2020 Reading List Monthly Update: June

Books read in June of 2020:
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"Come Down To Us" (Mark Gluth) 6-7-20
"Daughter of Regals & Other Tales" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-13-20
"Crippled Symmetry" (Mark Gluth) 6-13-20
"A Malediction" (Erckmann-Chatrian) 6-17-20
"Doomsday Clock Pt. 2" (Geoff Johns) 6-20-20
"Alone" (Thomas Moore) 6-21-20
"The Flowering Hedgerow" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-23-20
"Past Lives of Old Books and Other Essays" (R.B. Russell) 6-28-20 
"Zac's Drug Binge" (Dennis Cooper) 6-29-20 
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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 
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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: 

"The Desperate Man" (Léon Bloy) 

Top 100 Albums of all-time (as of June 2020)

Top 100 Albums (alphabetical by artist): 

1.      Add N to (X): Avant Hard (1999)

2.      Alan Parsons Project, The: Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1976)

3.      Alice in Chains: Dirt (1992)

4.      Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)

5.      Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 (1994)

6.      Azealia Banks: Broke with Expensive Taste (2014)

7.      Bauhaus: In the Flat Field (1980)

8.      Brendan Perry: Eye of the Hunter (1999)

9.      Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)

10.  Cibo Matto: Stereo Type A (1999)

11.  Cocteau Twins: Treasure (1984)

12.  Coil: Horse Rotorvator (1986)

13.  Coil: The Ape of Naples (2005)

14.  Consumer Electronics: Airless Space (2019)

15.  The Cruxshadows: Night Crawls In… (1993)

16.  Current 93: All the Pretty Little Horses (1996)

17.  Current 93: Dogs Blood Rising (1984)

18.  Current 93: Imperium (1987)

19.  Current 93: Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre (1994)

20.  Current 93: Black Ships Ate The Sky (2006)

21.  Cut Hands: Festival of the Dead (2014)

22.  D.A.F.: Alles Ist Gut (1981)

23.  David Bowie: Low (1977)

24.  David Bowie: Outside (1995)

25.  David Bowie: The Next Day (2013)

26.  Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance (1984)

27.  Dead Kennedys: Frankenchrist (1985)

28.  Depeche Mode: Black Celebration (1986)

29.  Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel (2005)

30.  Einstürzende Neubauten: Halber Mensch (1985)

31.  Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)

32.  Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

33.  Fad Gadget: Gag (1984)

34.  Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)

35.  Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979)

36.  Genesis: Invisible Touch (1986)

37.  Harry Styles: Fine Line (2019)

38.  Insane Poetry: Grim Reality (1992)

39.  Janet Jackson: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)

40.  Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979)

41.  Joy Division: Closer (1980)

42.  Kate Bush: Never for Ever (1980)

43.  Keane: Cause and Effect (2019)

44.  King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

45.  King Crimson: Discipline (1981)

46.  Kylie Minogue: Kiss Me Once (2014)

47.  Lady Gaga: The Fame (2008)

48.  Lady Gaga: Artpop (2013)

49.  Ladytron: Ladytron (2019)

50.  Lindsey Buckingham: Under the Skin (2006)

51.  Madonna: Like a Virgin (1984)

52.  Madonna: Ray of Light (1998)

53.  Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Bible (1994)

54.  Manic Street Preachers: Journal for Plague Lovers (2009)

55.  M.B.: Regel (1982)

56.  Ministry: The Land of Rape & Honey (1988)

57.  Ministry: Filth Pig (1996)

58.  Nico: The Marble Index (1968)

59.  Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

60.  Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral (1994)

61.  Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile (1999)

62.  Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks (2013)

63.  Nurse With Wound: Merzbild Schwet (1980)

64.  Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel III (1980)

65.  Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)

66.  The Police: Synchronicity (1983)

67.  Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

68.  Public Image Limited: Second Edition (1980)

69.  The Residents: The Third Reich & Roll (1976)

70.  Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (2007)

71.  Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel: Nail (1985)

72.  Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Scream (1978)

73.  Siouxsie & the Banshees: Join Hands (1979)

74.  Siouxsie & the Banshees: Kaleidoscope (1980)

75.  Siouxsie & the Banshees: A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982)

76.  Skinny Puppy: Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate (1987)

77.  Soft Cell: This Last Night in Sodom (1984)

78.  Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (1988)

79.  Sonic Youth: Murray Street (2002)

80.  Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (2014)

81.  Sting: The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)

82.  Suicide: A Way of Life (1988)

83.  Suzanne Vega: Days of Open Hand (1990)

84.  Suzanne Vega: Nine Objects of Desire (1996)

85.  Swans: Children of God (1987)

86.  Switchblade Symphony: Serpentine Gallery (1995)

87.  Talking Heads: Naked (1988)

88.  Tangerine Dream: Exit (1981)

89.  Terry Riley: Shri Camel (1978)

90.  Thomas Ligotti: The Unholy City (2003)

91.  Throbbing Gristle: Heathen Earth (1980)

92.  Utada Hikaru: Ultra Blue (2006)

93.  The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

94.  The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat (1968)

95.  The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (1969)

96.  Whitehouse: Bird Seed (2003)

97.  Whitehouse: Asceticists 2006 (2006)

98.  Whitney Houston: Whitney (1987)

99.  Wire: A Bell is a Cup… (1988)

100.                      Yes: Close to the Edge (1972)