Sunday, January 1, 2023

Books Read 2022

 Predictably, working at the library has had me reading even more voraciously than ever. Every time I'm shelving or handling returns, I spot stuff I want to read. I can't check all of it out at once, so now my cellphone has a number of pictures on it of book covers and spine labels as I try to at least catch a reminder of books I want to read when I get the chance so I can find them in the stacks later. This year's list covers nearly 4 pages in my notebook, outpacing all previous years.

(GN) denotes graphic novels

Sure, I'll be your Black Friend - Ben Phillippe

Bone 1: Out from Boneville (GN) - Jeff Smith

The Story of King Arthur & His Knights - Howard Pyle

The Lost Years of Merlin - T.A.Barron

The Seven Songs of Merlin - T.A.Barron

Kermit & Cleopigtra - G. WIlliams

Le Morte D'Arthur (Middle English) - T. Malory

World Without End - Ken Follett

The Green Man (Short story collection) - Various

The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

I am Not Starfire (GN) - Mariko Tamaki

An Excellent Mystery - Ellis Peters

Draw Your Day - Samantha Baker

Lugosi (GN) - Koren Shadmi

Medieval Bodies - Jack Hartnell

The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher

In Calabria - Peter S. Beagle

The Sculptor (GN) - Scott McCloud

The Explorer's Guild - Jon Baird & Kevin Costner

GhostBusters International 1&2 (GN) - Erik Burnham

Total Containment (GN) - Erik Burnham

God of Neverland - Gama Ray Martinez

Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

Likely Stories (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Sandman Overture (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril - Paul Malmont

The Golden Vulture - Lester Dent

Noir - Christopher Moore

Front Desk - Kelly Yang

Good Asian (GN) - Pornsak Pichetshote

Doomboy (GN) - Tony Sandoval

Together We Will Go - J. Michael Straczynski

Razzmatazz - Christopher Moore

A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore

Bone Complete Series (GN) - Jeff Smith

Secondhand Souls - Christopher Moore

Gaugin, The Other World (GN) - Fabrizio Dori

Some Kind of Happiness - Claire Legrand

The Story of Diva and Flea - Mo Willems & T. DiTerlizzi

Dragons at Crumbling Castle & Other Tales - Terry Pratchett

Charlie and the Grandmothers - Haty Towell

The Inquisitor's Tale - Adam Gidwitz

Race to the Bottom of the Sea - Lindsay Eagar

Bayou Magic - Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher

Hook's Revenge: The Pirate Code - Heidi Schulz

Keeper - Kathi Appelt

Castle Hangnail - Ursula Vernon

And the Ocean Was Our Sky - Patrick Ness

Whalesong - Robert Siegel

Deep Wizardry - Diane Duane

Capt. Hook - J. V. Hart

Princeless #1 (GN) - J. Whitley & M. Goodwin

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains - Neil Gaiman

American Gods #1 (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Max Tilt: Fire in the Depths - Peter Lerangis

Princeless #2-4 (GN) - Jeremy Whitley

Bone: Quest for the Spark (GN) - Tom Sniegoski

Sandman: Preludes & Nocturne (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: Dream Country (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: Season of Mists  (GN)- Neil Gaiman

Sandman: A Game of You (GN)- Neil Gaiman

WolfWalkers (GN)  - Sam Sattin

Lalani of the Distant Sea - Erin Entrada Kelly

Museum of Thieves - Lian Tanner

Sandman: Fables & Reflections - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: Brief Lives - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: World's End - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: The Kindly Ones - Neil Gaiman

Sandman: The Wake - Neil Gaiman

Queen of the Sea (GN) - Dylan Meconis

The Sleeper and the Spindle - Neil Gaiman

The Daughters of Ys (GN) - M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux

Dead Endia: The Watcher's Test (GN) - Hamish Steele

The Real and the Unreal (Collected Stories) - Ursula K. LeGuin

Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Cordova

Wingbearer (GN) - Marjorie Liu & Teny Issakhania

The Heartless Prince (GN) - Angela DeVito

The Crumrin Chronicles VI (GN) - Ted Naifeh

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places - Colin Dickey

Garlic & the Vampire (GN) - Bree Paulsen

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (GN) - Various

Dead Water - C.A. Fletcher

Incredible Doom (GN) - Matthew Bogart & Jesse Holden

Bone: Coda (GN) - Jeff Smith

Beautiful Darkness (GN) - Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoct

Chivalry (GN) - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran

Pixie & Brutus: Gnome Sweet Gnome (GN) - Ben Hed

Incredible Doom 2 (GN) - Matthew Bogart & Jesse Holden

Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas

A Study in Emerald (GN) - Neil Gaiman

Castle in the Stars #1-3 (GN) - Alex Alice

Maiden & Princess - Daniel Haack & Isabel Galupo

Odd & The Frost Giant - Neil Gaiman

Saga #1-3 (GN) - Brian Vaughan & Fiona Staples

Wet Moon #1-5 (GN) - Sophie Campbell