2022 Reading List Monthly Update: April

 Books read in April of 2022:

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"A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated Compendium" (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) 4-5-22

"The Green Man" (Kingsley Amis) 4-10-22

"Berserk Deluxe Edition 1" (Kentaro Miura) 4-18-22

"Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 4-20-22 *

"When the Train Runs out of Tracks" (Tom Champagne) 4-22-22

"Heqet" (Brendan Connell) 4-23-22

"Berserk Deluxe Edition 2" (Kentaro Miura) 4-28-22

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2022 Reading List Total:

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1. "Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 1-6-22

2. "Dune Messiah" (Frank Herbert) 1-21-22

3. "Nana" (Émile Zola) 1-24-22

4. "Introduction to Jungian Psychology" (C.G. Jung) 2-7-22

5. "Schoolgirl" (Osamu Dazai) 2-21-22

6. "Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages" (Dan Jones) 2-25-22

7. "Rough" (Callum Leckie and Sailor Stephens) 2-27-22

8. "The Ironic Skeletons" (Colby Smith) 3-1-22

9. "Paradoxes From Hell" (Thomas Ligotti) 3-2-22

10. "Agitation" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 3-3-22

11. "A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible" (Kristin Swenson) 3-7-22

12. "The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral" (Robert Westall) 3-12-22

13. "Beyond the Mountains of Madness" (Brian Stableford) 3-18-22

14. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Josiah Morgan) 3-21-22

15. "The Topiary Cat: A Bushy Tale" (Richard Saunders) 3-22-22

16. "The Orchard Keeper" (Cormac McCarthy) 3-29-22

17. "A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated Compendium" (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) 4-5-22

18. "The Green Man" (Kingsley Amis) 4-10-22

19. "Berserk Deluxe Edition 1" (Kentaro Miura) 4-18-22

20. "Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 4-20-22 *

21. "When the Train Runs out of Tracks" (Tom Champagne) 4-22-22

22. "Heqet" (Brendan Connell) 4-23-22

23. "Berserk Deluxe Edition 2" (Kentaro Miura) 4-28-22

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

Currently Reading: 

2022 Reading List Monthly Update: March

Books read in March of 2022:

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"The Ironic Skeletons" (Colby Smith) 3-1-22

"Paradoxes From Hell" (Thomas Ligotti) 3-2-22

"Agitation" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 3-3-22

"A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible" (Kristin Swenson) 3-7-22

"The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral" (Robert Westall) 3-12-22

"Beyond the Mountains of Madness" (Brian Stableford) 3-18-22

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Josiah Morgan) 3-21-22

"The Topiary Cat: A Bushy Tale" (Richard Saunders) 3-22-22

"The Orchard Keeper" (Cormac McCarthy) 3-29-22

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2022 Reading List Total:

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1. "Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 1-6-22

2. "Dune Messiah" (Frank Herbert) 1-21-22

3. "Nana" (Émile Zola) 1-24-22

4. "Introduction to Jungian Psychology" (C.G. Jung) 2-7-22

5. "Schoolgirl" (Osamu Dazai) 2-21-22

6. "Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages" (Dan Jones) 2-25-22

7. "Rough" (Callum Leckie and Sailor Stephens) 2-27-22

8. "The Ironic Skeletons" (Colby Smith) 3-1-22

9. "Paradoxes From Hell" (Thomas Ligotti) 3-2-22

10. "Agitation" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 3-3-22

11. "A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible" (Kristin Swenson) 3-7-22

12. "The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral" (Robert Westall) 3-12-22

13. "Beyond the Mountains of Madness" (Brian Stableford) 3-18-22

14. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Josiah Morgan) 3-21-22

15. "The Topiary Cat: A Bushy Tale" (Richard Saunders) 3-22-22

16. "The Orchard Keeper" (Cormac McCarthy) 3-29-22

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

Currently Reading: 

