2020 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)

 Books read in December of 2020:

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"Fake Ass Lawyers" (Justin Isis) 12-5-20

"Remina" (Junji Ito) 12-6-20

"The Death of a Man" (Yukio Mishima/Kishin Shinoyama) 12-6-20

"Reave the Just & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 12-11-20 

"The Beauty of the Death Cap" (Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze) 12-14-20

"V for Vendetta" (Alan Moore) 12-19-20 * 

"Mendicant City" (Yarrow Paisley) 12-19-20 

"Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying" (Alan Moore) 12-20-20 

"The Sound of the Mountain" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-23-20 

"Miracleman Book Two: The Red King Syndrome" (Alan Moore) 12-26-20 

"Miracleman Book Three: Olympus" (Alan Moore) 12-27-20 

"Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes" (Charles Morice) 12-29-20 

"D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" (Ingri & Edgar Parin D'aulaire) 12-30-20 *

"Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-30-20 *

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2020 Reading List Total:
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1. "Beauty and Sadness" (Yasunari Kawabata) 1-8-20
2. "Egyptian Mythology" (Geraldine Pinch) 1-15-20
3. "The Last Crusade" (Jean-Louis Costes) 1-24-20
4. "Writings from Ancient Egypt" (edited by Toby Wilkinson) 1-25-20
5. "If Beale Street Could Talk" (James Baldwin) 1-27-20
6. "The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani: Twentieth Anniversary Edition" (Unknown) 2-9-20
7. "Cleopatra: A Life" (Stacy Schiff) 2-10-20
8. "Pyramid" (David Macaulay) 2-11-20
9. "Hiccups in Paradise: the Fiction of Justin Isis and Alienation" (Colby Smith) 2-19-20
10. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Interpersonal Relationships" (Justin Isis) 2-20-20
11. "What Makes the Wave Break?" (Toadhouse) 2-20-20
12. "Sentimental Doubts" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 2-22-20
13. "Desire for a Holy War" (Simon Morris) 2-25-20
14. "Hauntings" (Édouard Dujardin) 2-25-20
15. "Invisibility: A Manifesto" (Audrey Szasz) 2-27-20
16. "When a Girl Loves a Girl" (Jeremy Reed) 2-29-20
17. "The Magician" (Christopher Zeischegg) 3-1-20
18. "The Nurses at Eris Hospital" (Gea Philes + Simon Morris) 3-5-20
19. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 3-7-20
20. "Stand on Zanzibar" (John Brunner) 3-10-20 
21. "The Snuggly Satyricon" (Various; edited by Brian Stableford) 3-21-20 
22. "Spring Snow" (Yukio Mishima) 3-28-20
23. "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World" (Jack Weatherford) 3-31-20
24. "Everyday Life of the Aztecs" (Warwick Bray) 4-7-20
25. "Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories" (Samuel R. Delany) 4-13-20
26. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book One" (Grant Morrison) 4-16-20 +
27. "The Crowds of Lourdes" (J.-K. Huysmans) 4-22-20
28. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Two" (Grant Morrison) 4-23-20
29. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Three" (Grant Morrison) 4-29-20 +
30. "The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition Book Four" (Grant Morrison) 5-5-20 +
31. "The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore" (W.B. Yeats) 5-12-20
32. "A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome" (Alberto Angela) 5-14-20
33. "Runaway Horses" (Yukio Mishima) 5-18-20
34. "Listen, Little Man!" (Wilhelm Reich) 5-21-20
35. "The Temple of Dawn" (Yukio Mishima) 5-25-20
36. "The Decay of the Angel" (Yukio Mishima) 5-30-20 
37. "Come Down To Us" (Mark Gluth) 6-7-20
38. "Daughter of Regals & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-13-20
39. "Crippled Symmetry" (Mark Gluth) 6-13-20
40. "A Malediction" (Erckmann-Chatrian) 6-17-20
41. "Doomsday Clock Pt. 2" (Geoff Johns) 6-20-20
42. "Alone" (Thomas Moore) 6-21-20
43. "The Flowering Hedgerow" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-23-20
44. "Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays" (R.B. Russell) 6-28-20 
45. "Zac's Drug Binge" (Dennis Cooper) 6-29-20 

