


The Naked Sun
by Isaac Asimov
Robots & Elijah Baley Trilogy, Book 2


The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers


Fortune's Favorites
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 3


Caesar's Women
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 4


Forward the Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Foundation Prequel Duology, Book 2


Robots of Dawn
by Isaac Asimov
Robots & Elijah Baley Trilogy, Book 3


Caesar: Let the Dice Fly
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 5


I Am Spock
by Leonard Nimoy


Robots and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
Robots & Elijah Baley Trilogy, Book 4


The October Horse
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 6


The Great Courses: The History of Ancient Egypt
by Bob Brier
Lecture Series


The Godfather
by Mario Puzo


Unicorn Meat
by Dan D.
TTRPG Book, development copy


Unnamed Pyre Coast Adventure
by Gus L.
TTRPG Book, development copy


The Great Courses: Ancient Mesopotamia, Life in the Cradle of Civilization
by Amanda H. Podany
Lecture Series


Thrawn
by Timothy Zhan
Thrawn's Background Trilogy, Book 1


Better Demons of Our Nature
by Justin Stewart
Development copy




2019

History of England
by Jane Austen


The Great Courses: Screenwriting 101, Mastering the Art of Story
Angus Fletcher
Recorded lecture series


The Magician's Nephew
by C.S Lewis
Prequel to the Narnia series


Antony and Cleopatra
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 7


Beyond Sanctuary
by Janet Morris
Unfinished


Shadow Games
by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 4


Dreams of Steel
by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 5


Bleak Seasons
by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 6


She Is The Darkness
by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 7


Fantastic Voyage
by Isaac Asimov


Water Sleeps
by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 8


Girl's Auto Clinic: Glove Box Guide
by Patrice Banks


Soldiers Live
by by Glen Cook
Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 9


The Great Courses: Sci-Phi, Science Fiction as Philosophy
by David Kyle Johnson
Recorded lecture series


The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart
by Jesse Bullington


The Great Courses: The Rise of Rome
Gregory S. Aldrete
Recorded lecture series


On Stranger Tides
by Tim Powers


Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction
by Alec Navala-Lee


The Stars, Like Dust
by Isaac Asimov


The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov


City of the Chasch
by Jack Vance
Planet of Adventure, Book 1


Servants of the Wankh
by Jack Vance
Planet of Adventure, Book 1


The Dirdir
by Jack Vance
Planet of Adventure, Book 1


The Pnume
by Jack Vance
Planet of Adventure, Book 1


The Silver Spike
by Glen Cook
Black Company Side Story


How Long 'til Black Future Month
by N.K. Jesmin
Short story collection


Crypts of Indormancy
by Ezra Claverie
Then I ran it for Dangerous Neighbors


Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler


Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
Unfinished. Hated it.


Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian: The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus
by Robert E. Howard
Read the early and half the middle period stories


The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle


Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
Sequel to Parable of the Sower


Troika!
by Daniel Sell
TTRPG Book<


Four Ways to Forgiveness
by Ursula K. LeGuin


A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller, Jr.


She Bleeds
by Elizabeth Chaipraditkul
TTRPG Book<


Cold Moon Over Babylon
by Michael McDowell


Broodmother Sky Fortress
by Jeff Reints
TTRPG Book<


Amazing Spider-Man
by Various authors & artists
Specific issues read are unrecorded, but I think it was the early-mid 300s


The Graveyard Book
by Niel Gaiman


Deep Carbon Observatory
by Patrick Stuart
TTRPG Book<


The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi


Black Hammer
by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston
Comic


The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. LeGuin


Lords of Light
by Roger Zelazny


Azazel
by Isaac Asimov


Strata
by Terry Pratchett


Wet Grandpa
by Evey Lockhart
TTRPG Book<


Dune
by Frank Herbert


Mortality
by Christopher Hitchens


Pig Tales
by Marie Darrieussecq


Canticle
by R.A. Salvatore
The Cleric Quintet, Book 1


Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer


State & Revolution
by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin


In Sylvan Shadows
by R.A. Salvatore
The Cleric Quintet, Book 2


The Conquest of Bread
by Peter Kropotkin


Blindsight
by Peter Watts


Night Masks
by R.A. Salvatore
The Cleric Quintet, Book 3


Claudius
by Douglas Jackson
Historical fiction about the conquest of Britain


Forsaken Fortress
by R.A. Salvatore
The Cleric Quintet, Book 4


Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Old Kingdom, Book 1


The Chaos Curse
by R.A. Salvatore
The Cleric Quintet, Book 5


Lirael
by Garth Nix
Old Kingdom, Book 2


Abhorsen
by Garth Nix
Old Kingdom, Book 3


The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle


All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries, Book 1


Declare
by Tim Powers


Journey to the Rock
by Michael Malone
TTRPG Book, then I ran it in Dangerous Neighbors


Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries, Book 2


I Sing the Body Electric
by Ray Bradbury
Short Story Collection


Vattu
by Evan Dahm
Webcomic




2020

Prince of Wolves
by Dave Gross
Pathfinder Tales


Master of Devils
by Dave Gross
Pathfinder Tales


Rogue Protocol
by Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries, Book 3


Exit Strategy
by Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries, Book 4


Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast
by Ken Forkish


At Home: A History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson


Nation
by Terry Pratchett


Thirteen
by Richard K. Morgan


Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
Second Hannibal novel


Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
First Hannibal novel


Post Office
by Charles Bukowski


A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole


The Sunless Citadel
by Bruce Cordell
TTRPG Book, then I ran it for Danger Neighbor


Return of the Black Widowers
by Isaac Asimov


Song of Blades & Heroes
by Andrea Sfiligoi


Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delaney


Thrawn: Treason
by Timothy Zahn
Thrawn's Background Trilogy, Book 1


Thulian Echoes
by Zzarchov Kowolski
TTRPG Book, then I ran it for Danger Neighbor


Capital: Volume 1
by Karl Marx
Unfinished


Axiom's End
by Lindsay Ellis
Noumena, Book 2


Start of Darkness
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book -1


On the Origin of PCs
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 0


Dungeon Crawlin' Fools
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 1


No Cure for the Paladin Blues
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 2


War and XPs
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 3


Don't Split the Party
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 4


Blood Runs in the Family
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 5


Utterly Dwarfed
by Rich Berlew
Order of the Stick, Book 6


Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk


Greyhawk
by Gary Gygax
TTRPG Book


Chainmail
by Gary Gygax & Jeff Perren
TTRPG Book


Solutions and Other Problems
by Allie Brosh


Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie


The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side
by Agatha Christie


The Slaying Stone
by Logan Bonner
TTRPG Book, then I ran it for Danger Neighbor


The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir


Wraith Squadron
by Aaron Alston
X-Wing: Book 5


The WoW Diary
by John Staats


Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl and Madouc
by Jack Vance




2021

Swords Against Death
by Fritz Leiber
Collected stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, volume 2. (The good one)


The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 1


The Broken Bastion
by Gus L.
Then I edited it


The Last Smile in Sunder City
by Luke Arnold


Spider's Kiss
by Harlan Ellison


The Grass Crown
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 2


Queen of Thorns
by Dave Gross
Pathfinder Tales


Areas of My Expertise
by John Hodgeman


Inherit the Stars
by James P. Hogan
Giants, Book 1


Fortune's Favorites
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 3


The Ruinous Palace of the Metagorgos
by Evey Lockhart
TTRPG Book, then I ran it in Dangerous Neighbors


Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier
by Gus L.
TTRPG Book, Then I edited it


The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvior


Heroes in Hell
by Chris Morris, Gregory Benford, C.J. Cherryh, Nancy Asire, David Drake, and Janet Morris
Short Story Collection


Silent War: My Kingdom
by Tharchog and Yansae
Erotic manhwa


Araminta Station
by Jack Vance
Cadwal Chronicles, Book 1


Crime and Punishment
by Daktaryeong & Team. Oldrock
Erotic manwha


Caesar's Women
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 4


Ecce and Old Earth
by Jack Vance
Cadwal Chronicles, Book 2


How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home
by Charlie Wing


Throy
by Jack Vance
Cadwal Chronicles, Book 3


Asterix and the Goths
by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
Comic


Caesar: Let the Dice Fly
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 5


Alfie
by InCase
Erotic webcomic, ongoing


The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough


Mother's Malady
by James Hanna
TTRPG Book, for review on Bones of Contention


Capital, Volume 1
by Karl Marx
Unfinished


The City We Became
by N.K. Jemisin


Portsmouth's Problem
by Frank Schmidt
TTRPG Book, for review on Bones of Contention


The Valley of Karaccia
by Matthew Evans
TTRPG Book, for review on Bones of Contention


Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk


Sacrebleu
by Tito B.A.
TTRPG Book, for review on Bones of Contention


The October Horse
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, Book 6


Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon


Caesar, Life of a Colossus
by Adrian Goldsworthy


The Word for World if Forest
by Ursula K. Le Guin


The Ladies of Missalonghi
by Colleen McCullough


In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway
Short Story Collection