"A Shakespeare Motley" (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)

"The Green Man" (Kingsley Amis) 

Top Ten Lists (as of March 5th, 2022)

 Top 10 Bands/Musical Acts (in no order)

Siouxsie & The Banshees (tied for first)

Nine Inch Nails (tied for first)

Current 93

Coil

Lady Gaga

Madonna

Fleetwood Mac (+ Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks solo)

Suzanne Vega

Depeche Mode

Whitehouse

Second Tier (11-20)

Sonic Youth 

Dead Can Dance

Emerson, Lake & Palmer 

The Police (+ Sting solo) 

Throbbing Gristle 

Kate Bush 

Joy Division 

Ministry

Bauhaus 

Consumer Electronics 

Third Tier (21-30)

Nico 

The Velvet Underground 

Yes

Manic Street Preachers 

Wire

Pink Floyd 

David Bowie 

Aphex Twin 

The Residents 

Keane 

Top 10 Favorite Albums (in no order)

A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (Siouxsie & The Banshees) 1982

The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails) 1994

The Marble Index (Nico) 1968 

The Holy Bible (Manic Street Preachers) 1994

Imperium (Current 93) 1987 

Horse Rotorvator (Coil) 1986

Dead Can Dance (Dead Can Dance) 1984

Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) 1979 

A Bell Is A Cup... (Wire) 1988

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Aphex Twin) 1992 

Top 10 Favorite Fiction Writers (in no order)

H.P. Lovecraft 

J.-K. Huysmans 

Stephen R. Donaldson 

Dennis Cooper

Bret Easton Ellis 

Carson McCullers 

William S. Burroughs 

J.G. Ballard 

Yukio Mishima 

Thomas Ligotti 

Second Tier (11-20)

Grant Morrison 

Thomas Pynchon 

Denis Johnson 

John Bellairs 

Lewis Carroll 

Clark Ashton Smith 

Samuel R. Delany 

Arthur Machen 

Jean Lorrain  

Cormac McCarthy 

Top 10 Favorite Novels (in no order)

La-bas (J.-K. Huysmans) 

Guide (Dennis Cooper)

American Psycho (Bret Eason Ellis)

Sea of Fertility (Yukio Mishima) 

This Day All Gods Die (Stephen R. Donaldson) 

Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy) 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll) 

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers) 

The Place of Dead Roads (William S. Burroughs) 

Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany) 

Top 10 Favorite TV Shows (in no order)

Friends 

Game of Thrones 

Seinfeld 

Frasier

Twin Peaks

The Vicar of Dibley 

True Detective (season 1 only) 

Saved By The Bell (original series)

Family Matters

Blackadder

Second Tier (11-20)

How I Met Your Mother 

The Wonder Years

Father Ted

Fawlty Towers 

Hannibal

Monk

Mr. Bean

Zorro (1990-1993 series)

Death Note (anime) 

Batman: The Animated Series

Top Ten Favorite Movies (in no order)

Reality Bites (1994)

Jackie Brown (1997)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Patriot Games (1992)

Barton Fink (1991)

Ghost World (2001)

I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983) 

Les Miserables (2012) 

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Top 10 Favorite Video/Computer Games (in no order)

Deus Ex (2000)

Thief Gold (1999)

System Shock 2 (1999)

Doom (1993)

Final Fantasy VI (1994)

Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines (2004)

Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016) 

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (2011)

Perfect Tides (2022) added 5-20-22

Shenmue (whole series) 