46. "Decadent Prose Pieces" (Léo Trézenik) 7-8-20

47. "The Desperate Man" (Léon Bloy) 7-8-20

48. "Life for Sale" (Yukio Mishima) 7-11-20 

49. "The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-20

50. "Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper" (Diarmuid Hester) 7-21-20 

51. "Monsieur de Bougrelon and Other Stories" (Jean Lorrain) 7-24-20 

52. "There Is a Graveyard That Dwells in Man" (Various; edited by David Tibet) 8-3-20

53. "Shrike" (Quentin S. Crisp) 8-3-20

54. "No Country For Old Men" (Cormac McCarthy) 8-8-20 *

55. "Thirst for Love" (Yukio Mishima) 8-10-20

56. "Agents of Dreamland" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-12-20 *

57. "Idols" (Dennis Cooper) 8-18-20

58. "The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard" (J.G. Ballard) 8-22-20 

59. "The Bride of Christ and Other Fictions" (Montague Summers) 8-24-20 

60. "Venus in the Blind Spot" (Junji Ito) 8-27-20 

61. "The Mindshaft" (Steve Finbow) 8-29-20 

62. "Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games" (Sid Meier/Jennifer Lee Noonan) 9-5-20 

63. "Posterity" (Mark Samuels) 9-12-20

64. "The Little One: A Meditation" (Quentin S. Crisp) 9-12-20

65. "Circles" (Josiah Morgan) 9-13-20

66. "Black Helicopters"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-16-20 +

67. "Madame Bovary" (Gustave Flaubert) 9-20-20

68. "Costumes of the Living" (Gaurav Monga) 9-20-20

69. "The Neo-Decadent Cookbook" (Various: edited by Brendan Connell & Justin Isis) 9-23-20 

70. "The Acephalic Imperial" (Damian Murphy) 9-29-20

71. "Witch-Cult Abbey" (Mark Samuels) 10-1-20

72. "The Tenant" (Roland Topor) 10-7-20

73. "New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" (Various; edited by Ramsey Campbell) 10-10-20

74. "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb" (John Bellairs) 10-15-20 *

75. "Masques of Satan: Twelve Tales and a Novella" (Reggie Oliver) 10-19-20 

76. "The Tindalos Asset"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-25-20 

77. "The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels" (Mark Samuels) 10-27-20 

78. "No Icon" (Kim Gordon) 10-31-20 

79. "Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series" (James Hibberd) 11-1-20 

80. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (Yukio Moshima) 11-10-20 

81."Super-Cannes" (J.G. Ballard) 11-15-20

82. "Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights" (Hans Belting) 11-19-20

83. "In the Flesh" (Clive Barker) 11-19-20

84. "Ruins" (Gaurav Monga) 11-26-20

85. "Spring Rain, Summer Heat" (Josh Peterson) 11-28-20

86. "Erith" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-20 

87. "Fake Ass Lawyers" (Justin Isis) 12-5-20

88. "Remina" (Junji Ito) 12-6-20

89. "The Death of a Man" (Yukio Mishima/Kishin Shinoyama) 12-6-20

90. "Reave the Just & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 12-11-20 

91. "The Beauty of the Death Cap" (Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze) 12-14-20

92. "V for Vendetta" (Alan Moore) 12-19-20 * 

93. "Mendicant City" (Yarrow Paisley) 12-19-20 

94. "Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying" (Alan Moore) 12-20-20 

95. "The Sound of the Mountain" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-23-20 

96. "Miracleman Book Two: The Red King Syndrome" (Alan Moore) 12-26-20 

97. "Miracleman Book Three: Olympus" (Alan Moore) 12-27-20 

98. "Babels, Balloons and Innocent Eyes" (Charles Morice) 12-29-20 

99. "D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" (Ingri & Edgar Parin D'aulaire) 12-30-20 *

100. "Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-30-20 *

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

2020 Reading List Monthly Update: November

 Books read in November of 2020:

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 "Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series" (James Hibberd) 11-1-20 

