Currently Reading
Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
Books read in 2026
Comics
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter v1-5 by Yatsuki Wakatsu, Kazuki Irodori
Star Trek: Lower Decks v1 by Chris Fenoglio and Ryan North
Red River v1-2 by Chie Shinohara
The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito
Literature
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Fantasy
Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh -Emily Tesh continues to knock it out of the park!
Non-Fiction
TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet by Cynthia Littleton
Sci-Fi
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover -I recomend the podcast A More Civilized Age.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir -Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!
Books read in 2025
Comics
Witch Hat Atelier v1-14 by Kamome Shirahama
Monstress v1-10 by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda
Grand Slam Romance v1 by Ollie Hicks
Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang
Pixels of You by Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh
Eniale & Dewiela v1 by Kamome Shirahama
Kakegurui-Compulsive Gambler v1-3 by Homura Kawamoto
Star Wars: Threat of Peace by Rob Chestney
Star Wars: Blood of the Empire by Benjamin Carre and Alexander Freed
Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen v1-5 by Kamome Shirahama, Hiromi Satō
Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron v1 by Michael A. Stackpole
Fantasy
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons
The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons -Very fun series, reads way faster than it looks like it will. I really love the characters.
The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons -Eh, not as good at the previous series, sorry.
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett -Ana's such a grouch, I love her.
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon -Overhyped.
The West Passage by Jared Pechac̆ek -Weird and really good.
The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley
The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley
Non-Fiction
Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue by Derek R. Sweet
Sci-Fi
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed
Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey
Killashandra by Anne McCaffrey
Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey -The romance is still the weakest part, but I really love this series. Great strange planets and the horror of memory loss and change.
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey -I know it's all related some how, but I never got into the Pern books, I always thought McCaffrey's sci-fi was more interesting.
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh -Really great sci-fi, again if you like the Expanse, this is where they got it from (presumably).
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin -Yup, it's the thing. It's also like five pages in 16pt font and there's a lot of free PDFs of it you can go read.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky -IT'S SPIDER TIME!
Books read in 2024
Comics
Witch Hat Atelier v2-12 by Kamome Shirahama
The Apothecary Diaries v1-12 by Itsuki Nanao and Natsu Hyuuga -Mystery solving, court drama, romance, it's great!
Delicious in Dungeon v1-14 by Ryoko Kui
Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Chapters 1-4 by Sekka Iwata and Yu Aoki
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End v1-8 by Kanehito Yamada by Tsukasa Abe
Fullmetal Alchemist v1-27 Hiromu Arakawa -Oh, yeah, it's still that fucking good.
Black and White: Tough Love at the Office v1-2 Sal Jiang
Dragon Age: Knight Errant by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Michael Atiyeh, Fernando Heinz Furukawa
Dragon Age: Magekiller by Carmen Carnero, Michael Atiyeh, Greg Rucka, Various, Dave Marshall, David Gaider
Dragon Age: Deception by Nunzio DeFilippis
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith by Christina Weir, Nunzio Defilippis
Dragon Age: Dark Fortress by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir
Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter by Nunzio DeFilippis
Dragon Age: The Missing by George Mann
Fantasy
The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie -Good sweaters.
On The Fox Roads by Nghi Vo -You can go read this right now!
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk -Eh... it was... I don't know how I feel about the religion in this one...
Suradanna and the Sea by Rebecca Fraimow -Also something you can go read now!
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo -Fun heist.
The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo
The Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo
Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo
The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson -Extremely Australian (compliment).
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
The Twelve Kingdoms: Shadow of the Moon, a Sea of Shadows by Fuyumi Ono -Read the Eugene Woodbury translation.
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe -Cute!
Savage Legion by Matt Wallace
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Mystery
Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman
The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman
Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds
Non-Fiction
Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture by Roger Stahl
Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff
From ASCII Art to Comic Sans: Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age by Karin Wagner
Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth-Century to Modern Times by Lucy Lethbridge
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent -Hey, guess where Seagram's got their money. Also, I love that Canadian bootlegers would slap "TO MEXICO" stickers on cases of booze and then the Canadian government would go "I don't know, said it was going to Mexico, not my problem." when asked to stop alcohol crossing the border.
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard - Mary Beard narrates her own audiobooks, that's fun!
The Edwardians: Biography of the Edwardian Age by Roy Hattersley -It was dry. And, yes, that Roy Hattersley.
Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies by Richard Foss
The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy
Romance
Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian
The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin -Uh, I genuinely don't remember reading this. Oops.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston -Well, it was something to read at the beach. Sorta hard to read with out constantly thinkng of the You're Wrong About episode on Princess Diana.
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
Sci-Fi
Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness by S.L. Huang -GO READ THIS RIGHT NOW. It's free, you have no reason not to.
Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden -Really liked this one, read if you like Murderbot.
An Oath of Dogs by Wendy N. Wagner -Hello to this year's "I should have DNF'ed"
The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
The Last Command by Timothy Zahn
Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie
Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie
Up Against It by Laura J. Mixon -If you like the Expanse you'll like this. Feels kinda like this is what inspired that!