Misc. Favorites 

Favorite color(s): blue, black, mauve 
Favorite number(s): 28, 88 (tie) 
Favorite holiday: Christmas (2nd place: Halloween) 
Favorite animal: cat 
Favorite bird: crow
Favorite sea creature: sharks (especially Great White Sharks and the Hammerhead shark) 
Favorite stuffed animal growing up: Shark Puppet 
Favorite food: Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup + rice
Favorite body part: the eye 
Favorite card game: Hearts
Favorite board game: Clue 
Favorite Clue character: Mrs. Peacock 
Favorite city: Providence, Rhode Island 
Favorite planet: Saturn 
Favorite Zodiac sign: Gemini 
Favorite subculture: Goth 
Favorite artist: Andy Warhol 
Favorite movie director: Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson (tie) 
Favorite living actor: Sean Bean 
Favorite living actress: Winona Ryder
Favorite comic strip(s):, Doonesbury (1^st), Calvin & Hobbes (2^nd)

Favorite Game of Thrones character: Qyburn

Favorite DOOM levels: E2M4 (Deimos Lab), E3M4 (House of Pain), E3M7 (Limbo)

Favorite sport: Basketball
Favorite basketball player: John Stockton 
Favorite Beatles song(s): Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer (tie) 
Favorite electronic music program: Voyetra Digital Orchestrator 
Favorite architectural style: Brutalism 
Favorite art movement(s): Surrealism, Symbolist, Pop 
Favorite carnivorous plant: Nepenthes lowii 
Favorite comic book superhero: Batman
Favorite Batman villain(s): Dr. Simon Hurt, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, The Mad Hatter 
Favorite comic book writer: Grant Morrison (2nd place: Alan Moore)
Favorite science fiction book series: The Gap Cycle (Stephen R. Donaldson) 
Favorite movie monster: Godzilla
Favorite Doom monster: Cacodemon 
Favorite Broadway musical: Les Miserables 
Favorite Shakespeare play: Macbeth 
Favorite Star Wars character: Momaw Nadon 
Favorite Mario Kart racer: Toad
Favorite Warhol Superstar: Edie Sedgwick 
Favorite old school Hollywood star: Audrey Hepburn 
Favorite Hogwarts House: Slytherin 
Favorite Harry Potter character: Luna Lovegood 
Favorite Ninja Turtle: Leonardo 
Favorite Disney Villain: Scar (The Lion King) 
 Favorite horror writer: H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti (a close second) 
Favorite Cthulhu Mythos monster: Cthulhu 
Favorite book(s) of the Bible: Revelations, Ecclesiastes (tie) 
Favorite Egyptian deity: Bast 
Favorite occultist: Kenneth Grant

Favorite Ancient culture: Ancient Egypt

Favorite Historical Time Period: The Middle Ages 

2022 Reading List Monthly Update: February

  Books read in February of 2022:

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"Introduction to Jungian Psychology" (C.G. Jung) 2-7-22

"Schoolgirl" (Osamu Dazai) 2-21-22

"Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages" (Dan Jones) 2-25-22

"Rough" (Callum Leckie and Sailor Stephens) 2-27-22

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2022 Reading List Total:

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1. "Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 1-6-22

2. "Dune Messiah" (Frank Herbert) 1-21-22

3. "Nana" (Émile Zola) 1-24-22

4. "Introduction to Jungian Psychology" (C.G. Jung) 2-7-22

5. "Schoolgirl" (Osamu Dazai) 2-21-22

6. "Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages" (Dan Jones) 2-25-22

7. "Rough" (Callum Leckie and Sailor Stephens) 2-27-22

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

Currently Reading: 

"A Most Peculiar Book: the Inherent Strangeness of the Bible" (Kristin Swenson) 

"The Ironic Skeletons" (Colby Smith) 

2022 Reading List Monthly Update: January

  Books read in January of 2022:

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"Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 1-6-22

"Dune Messiah" (Frank Herbert) 1-21-22

"Nana" (Émile Zola) 1-24-22

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2022 Reading List Total:

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1. "Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 1-6-22

2. "Dune Messiah" (Frank Herbert) 1-21-22

3. "Nana" (Émile Zola) 1-24-22

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

Currently Reading: 

"Introduction to Jungian Psychology" (C.G. Jung) 

"Powers and Thrones: a New History of the Middle Ages" (Dan Jones) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)