"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (Yukio Moshima) 11-10-20 

"Super-Cannes" (J.G. Ballard) 11-15-20

"Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights" (Hans Belting) 11-19-20

"In the Flesh" (Clive Barker) 11-19-20

"Ruins" (Gaurav Monga) 11-26-20

"Spring Rain, Summer Heat" (Josh Peterson) 11-28-20

"Erith" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-20 

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2020 Reading List Total:
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1. "Beauty and Sadness" (Yasunari Kawabata) 1-8-20
2. "Egyptian Mythology" (Geraldine Pinch) 1-15-20
3. "The Last Crusade" (Jean-Louis Costes) 1-24-20
4. "Writings from Ancient Egypt" (edited by Toby Wilkinson) 1-25-20
5. "If Beale Street Could Talk" (James Baldwin) 1-27-20
6. "The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani: Twentieth Anniversary Edition" (Unknown) 2-9-20
7. "Cleopatra: A Life" (Stacy Schiff) 2-10-20
8. "Pyramid" (David Macaulay) 2-11-20
9. "Hiccups in Paradise: the Fiction of Justin Isis and Alienation" (Colby Smith) 2-19-20
10. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Interpersonal Relationships" (Justin Isis) 2-20-20
11. "What Makes the Wave Break?" (Toadhouse) 2-20-20
12. "Sentimental Doubts" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 2-22-20
13. "Desire for a Holy War" (Simon Morris) 2-25-20
14. "Hauntings" (Édouard Dujardin) 2-25-20
15. "Invisibility: A Manifesto" (Audrey Szasz) 2-27-20
16. "When a Girl Loves a Girl" (Jeremy Reed) 2-29-20
17. "The Magician" (Christopher Zeischegg) 3-1-20
18. "The Nurses at Eris Hospital" (Gea Philes + Simon Morris) 3-5-20
19. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 3-7-20
20. "Stand on Zanzibar" (John Brunner) 3-10-20 
21. "The Snuggly Satyricon" (Various; edited by Brian Stableford) 3-21-20 
22. "Spring Snow" (Yukio Mishima) 3-28-20
23. "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World" (Jack Weatherford) 3-31-20
24. "Everyday Life of the Aztecs" (Warwick Bray) 4-7-20
25. "Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories" (Samuel R. Delany) 4-13-20
26. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book One" (Grant Morrison) 4-16-20 +
27. "The Crowds of Lourdes" (J.-K. Huysmans) 4-22-20
28. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Two" (Grant Morrison) 4-23-20
29. "The Invisibles: The Deluxe Edition Book Three" (Grant Morrison) 4-29-20 +
30. "The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition Book Four" (Grant Morrison) 5-5-20 +
31. "The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore" (W.B. Yeats) 5-12-20
32. "A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome" (Alberto Angela) 5-14-20
33. "Runaway Horses" (Yukio Mishima) 5-18-20
34. "Listen, Little Man!" (Wilhelm Reich) 5-21-20
35. "The Temple of Dawn" (Yukio Mishima) 5-25-20
36. "The Decay of the Angel" (Yukio Mishima) 5-30-20 
37. "Come Down To Us" (Mark Gluth) 6-7-20
38. "Daughter of Regals & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-13-20
39. "Crippled Symmetry" (Mark Gluth) 6-13-20
40. "A Malediction" (Erckmann-Chatrian) 6-17-20
41. "Doomsday Clock Pt. 2" (Geoff Johns) 6-20-20
42. "Alone" (Thomas Moore) 6-21-20
43. "The Flowering Hedgerow" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-23-20
44. "Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays" (R.B. Russell) 6-28-20 
45. "Zac's Drug Binge" (Dennis Cooper) 6-29-20 

46. "Decadent Prose Pieces" (Léo Trézenik) 7-8-20

47. "The Desperate Man" (Léon Bloy) 7-8-20

48. "Life for Sale" (Yukio Mishima) 7-11-20 

49. "The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-20

50. "Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper" (Diarmuid Hester) 7-21-20 

51. "Monsieur de Bougrelon and Other Stories" (Jean Lorrain) 7-24-20 

52. "There Is a Graveyard That Dwells in Man" (Various; edited by David Tibet) 8-3-20