Flesh Hill
by Tito B.A.
TTRPG Book, for review on Bones of Contention


Assassin's Apprentice
by Robin Hobb
Farseer Trilogy, Book 1


Royal Assassin
by Robin Hobb
Farseer Trilogy, Book 2


Nemesis
by Isaac Asimov


The Lonesome Bodybuilder
by Yukiko Motoya
Short Story Collection


Assassin's Quest
by Robin Hobb
Farseer Trilogy, Book 3


Tim
by Colleen McCullough


Village of Noobtown
by Ryan Rimmel
One of the worst books I've ever read


Autonomous
by Annalee Newitz


Black Trillium
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton
Trillium, Book 1


My Father the Pornographer: A Memoir
by Chris Offutt


This is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone


Black Leopard, Red Wolf
by Marlon James
Dark Star Trilogy, Book 1


The Etymologicon
by Mark Forsyth


Luann
by Greg Evans
Newspaper comic. Roughly the run from 1985-1995


Rosen Garten Saga
by Sakimori Fuji and illustrated by Yousetsu Tonooka
Erotic Manga




2022

The Road to Wellville
by T. Coraghessan Boyle


A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James


Bone
by Jeff Smith
Comic


The Abominable Charles Christopher
by Karl Kerschl
Webcomic


Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman


The Order of the Pale Moon Reflected on Water
by Zen Cho


Shade's Children
by Garth Nix


Space Weirdos
by Casey Garske
TTRPG Book


Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke


Star Gate
by Andre Norton


The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
by James P. Hogan
Giants, Book 1


Giant's Star
by James P. Hogan
Giants, Book 1


The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline


Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin


The Ruins
by Scott Smith


Civilization of the Middle Ages
by Norman Cantor


Truth of the Divine
by Lindsay Ellis
Noumena, Book 2


You Just Don't Understand
by Deborah Tannen


Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, Book 2


Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games, Book 3


The Fellowship of the Ring
by JRR Tolkien
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Book 1


The Two Towers
by JRR Tolkien
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Book 2


Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian: The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus
by Robert E. Howard
Read the rest of the middle period, and the late period stories


Hidden Grove of the Deep Druids
by Harald Maassen
ATTRPG Book, then I ran it for Danger Neighbor


True History
by Lucian of Samosata


American Gods
by Neil Gaiman


1977
by W. Byron Wilkins
Webcomic


Imy
by Irma
Webcomic


Roadside Picnic
by Arkady Strugasky and Boris Stugatsky


Questionable Content
by Jeph Jacques
Webcomic re-read


Religions of Rome: Volume 1: A History
by Mary Beard


Trek to Kraggen-Cor
by Dennis L. McKiernan
The Silver Call Duology, Book 1, among the worst books I've ever read


The Brega Path
by Dennis L. McKiernan
The Silver Call Duology, Book 2, among the worst books I've ever read


Walkaway
by Cory Doctorow


The Snow Queen
by Hans Christian Anderson


The Worm Ouroboros
by E.R. Eddison


Invisible Girl
by Zenmackie
Internet Erotica


Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
by Gary Gygax
TTRPG Book, G-Series Adventure #1


Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
by Gary Gygax
TTRPG Book, G-Series Adventure #2


A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earthsea, Book 1


The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earthsea, Book 2


The Farthest Shore
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earthsea, Book 3


Station 11
by Emily St. John Mandel


Half ofThe First Man in Rome and maybe 200 pages of The Grass Crown
by Colleen McCullough
Masters of Rome, books 1 & 2, which I've read many times now


Swords in the Mist
by Fritz Leiber
Collected stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, volume 3


The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin


Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt


Downtime in Zyan
by Ben Laurence
TTRPG Book


Senlin Ascends
by Josiah Bancroft
Books of Babel #1


Never Split the Difference
by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz


Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud


Berserk
by Kentaro Miura
Manga, One of the most important pieces of art I've ever encountered


Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
by Sarah Schulman


The Horologicon
by Mark Forsyth


Iron Fist
by Aaron Allston
X-Wing, Book 6


All-Star Superman
by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Comic




2023

Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
Unfinished


Command Decision and First Contact
by Timothy Zahn
Magazine Short Stories


How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North
Unfinished


Ms. Marvel
by G. Willow Wilson, Samira Ahmed, Magdalene Visaggio, Sladin Ahmed
Comics


Daughter of the Empire
by Janny Wurts and Raymond E. Feist
Empire Trilogy, Book 1


Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
by Takeshi Miyazawa and Sean McKeever
Comic


The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
Discworld, Book 1


Skeleton Soldier Failed to Defend the Dungeon
by Sosori
Manhwa, ongoing


Transmetropolitan
by Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson
Comic


The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin


Solo Command
by Aaron Alston
X-Wing, Book 7


For the Love of April French
by Penny Aimes
Erotic novel


Outlawed
by Anna North


A Good Man is Hard to Find
by Flannery O'Connor
Short Story Collection


Hajime No Ippo
by Jōji Morikawa
Mange, ongoing


Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
by JRR Tolkien
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Book 3