Thriller
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Books read in 2023
Comics
Kill 6 Billion Demons v1-4 by Tom Parkinson-Morgan -Also a webcomic that you can read for free.
Emma v1 by Kaoru Mori
A Bride's Story v1-9 by Kaoru Mori
Gokurakugai v1 by Yuto Sano
Saiyuki v1 by Kazuya Minekura
Animalheads by Son M. and Sam Curtis -Love a good heist/crime/murder. Also a webcomic. Do you have to give Tapas money? I'm not actually sure because I hate the UI so much I refuse to read comics on it.
Witch Hat Atelier v1 by Kamome Shirahama -SO PRETTY. LOOK AT SHIRAHAMA'S ART. OH MY GOD. Also, amazing series.
Fantasy
Deathless Gods by P.C. Hodgell -I love this series so much. I really recomend it.
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao -I gotta remember this series next time I go to the beach. Goofy YA ass fun nonsense.
From Unseen Fire by Cass Morris -This years winner of the "I should have DNF'ed this" Award. However, unlike last years, which was merely disappointing, this one made me actively mad.
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten -Would have won the "should have DNF'ed" award, but this was just a bad YA romance that I mostly forgot and only read because I was sick and it was there.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke -Wish I liked this more. It's good. It's not for me.
Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
Babel by R.F. Kuang -The more uncritical praise I hear about this book the less I like it.
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh -THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD.
Witch King by Martha Wells -Sorry Martha Wells, I like Murderbot better. It's good, it's just not as good, imo.
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw -Good horror/fantasy novella.
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett -How do I make a footnote in HTML
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff -Fun series
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
The New Annotated Dracula by Leslie S. Klinger, Bram Stoker
Historical Fiction
State of Emergency by Jeremy Tiang
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie
Mystery
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Non-Fiction
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward -Watched the movie, went insane, read a bunch of stuff about Watergate. The movie is great and the book is funnier than you expect.
Watergate: The Full Inside Story by Cal McCrystal, Lewis Chester, Stephen Aris, William Shawcross -What if Have I Got News for You was around for Watergate
The Deadly Bet: Lbj, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election by Walter LaFeber
America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s by Michael Kazin, Maurice Isserman
Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate by Alicia C. Shepard
The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick -Love having access to a university library
Sci-Fi
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Compulsory by Martha Wells -I love you Murderbot.
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang -Really good giant robots and Joan of Arc in space book.
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell -Very fun and good books, excited for Maxwell's next book!
Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang
Null Set by S.L. Huang
Critical Point by S.L. Huang -Also a spy thriller, fun action movie books.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer -Eh? Don't know if I wasn't in the mood, just didn't really work for me. Movie's fucking weird (complimentary) (but like also didn't super like it) (oh well).
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon -WEIRD. GOOD. GIANT ROBOTS.
The Rewind Files by Claire Willett
Short Story Collection
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
Thriller
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Red Widow by Alma Katsu
Red London by Alma Katsu
Books read in 2022
Comics
Monstress v1-6 by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda -This is so pretty, I love this series so much. I recomend it, but, uh, go check some content warnings first.
Dragon by Nate Cosby, Saladin Ahmed, Chris O'Halloran, Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou
Ducks: Two Year on the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton -Kate Beaton is so good, love this.
Spy x Family v1-9 by Tatsuya Endo
Claymore v1-2 by Norihiro Yagi
Paper Girls v1-6 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
Copperhead v1-4 by Jay Faerber and Drew Moss
Once and Future v4 by Kieron Gillen
Cosmoknights v1 by Hannah Templer -Very fun, also a webcomic! Go read it! It's free!
Fantasy
The Unspoken Name by AK Larkwood
The Thousand Eyes by AK Larkwood -Man, these books are so good, I love the characters and the imagery evoked is so cool.
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff -God, what a book. I got the ebook copy so I did not know it was nearly 800 pages long. It has illustrations. There's sexy vampre boobs.
Gallant by VE Schwab
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark -Great book, the whole series is amazing. Black God's Drums also really good, gotta read more Clark
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett -Love everything I've read by Robert Jackson Bennett so far!
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System v1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir
As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir -Tamsyn Muir is a weirdo (complimentary).
Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix
Sabriel by Garth Nix, read by Tim Curry
Lirael by Garth Nix, read by Tim Curry
Abhorsen by Garth Nix, read by Tim Curry -Still great, the Tim Curry audiobooks are fabulous.
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick
Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
Sci-Fi
The Red by Linda Nagata
The Trials by Linda Nagata
Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix
The First Sister by Linden A Lewis -Winner of the "I should have DNFed this" Award
Web Series, sorta sci-fi, but also a sports article? IDK man, JUICE is aweome
17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future by Jon Bois
Do you miss LJ icons? I miss LJ icons. I'm pretty sure I still have a folder somewhere of them. This isn't 100x100 so not really a LJ icon but it's what I could find quickly.