MY READING LIST

Here is a list of what I am reading and plan to read more or less in the following order:

Road of Skulls by Josh Reynolds (in progress)

Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder (in progress)

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody (in progress)

Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries by Helen Vendler (ongoing)
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (ongoing)

Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Fall of Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Someday I'd Write This Down by Lowell Jaeger
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson
Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin

Here is a list of the books that I have read since I started keeping track in June 2009.  Only book-length works including book-length short fiction and serials are included.  Month and year of completion are noted.

2021

Alpacas Magazine Winter 2020, Jan

Teen Titans:  A Kid's Game by Geoff Johns, Jan 

One Piece Volume Twenty-one by Eiichiro Oda, Jan

Everything matters...to Me! by Gene Hodge, Mar 

Tokyo Fashion by Nodoka, Apr

On the Road by Jack Kerouac May

Alpacas Magazine 2020 Herdsire, May 

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Jun

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Jun 

One Piece Volume Twenty-two by Eiichiro Oda, Jun

Alpacas Magazine Summer 2021, June

One Piece Volume Twenty-three by Eiichiro Oda, Jul

 The History of Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson, Sep 

 

2020
Alpacas Magazine Winter 2019, Jan
One Piece Volume One by Eiichiro Oda, Jan
One Piece Volume Two by Eiichiro Oda, Feb
One Piece Volume Three by Eiichiro Oda, Feb  
Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Mar
One Piece Volume Four by Eiichiro Oda, Apr 
Alpacas Magazine 2020 Herdsire, May
Alpacas Magazine Summer 2020, June
One Piece Volume Five by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Six by Eiichiro Oda, July
One Piece Volume Seven by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Eight by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Nine by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Ten by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Eleven by Eiichiro Oda, July 
One Piece Volume Twelve by Eiichiro Oda, July
One Piece Volume Thirteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug
One Piece Volume Fourteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug
One Piece Volume Fifteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug
One Piece Volume Sixteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug 
One Piece Volume Seventeen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug 
One Piece Volume Eighteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug
One Piece Volume Nineteen by Eiichiro Oda, Aug 
Poems by C.S. Lewis, Aug
A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed by Jason Brown, Sep 
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, Sep

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, Sep

Breath by James Nestor, Oct 

Alpacas Magazine Autumn 2020, Oct

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo, Oct 

One Piece Volume Twenty by Eiichiro Oda, Oct 

2019
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo, Jan
Poetry Magazine September 2018, Jan
The Blue Touch by Gene Hodge, Jan
Poetry Magazine October 2018, Jan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Feb
Cloud Memoir by Charles Buckley, Feb
The Missouri Review Summer 2018, Mar
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany, May
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, June
Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau, Aug
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees, Sep
The Epic of Gilgamesh translated by Andrew George, Sep
Gentlemen and Jesuits by Elizabeth Jones, Oct
Forgotten Tales of Down East Maine by Jim Harnedy, Dec

2018
The Wonder of Birds by Jim Robbins, Feb
The Missouri Review Winter 2017 Edition, Mar
A Bag of Hands by Mather Schneider, Mar
Rattle Magazine #59, Mar
Star*Line Winter 2018, Apr
Poetry Magazine April 2018, Apr
Circus Folk and Village Freaks (manuscript) by Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal, Apr
Poems from a Loquacious Heart by Christina Cranhall, May
The Legend of Zelda Hyrule Historia by Akira Himekawa & Nintendo, May
Poets & Writers Magazine May/June 2018, June
Punishment by Nancy Miller Gomez, June
Poetry Magazine May 2018, June
The Muse 2018 (Blue Valley North High School's Literary Magazine), June
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, June
Newsweek Special Edition J. R. R. Tolkien (July 15, 2018), Aug
The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman, Aug
Poems of the Irish People, Aug
The Missouri Review Spring 2018, Sep
Poetry Magazine June 2018, Sep
Poets & Writers July/August 2018, Sep
Tai Chi by Master Lam Kam Chuen, Oct
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Nov
Poetry Magazine July/August 2018, Nov
Failure Is an Option by H. Jon Benjamin, Nov
Adirondack Reflections Edited by Neal Burdick & Maurice Kenny, Nov
Rattle #60 Summer 2018, Nov
Centre and Circumference by Howard Stein, Nov
Psyche's Scroll by Karla Linn Merrifield, Dec

