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