2023 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)

Books read in November of 2023:

"Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It" (Janina Ramirez) 12-2-23

"The Gate of Ivory" (Bernard Lazare) 12-12-23

"Medieval Music" (Richard H. Hoppin) 12-23-23

"Spookley and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-24-23

"Lady Gaga: A Little Golden Book Biography" (Michael Joosten/Illustrated by Laura Catrinela) 12-29-23

"Thousand Cranes" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-30-23

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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

75. "Ain't It Fun: Peter Laughner & Proto-Punk in the Secret City" (Aaron Lange) 11-6-23

76. "The Reflection of Stars" (Tom Champagne) 11-10-23

77. "The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science" (Seb Falk) 11-11-23 

78. "Weird Medieval Guys" (Olivia M. Swarthout) 11-15-23

79. "Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World" (Danièle Cybulskie) 11-18-23

80. "Berserk Deluxe 14" (Kentaro Miura) 11-30-23

81. "Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It" (Janina Ramirez) 12-2-23

82. "The Gate of Ivory" (Bernard Lazare) 12-12-23

83. "Medieval Music" (Richard H. Hoppin) 12-23-23

84. "Spookley and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-24-23

85. "Lady Gaga: A Little Golden Book Biography" (Michael Joosten/Illustrated by Laura Catrinela) 12-29-23

86. "Thousand Cranes" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-30-23

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

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