 Books read in December of 2021:

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"Three Tales" (Gustave Flaubert) 12-3-21

"Braquemard: The Clavicle of Gilles De Rais" (Martin Bladh) 12-4-21

"The Master of Go" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-10-21

"Deserter" (Junji Ito) 12-16-21

"The Twelve Days of Cat Christmas" (Don Daily) 12-24-21

"The Magician's Nephew" (C.S. Lewis) 12-31-21 *

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2021 Reading List Total:

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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

39. "Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

40. "The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

41. "The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

42. "The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

43. "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

44. "The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

45. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

46. "The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

47. "Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

48. "The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

49. "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

50. "World's End Harem Vol.1" (Link/Kotaro Shono) 6-6-21

51. "World's End Harem Vol. 2" (Link/Kitaro Shono) 6-7-21

52. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Six" (Alan Moore) 6-11-21

53. "A Man Rides Through" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-19-21

54. "Jakob Von Gunten" (Robert Walser) 6-26-21

55. "Alcina and Other Stories" (Guido Gozzano) 6-30-21

56. "Watchmen" (Alan Moore) 7-6-21 *

57. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (Quentin Tarantino) 7-12-21

58. "The Adventure Zone 4: The Crystal Kingdom" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-21

59. "Batman: The Killing Joke" (Alan Moore) 7-21-21 *

60. "The Variegated Alphabet" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-25-21

61. "A Maze for the Minotaur and Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 7-26-21

62. "The Averoigne Chronicles" (Clark Ashton Smith) 8-6-21

63. "From Hell" (Alan Moore) 8-7-21 *

64. "Alabaster: Grimmer Tales" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-8-21

65. "Sensor" (Junji Ito) 8-11-21

66. "Princesses of Darkness and Other Exotica" (Jean Lorrain) 8-12-21

67. "The Sex Shops of Sherman Oaks" (SJXSJC) 8-14-21

68. "The Dying Peasant" (Karl van de Woestijne) 8-15-21

69. "The Confession of a False Soul" (Ilarie Voronca) 8-18-21

70. "Ilse" (Ossit) 8-21-21 

71. "Life in a Medieval City" (Joseph and Frances Gies) 8-22-21

72. "A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories" (Hersh Dovid Nomberg) 8-25-21

73. "Forever" (Thomas Moore) 8-26-21

74. "Millennium People" (J.G. Ballard) 8-30-21

75. "Flowers of Ether" (Delphi Fabrice) 8-31-21

76. "Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-2-21 *

77. "The Liar" (Stephen Fry) 9-9-21

78. "I Wished" (Dennis Cooper) 9-17-21

79. "Among the Lilies" (Daniel Mills) 9-19-21

80. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 9-21-21 *

81. "Dune" (Frank Herbert) 9-23-21

82. "Against the Grain Again" (Brendan Connell) 9-29-21

83. "Providence Compendium" (Alan Moore) 10-8-21 +

84. "The House of Souls" (Arthur Machen) 10-15-21

85. "Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark" (Cassandra Peterson) 10-17-21

86. "The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith" (Clark Ashton Smith) 10-23-21

87. "Penny: A Graphic Memoir" (Karl Stevens) 10-24-21

88. "The Grin of the Dark" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-28-21

89. "Certain Artists (Certains)" (J.-K. Huysmans) 11-4-21 

90. "The Gnostic Gospels" (Elaine Pagels) 11-12-21

91. "The Exalted and the Abased" (Damian Murphy) 11-13-21

92. "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: Collector's Edition" (Junji Ito) 11-13-21 +

93. "Rocksong" (Golnoosh Nour) 11-16-21

94. "Luminous Subjects" (Andrew Champagne) 11-20-21

95. "How To Live Like A Monk: Medieval Wisdom For Modern Life" (Danièle Cybulskie) 11-25-21

96. "My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton" (Deborah Hopkinson) 11-27-21

