Tuesday, October 31, 2023

2023 Reading List Monthly Update: October

 Books read in October of 2023:

"Goth: A History" (Lol Tolhurst) 10-7-23
"Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (Edogawa Rampo) 10-9-23
"The Dark Secret of Weatherend" (John Bellairs) 10-12-23 *
"Concrete Siberia: Soviet Landscapes of the Far North" (Zupagrafika) 10-13-23
"Monica" (Daniel Clowes) 10-15-23
"Stone Age: Ancient Castles of Europe" (Frédéric Chaubin) 10-19-23
"The Mysteries" (Bill Watterson & John Kascht) 10-22-23
"Mimi's Tales of Terror" (Junji Ito) 10-24-23
"The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts" (Christian Heck & Rémy Cordonnier) 10-28-23
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2023 Reading List Total:

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1. "The Medieval Underworld" (Andrew McCall) 1-11-23
2. "Impure Thoughts" (Golnoosh Nour) 1-12-23
3. "Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire" (Judith Herrin) 1-15-23
4. "The Baron's Coffin and Other Disquieting Tales" (Ada Buisson) 1-17-23
5. "Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black" (Naomi Parry + Various) 1-21-23
6. "Convenience Store Woman" (Sayaka Murata) 1-25-23
7. "Do You Like Big Girls? Vol. 1" (Goro Aizome) 1-27-23
8. "Strange Weather in Tokyo" (Hiromi Kawakami) 1-31-23
9. "The Shards" (Bret Easton Ellis) 2-4-23
10. "Lie With Me" (Philippe Besson) 2-7-23
11. "The Lover" (Marguerite Duras) 2-9-23
12. "Tokyo Ueno Station" (Yu Miri) 2-12-23
13. "Boycrush" (James Nulick) 2-16-23
14. "This Side of Paradise" (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 2-17-23
15. "The Adventure Zone Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 2-19-23
16. "Octopus Pie: The Other Side" (Meredith Gran) 2-22-23
17. "Octopus Pie Eternal" (Meredith Gran) 2-23-22
18. "The Book of Imaginary Beings" (Jorge Luis Borges) 2-25-23 
19. "Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art" (Susan L. Aberth) 3-4-23
20. "Pictures of Apocalypse" (Thomas Ligotti) 3-11-23
21. "Vermilion Sands" (J.G. Ballard) 3-17-23
22. "Berserk Deluxe Edition 13" (Kentaro Miura) 3-23-23
23. "Tombs" (Junji Ito) 3-30-23
24. "The Flowers of Buffoonery" (Osamu Dazai) 4-4-23
25. "A History of the Middle Ages" (Joseph Dahmus) 4-5-23
26. "Winter in Sokcho" (Elisa Shua Dusapin) 4-7-23
27. "The Guest Cat" (Takashi Hiraide) 4-13-23
28. "The Great Empires of the Ancient World" (Various/Edited by Thomas Harrison) 4-16-23
29. "The Turkish Lady and Other Writings" (Jean Lorrain) 4-17-23
30. "Raun" (Ruggero Vasari) 4-20-23
31. "I Will Not Come" (Arnaud Rykner) 4-22-23
32. "The Secrets of Cabalism" (Ana Jane Vardill) 4-26-23
33. "Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages" (Richard Barber & Juliet Barker) 4-29-23
34. "Neo-Decadence Evangelion" (Various/Edited by Justin Isis) 5-6-23
35. "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain" (Charles Phillips) 5-18-23
36. "The Black Death" (Philip Ziegler) 5-18-23
37. "Cats in Spring Rain: A Celebration of Feline Charm in Japanese Art and Haiku" (Various) 5-19-23
38. "Are You All Crazy?" (René Crevel) 5-26-23
39. "The Others Lived As Me" (Ange Dargent) 5-28-23
40. "Lord of the World" (Robert Hugh Benson) 5-30-23
41. "Your Dreams" (Thomas Moore) 5-30-23
42. "Antichrist in the Middle Ages: A Study of Medieval Apocalypticism, Art, and Literature" (Richard Kenneth Emmerson) 6-7-23
43. "Sabbat" (Hélène Picard) 6-17-23
44. "Fish Turn Colors Then Break in my Hands" (Colby Smith + Josh Bayer) 6-21-23
45. "The Best of Trim" (Aaron Lange) 6-21-23
46. "The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind" (Justin Pollard & Howard Reid) 6-21-23
47. "Spells" (Brendan Connell) 6-25-23
48. "The Blood of the Gods" (Jean Lorrain) 6-28-23
49. "Venomous Feathers Split #1: Dive Careful Down/Stupendemys" (Fergus Nm + Churchdoor Lounger) 6-30-23
50. "Paradise Lost" (John Milton/Illustrated by William Blake) 7-3-23
51. "The Pachinko Parlor" (Elisa Shua Dusapin) 7-11-23
52. "De Profundis" (Oscar Wilde) 7-15-23
53. "Soichi" (Junji Ito) 7-19-23
54. "Hit Parade of Tears" (Izumi Suzuki) 7-22-23
55. "The Higher Genius: Magical Tales of New York City" (Kyler James) 7-23-23
56. "Beautiful Star" (Yukio Mishima) 8-3-23
57. "Doom Guy: Life in First Person" (John Romero) 8-13-23
58. "Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages" (Jack Hartnell) 8-23-23
59. "The World of the Crusades: An Illustrated History" (Christopher Tyerman) 8-24-23
60. "The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas- Original Edition" (Dylan Thomas) 8-29-23
61. "Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (Chet Van Duzer) 8-30-23
62. "Wuthering Heights" (Emily Brontë) 9-17-23
63. "Zothique: The Final Cycle" (Clark Ashton Smith)  9-19-23
64. "A Shameful Life" (Osamu Dazai) 9-25-23 +
65. "Parade" (Hiromi Kawakami) 9-25-23
66. "Goth: A History" (Lol Tolhurst) 10-7-23
67. "Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (Edogawa Rampo) 10-9-23
68. "The Dark Secret of Weatherend" (John Bellairs) 10-12-23 *
69. "Concrete Siberia: Soviet Landscapes of the Far North" (Zupagrafika) 10-13-23
70. "Monica" (Daniel Clowes) 10-15-23
71. "Stone Age: Ancient Castles of Europe" (Frédéric Chaubin) 10-19-23
72. "The Mysteries" (Bill Watterson & John Kascht) 10-22-23
73. "Mimi's Tales of Terror" (Junji Ito) 10-24-23
74. "The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts" (Christian Heck & Rémy Cordonnier) 10-28-23

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

Currently Reading: 

"Ain't It Fun: Peter Laughner & Proto-Punk in the Secret City" (Aaron Lange) 
"The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science" (Seb Falk)