53. "Shrike" (Quentin S. Crisp) 8-3-20

54. "No Country For Old Men" (Cormac McCarthy) 8-8-20 *

55. "Thirst for Love" (Yukio Mishima) 8-10-20

56. "Agents of Dreamland" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-12-20 *

57. "Idols" (Dennis Cooper) 8-18-20

58. "The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard" (J.G. Ballard) 8-22-20 

59. "The Bride of Christ and Other Fictions" (Montague Summers) 8-24-20 

60. "Venus in the Blind Spot" (Junji Ito) 8-27-20 

61. "The Mindshaft" (Steve Finbow) 8-29-20 

62. "Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games" (Sid Meier/Jennifer Lee Noonan) 9-5-20 

63. "Posterity" (Mark Samuels) 9-12-20

64. "The Little One: A Meditation" (Quentin S. Crisp) 9-12-20

65. "Circles" (Josiah Morgan) 9-13-20

66. "Black Helicopters"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-16-20 +

67. "Madame Bovary" (Gustave Flaubert) 9-20-20

68. "Costumes of the Living" (Gaurav Monga) 9-20-20

69. "The Neo-Decadent Cookbook" (Various: edited by Brendan Connell & Justin Isis) 9-23-20 

70. "The Acephalic Imperial" (Damian Murphy) 9-29-20

71. "Witch-Cult Abbey" (Mark Samuels) 10-1-20

72. "The Tenant" (Roland Topor) 10-7-20

73. "New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" (Various; edited by Ramsey Campbell) 10-10-20

74. "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb" (John Bellairs) 10-15-20 *

75. "Masques of Satan: Twelve Tales and a Novella" (Reggie Oliver) 10-19-20 

76. "The Tindalos Asset"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-25-20 

77. "The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels" (Mark Samuels) 10-27-20 

78. "No Icon" (Kim Gordon) 10-31-20 

79. "Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series" (James Hibberd) 11-1-20 

80. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" (Yukio Moshima) 11-10-20 

81."Super-Cannes" (J.G. Ballard) 11-15-20

82. "Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights" (Hans Belting) 11-19-20

83. "In the Flesh" (Clive Barker) 11-19-20

84. "Ruins" (Gaurav Monga) 11-26-20

85. "Spring Rain, Summer Heat" (Josh Peterson) 11-28-20

86. "Erith" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-20 

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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading: 

"Reave the Just & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 

Character Names from my Books

 

What follows is a list of character names that have appeared (or have been mentioned in passing) in my books, both those published and those soon-to-be-published. Not included: gods/deities/supernatural entities, or other people's character names. The list is alphabetical by first name, with some exceptions. I actually have a more detailed version of this list that also includes data such as birth and death dates (where applicable) but have removed such data for this list so as to avoid spoilers.

Aaron Dalembert

Abby Escott

Abu al-Shigrath al-Maliki (“Saint Masih ad-Dajjal”)

Adam Morris

Adam Tavistock

Adrian Acestes

Adrian Colwin

Alan Fawkes

Alex Vauung  

Alexander Kovak, Prof.

Alice O’Nan

Althea

Angus Q. Donaldson

Anita Ellis

Anna Delacourt

Anna Mancini

Asenath Wendigo

Baptiste Delacroix, Abbé

Basemath Druid

Basilio Micheli

Beth Wurlitzer

Black Lizard

Bob Baker

Bob Fortune

Boris Smirnov

Bransilava Sykora

Brock Sandlewood

Bruce Kadmon

Callista Stone

Caveh

Charity Wurlitzer

Charlotte Huang

Chloé Bellerose

Chris Graindorge

Christopher Oz

Chuck Lance

Cid Morgan, Dr.

Claire

Clara

Cody Bender  

Colin

Croquemort

Cynthia Glassroad

Cyril Joubert

Dalak Vilos

Daniel Kingfisher

Daniel Marish

Danielle Casaubon

Daphne Broadmoor

Darnoc Charity

David Gravitas

David Turner

Desmond (David?) Winspear

Diana

Diana Hathaway

Dinah

Dixie Cupp

DJ Lautreamont

Dmitri Doak, Lt.