97. "Hamster Dam" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-21

98. "Three Tales" (Gustave Flaubert) 12-3-21

99. "Braquemard: The Clavicle of Gilles De Rais" (Martin Bladh) 12-4-21

100. "The Master of Go" (Yasunari Kawabata) 12-10-21

101. "Deserter" (Junji Ito) 12-16-21

102. "The Twelve Days of Cat Christmas" (Don Daily) 12-24-21

103. "The Magician's Nephew" (C.S. Lewis) 12-31-21 *

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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: 

"Kingdom Come" (J.G. Ballard) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: November

Books read in November of 2021:

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"Certain Artists (Certains)" (J.-K. Huysmans) 11-4-21 

"The Gnostic Gospels" (Elaine Pagels) 11-12-21

"The Exalted and the Abased" (Damian Murphy) 11-13-21

"Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: Collector's Edition" (Junji Ito) 11-13-21 +

"Rocksong" (Golnoosh Nour) 11-16-21

"Luminous Subjects" (Andrew Champagne) 11-20-21

"How To Live Like A Monk: Medieval Wisdom For Modern Life" (Danièle Cybulskie)11-25-21

"My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton" (Deborah Hopkinson) 11-27-21

"Hamster Dam" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-21

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2021 Reading List Total:

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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

39. "Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

40. "The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

41. "The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

42. "The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

43. "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

44. "The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

45. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

46. "The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

47. "Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

48. "The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

49. "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

50. "World's End Harem Vol.1" (Link/Kotaro Shono) 6-6-21

51. "World's End Harem Vol. 2" (Link/Kitaro Shono) 6-7-21

52. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Six" (Alan Moore) 6-11-21

53. "A Man Rides Through" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-19-21

54. "Jakob Von Gunten" (Robert Walser) 6-26-21

55. "Alcina and Other Stories" (Guido Gozzano) 6-30-21

56. "Watchmen" (Alan Moore) 7-6-21 *

57. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (Quentin Tarantino) 7-12-21

58. "The Adventure Zone 4: The Crystal Kingdom" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-21

59. "Batman: The Killing Joke" (Alan Moore) 7-21-21 *

60. "The Variegated Alphabet" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-25-21

61. "A Maze for the Minotaur and Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 7-26-21

62. "The Averoigne Chronicles" (Clark Ashton Smith) 8-6-21

63. "From Hell" (Alan Moore) 8-7-21 *

64. "Alabaster: Grimmer Tales" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-8-21

65. "Sensor" (Junji Ito) 8-11-21

66. "Princesses of Darkness and Other Exotica" (Jean Lorrain) 8-12-21

67. "The Sex Shops of Sherman Oaks" (SJXSJC) 8-14-21

68. "The Dying Peasant" (Karl van de Woestijne) 8-15-21

69. "The Confession of a False Soul" (Ilarie Voronca) 8-18-21

70. "Ilse" (Ossit) 8-21-21 

71. "Life in a Medieval City" (Joseph and Frances Gies) 8-22-21

72. "A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories" (Hersh Dovid Nomberg) 8-25-21

73. "Forever" (Thomas Moore) 8-26-21

74. "Millennium People" (J.G. Ballard) 8-30-21

75. "Flowers of Ether" (Delphi Fabrice) 8-31-21

76. "Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-2-21 *

77. "The Liar" (Stephen Fry) 9-9-21

78. "I Wished" (Dennis Cooper) 9-17-21

79. "Among the Lilies" (Daniel Mills) 9-19-21

80. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 9-21-21 *

81. "Dune" (Frank Herbert) 9-23-21

82. "Against the Grain Again" (Brendan Connell) 9-29-21

83. "Providence Compendium" (Alan Moore) 10-8-21 +

84. "The House of Souls" (Arthur Machen) 10-15-21

85. "Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark" (Cassandra Peterson) 10-17-21