Moon Witch, Spider King
by Marlon James
Dark Star Trilogy #2


Cathedral
by Raymond Carver
Short Story Collection


Paper Girls
by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
Comic


Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown


The Tourist
by Robert Dickinson


Tehanu
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Earthsea, Book 4


Grundrisse
by Karl Marx
Unifished


The Light Fantastic
by Terry Pratchett
Discworld, Book 2


Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You
by Jinushi
Manga, unfinished


The Distended Eye
by Fredrik L. Knudsen
Unifished


Servant of the Empire
by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
Empire Trilogy, Book 2


Neoreaction — A Basilisk: Essays On and Around the Alt Right
by Elizabeth Sandifer and Jack Graham
Unifished


The Dominance Playbook
by Anton Fulmen
Unifished


Penultimate Quest
by Lars Brown
Unfinished


Religions of Rome: Volume 1: A History
by Mary Beard
Unfinished


The Eight Zulu Kings: From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini
by John Laband


Saga
by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan
Comic, ongoing


The Peril at End House
by Agatha Christie
An Hercule Poirot story


Simon Loves Ken
by Zwahk Muchoney
Locally produced comic book / Webcomic


Superbutch
by Becky Hawkins and Barry Deutsch
Locally produced comic book / Webcomic


How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
by Walter Rodney


Bridewell
by Nova
TTRPG Book, Development Copy


Monster
by Naoki Urasawa
Manga


Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents & Your Children
by Jonice Webb, PhD


Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
by Sarah Schulman


Strong Towns
by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.


Priestdaddy
by Patricia Lockwood


Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe
Book of the New Sun, pt 1


Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
Discworld, Book 3


Elric of Melniboné
by Michael Moorcock
Chronologically the first Elric Novella


The Fortress of the Pearl
by Michael Moorcock
Chronologically the Second Elric Novella




2024

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
by Michael Moorcock
Chronologically the third Elric Novella


The Weird of the White Wolf
by Michael Moorcock
Chronologically the fourth Elric Novella


The Dreaming City
by Michael Moorcock
Short story. First publication of Elric, chronologically occurring 5th.


Bones of Bronze
by Gus L.
TTRPG Book, Development Copy


Mistress of the Empire
by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
Empire Trilogy, Book 3


Sorry I'm Late, I Tried To Commit Suicide
by Gilbert Trautman
Online essay, now lost media?


Cross the Stars
by David Drake


Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson


Arm of the Sphinx
by Josiah Bancroft
Books of Babel #2


Hall of the Fire Giant King
by Gary Gygax
TTRPG Book, G-Series Adventure #3


Establishing Order in the Household
by Human Primacy
Internet Erotica


Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD


Maus
by Art Spiegleman
Comic


The Devil's Bargain
by Aspern Essling
Internet Erotica


Cursed Pirate Girl
by Jeremy Bastian
Comic, ongoing?


Viriconium
by M. John Harrison


Frankenstein
by Mary Shelly
1831 revisions, not the 1818 original


Tools for Food
by Corinne Mynatt
Not yet finished.


My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix


Island in the Sea of Time
by S.M. Stirling


Beyond the Pale
by Yochai Gal


What Happens Next
by Max Graves
Webcomic, Ongoing


On Grammatology
by Jacques Derrida
Not yet finished. I am struggling.


My Metro Musings
by MyMetroMusings206
Locally produced 'zine. Read parts 1 - 9


Salad Fingers 17 Years Later
by Santi Zines
Locally produced 'zine.


The Purple Files
by Sammy Marsworms
A 'zine from Ohio


Transmutation: An Early Memoire
by A Vegan Trans Anarchist
Locally produced 'zine.


Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People
by Henry Carroll


Eve: A SciFi Odyssey
by Jackalope
Locally produced 'zine. Read parts 1 & 2


A Guest in the House
by Emily Carroll
Comic


The Political Ideas of Marx & Engles
by Richard N. Hunt
First Nick & Samantha Book Club Book


Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time, Book 1


On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong


Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works
by Stefan Fischer


Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe
The Book of the New Sun, pt 2


Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson


Grimm's Fairy Tales
by The Brothers Grimm
Only partially read


Orestuck
by Amanda P.
TTRPG Book, Development Copy


My Lesbian Experience with Lonliness
by Nagata Kabi
Manga


On a Sunbeam
by Tillie Walden
Comic




2025

The Great Hunt
by Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time, Book 2


The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
by Karl Marx
Second Nick & Samantha Book Club Book


Those Who Went Remain There Still
by Cherie Priest


These Burning Stars
by Bethany Jacobs
The Kingdom Trilogy, Book 1


—Nick LS Whelan

February 19, 2025