Donald Hack

Duncan, Mr.

Duncan Titleist

Dwight Lincoln

Edward Delacourt

Edward Dulac

Eleanoro Aronofsky

Elizabeth Brund

Elmo Gargani

Ernie Sobule

Erowid Gagosian

Esther Wurlitzer

Eugene Kilpatrick

Eva Diez

Durtal, Saint

Ezekiel Marish

Ezekiel Wurlitzer

Fabulous Mr. Meaningless, The

Fanny

Fausto Mancini, Prof.

Felix Phenegar

Frederick Fripp

Fuseli, Dr

Gabriel

Gemini Philotanus, Dr.

Gleb Zimanov

Goneril Zamora

Gonville Suzuki

Hamsa Cauldron

Hank Larson

Hannigan, Dr.

Harold Bloke

Harold Hammer

Harold Morrison

Harry Vine

Hazel Shelby

Hector Teufel

Helena Morrison

Henry Gadfly

Henry Tavistock

Herman Wherry

Hieronymus

Homer “Homework” Waki

Howard Clausewitz

Howard Kingfisher, Prof

Huw Zwaenepoel

Hyacinthe Fleming

Ian Maven

Imogen

Iris Brant

Isaac Grimalkin

Ithell

Ivan Sigismondavich Karnov, Capt.

Jack Smith

Jacob Cave

James/Janice Atlantic

James Dutro

Jason Charity

Jason Chapman

JC

Jerome Dallas

Jessica Charity

J.G. Mabuse

John Diez

John “Dagon” Grimalkin

Jolene Summers  

Joseph MacKenzie

Julius Baden-Powell

Kate

Kate Wallace  

Kayda

Keith Stone

Kevin Diez

Kevin Ophion

Kimberly Black

Larson

Lauren Reed

Leon Eigengrau

Leon Mews

Leroy Jekyll

Leslie Kingston

Liu Zhang

Lloyd Charroux

Lola

Lucious McBones

Ludivine Dorival

Luigi Trebizond

Lydia

Lydia Tavistock

Mabel Osterman

Mark Bellmer

Mark Diez

Maria Talman

Marsha Garland

Matthew Toan

Mélanie Autel

Mellish Castleraven

Mike Whitaker

Mona

Neil Summers

Nihil

Nina November

Obadiah Wurlitzer

Okbish Waspshadow, Dr.

Orlando Triffid

Orville

Orwig, Mr.

Ozias

Paddock Paterson

Patrick

Percy Rhinehart

Peter

Peter Iwanicki

Peter King

Peter Vadukul

Pierre Whiddon

Phineas Otto, Dr.

Phlogiston, Prof.

Popov Jackson

Rafael Zamora, Col.

Reggie Talbot

Restless

Roland Cavendish

Rosie de Ponti  

Roxy Pomo, Dr.

Sally Whitaker

Samael Palotin

Samantha Neugroschel

Samantha Pierce

Sanika Yegneswaran

Sarah Binks

Sarah Washburn

Satoshi Tatsuno

Scott Assmann

Seamus O’Nan

Serilda Grimalkin

Severin Doyle, Father

Shawn

Shitai Yotsuba

Solomon Cebula

Sonya Karnov

Sophia Hyle

Steve

Steve Hegel

Susan Kingfisher

Susan Levine

Sylvain Severin

Sypha Nadon

Syth Odowogg

Tabby Vine

Tabitha Lenormant

Taliesin Kingfisher

Tennyson, Father

Thoman Donaldson

Thul

Tiffany Thule

Timothy Childermass

Tina

Tony Horla

Trevor Tavistock

Uma Cebula

Umberto Chartres

Veronica Akita

Vinnie Hamilton

Waris al-Nawaz

Wayne Tripoli

Wilde, Officer

Wolfgang Morte

Xebec Lemarchand, Canon

Xenia Maijenski

Ydragone

Yolanda Toynbee

Yoshi Yotsuba

Zealia Deacon

Zed “Z-True” Tulip

Zoyle Dalembert