86. "The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith" (Clark Ashton Smith) 10-23-21

87. "Penny: A Graphic Memoir" (Karl Stevens) 10-24-21

88. "The Grin of the Dark" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-28-21

89. "Certain Artists (Certains)" (J.-K. Huysmans) 11-4-21 

90. "The Gnostic Gospels" (Elaine Pagels) 11-12-21

91. "The Exalted and the Abased" (Damian Murphy) 11-13-21

92. "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: Collector's Edition" (Junji Ito) 11-13-21 +

93. "Rocksong" (Golnoosh Nour) 11-16-21

94. "Luminous Subjects" (Andrew Champagne) 11-20-21

95. "How To Live Like A Monk: Medieval Wisdom For Modern Life" (Danièle Cybulskie)11-25-21

96. "My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton" (Deborah Hopkinson) 11-27-21

97. "Hamster Dam" (Quentin S. Crisp) 11-30-21

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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: 

"Three Tales" (Gustave Flaubert)

"Braquemard: The Clavicle of Gilles De Rais" (Martin Bladh) 

2021 Reading List Monthly Update: October

 Books read in October of 2021:

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"Providence Compendium" (Alan Moore) 10-8-21 +

"The House of Souls" (Arthur Machen) 10-15-21

"Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark" (Cassandra Peterson) 10-17-21

"The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith" (Clark Ashton Smith) 10-23-21

"Penny: A Graphic Memoir" (Karl Stevens) 10-24-21

"The Grin of the Dark" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-28-21

2021 Reading List Total:

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1. "Hate" (Michael Salerno) 1-6-21

2. "Just Kids: Illustrated Edition" (Patti Smith) 1-9-21

3. "The Thing About Attraction" (Tom Champagne) 1-10-21

4. "Desperate" (Alexandrine Ogundimu) 1-11-21

5. "Jerk" (Nathan Blake/Dennis Cooper) 1-16-21

6. "The Moon Down To Earth" (James Nulick) 1-20-21

7. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One" (Alan Moore) 1-27-21*

8. "Morose Vignettes" (Remy de Gourmont) 1-30-31

9. "The Universe Is A Haunted House: COIL through their art & archives" (Coil) 1-31-21

10. "Ruthless Little Things" (Elizabeth V Aldrich) 2-6-21

11. "Sentimental Education" (Gustave Flaubert) 2-10-21

12. "Comes a Pale Rider" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 2-12-21

13. "Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos" (Various; edited by Justin Isis) 2-13-21

14. "Soviet Cities: Labour Life Leisure" (Arseniy Kotov) 2-13-21

15. "Let Me Tell You What I Mean" (Joan Didion) 2-17-21

16. "Paresis" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-20-21

17. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two" (Alan Moore) 2-21-21 *

18. "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) 2-23-21

19. "Genesis 0" (Isabelle Nicou) 2-25-21

20. "Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist" (Charles Brockden Brown) 3-16-21
21. "The Secret History of Kate Bush" (Fred Vermorel) 3-17-21

22. "The Frail Soul and Other Stories" (Camille Mauclair) 3-19-21

23. "The Bull-Man and the Grasshopper" (Jean Richepin) 3-20-21

24. "Urien's Voyage" (André Gide) 3-21-21

25. "The Last Train" (Arnaud Rykner) 3-23-21

26. "The Fallen West" (Douglas Thompson) 3-27-21

27. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Three" (Alan Moore) 3-28-21

28. "Vathek" (William Beckford) 3-29-21

29. "Sentimental Stories" (Enrique Gómez Carrillo) 3-30-21

30. "Prince Narcissus and Other Stories" (Robert Scheffer) 4-5-21

31. "Asphodels" (Bernardo Couto Castillo) 4-10-21

32. "A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology" (Toby Wilkinson) 4-11-21

33. "The Monk" (Matthew Lewis) 4-13-21

34. "Lovesickness" (Junji Ito) 4-16-21

35. "Spiritus Ex Machina" (L.C. von Hessen) 4-17-21

36. "A Decadent Woman" (Georges de Peyrebrune) 4-26-21

37. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Four" (Alan Moore) 4-27-21

38. "The Mirror of Her Dreams: Mordant's Need Vol. 1" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 4-29-21

39. "Alabaster: Wolves" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 5-1-21

40. "The Setting Sun" (Osamu Dazai) 5-4-21

41. "The Red Spider" (Delphi Fabrice) 5-6-21

42. "The Dwarf of Westerbourg" (Christian Heinrich Spiess) 5-14-21

43. "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" (James Hogg) 5-16-21

44. "The Worm" (New Juche) 5-18-21

45. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Five" (Alan Moore) 5-21-21

46. "The Latin Orgy" (Félicien Champsaur) 5-23-21

47. "Jottings From A Far Away Place" (Brendan Connell) 5-27-21

48. "The Paris Notebooks" (Quentin S. Crisp) 5-29-21

49. "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" (Gustave Flaubert) 6-2-21

50. "World's End Harem Vol.1" (Link/Kotaro Shono) 6-6-21

51. "World's End Harem Vol. 2" (Link/Kitaro Shono) 6-7-21

52. "Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Six" (Alan Moore) 6-11-21

53. "A Man Rides Through" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 6-19-21

54. "Jakob Von Gunten" (Robert Walser) 6-26-21

55. "Alcina and Other Stories" (Guido Gozzano) 6-30-21

56. "Watchmen" (Alan Moore) 7-6-21 *

57. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (Quentin Tarantino) 7-12-21

58. "The Adventure Zone 4: The Crystal Kingdom" (The McElroys/Carey Pietsch) 7-16-21

59. "Batman: The Killing Joke" (Alan Moore) 7-21-21 *

60. "The Variegated Alphabet" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-25-21

61. "A Maze for the Minotaur and Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 7-26-21

62. "The Averoigne Chronicles" (Clark Ashton Smith) 8-6-21

63. "From Hell" (Alan Moore) 8-7-21 *

64. "Alabaster: Grimmer Tales" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 8-8-21

65. "Sensor" (Junji Ito) 8-11-21

66. "Princesses of Darkness and Other Exotica" (Jean Lorrain) 8-12-21

67. "The Sex Shops of Sherman Oaks" (SJXSJC) 8-14-21

68. "The Dying Peasant" (Karl van de Woestijne) 8-15-21

69. "The Confession of a False Soul" (Ilarie Voronca) 8-18-21

70. "Ilse" (Ossit) 8-21-21 

71. "Life in a Medieval City" (Joseph and Frances Gies) 8-22-21

72. "A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories" (Hersh Dovid Nomberg) 8-25-21

73. "Forever" (Thomas Moore) 8-26-21

74. "Millennium People" (J.G. Ballard) 8-30-21

75. "Flowers of Ether" (Delphi Fabrice) 8-31-21

76. "Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-2-21 *

77. "The Liar" (Stephen Fry) 9-9-21

78. "I Wished" (Dennis Cooper) 9-17-21

79. "Among the Lilies" (Daniel Mills) 9-19-21

80. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 9-21-21 *

81. "Dune" (Frank Herbert) 9-23-21

82. "Against the Grain Again" (Brendan Connell) 9-29-21

83. "Providence Compendium" (Alan Moore) 10-8-21 +

84. "The House of Souls" (Arthur Machen) 10-15-21

85. "Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark" (Cassandra Peterson) 10-17-21

86. "The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith" (Clark Ashton Smith) 10-23-21

87. "Penny: A Graphic Memoir" (Karl Stevens) 10-24-21

88. "The Grin of the Dark" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-28-21

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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: 

"Certain Artists (Certains)" by J.-K. Huysmans 

"The Exalted and the Abased" (Damian Murphy)