2017
Deja Dead by Kathy Reich, Jan
Neil Gaiman's 'Make Good Art' speech, Feb
Writers & Their Reading by the editors of Glimmer Train, Feb
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mar
Star*Line Winter 2017 Edition, Mar
Botticelli Mag Art & Literature Issue 7, Mar
Invert the Helix by John Reinhart, Mar
The Art of Neil Gaiman by Hayley Campbell, Mar
Audubon Magazine Spring 2017, Apr
Blue Lipstick by John Grandits, Apr
The Missouri Review Winter 2016 Edition, Apr
Death Note Volume 1 by Tsugumi Ohba, Apr
Death Note Volume 2 by Tsugumi Ohba, May
Death Note Volume 3 by Tsugumi Ohba, May
Death Note Volume 4 by Tsugumi Ohba, May
Death Note Volume 5 by Tsugumi Ohba, May
Death Note Volume 6 by Tsugumi Ohba, May
Death Note Volume 7 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
Death Note Volume 8 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
Death Note Volume 9 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
Death Note Volume 10 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
Death Note Volume 11 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
Death Note Volume 12 by Tsugumi Ohba, June
The Duke Diet by Eisenson & Binks, June
Botticelli Mag Art & Literature Issue 8, June
Drabbleharvest #8, edited by Terri Leigh Relf, July
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by J. K. Rowling translated by Alicia Dellepiane Rawson, Aug
The Missouri Review Spring 2017 Edition, Sep
The Whetting Stone by Taylor Mali, Sep
Rattle Magazine #57, Sep
Bigly by Rob Long, Oct
The Missouri Review Summer 2017 Edition, Oct
Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas, Nov
Drabbleharvest #10, edited by Terri Leigh Relf, Nov
Drabbleharvest #11, edited by Terri Leigh Relf, Nov
In America by Diana Goetsch, Dec
The Missouri Review Fall 2017 Edition, Dec
in the moment by Gene Hodge, Dec
Five Faces of Love by Mac Keyes, Dec
Rattle Magazine #58, Dec
Janitorial Services by Robert Collins, Dec
The Scream by K. S. Hardy, Dec

2016
Paradise Lost by John Milton, Jan
Perelandra by C. S. Lewis, Jan
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Jan
King Lear by William Shakespeare, Feb
Everyday Yoga by Sage Rountree, Feb
Superfood Swap by Dawn Jackson Blatner, Feb
That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis, Mar
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, Mar
Melting the Ice King by Gerard Sarnat, Mar
The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Mar
Fool by Christopher Moore, Apr
Crowned by Mary Soon Lee, May
Giantslayer by William King & Nathan Long, June
Red Hand's Daughter by William King & Nathan Long, July
Superman:  Red Son by Mark Millar, July
Orcslayer by William King & Nathan Long, Aug
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Aug
Manslayer by William King & Nathan Long, Sep
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, JK Rowling, Jack Thorne, & John Tiffany, Sep
The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Sep
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Oct
Elfslayer by Nathan Long, Oct
Poems for Lonely Prophets by Ron Faust, Nov
While the Kettle's On by Melissa Fite Johnson, Nov
Shamanslayer by Nathan Long, Dec
Zombieslayer by Nathan Long, Dec

2015
Assassination Classroom Book 1 by Yusei Matsui, Jan
The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb, Jan
Rough Traces by Jason Wesco, Jan
Star*Line Winter 2015, Jan
Poetry Magazine February 2015, Feb
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien, Feb
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis, Feb
The Way a Woman Knows by Carolyn Martin, Mar
World War One British Poets, Dover Thrift Edition, Mar
The Way It Is: New & Selected Poems by William Stafford, Mar
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman, Apr
The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis, Apr
Bridge for Beginners by Paul Mendelson, Apr
The Great Influenza by John Barry, Jun
Poetry Magazine March 2015, Jun
Poetry Magazine April 2015, Jul
Poetry Magazine January 2015, Jul
Poetry Magazine May 2015, Jul
Dwarf Stars 2015 edited by John Amen, Jul
Dragonslayer by William King, Jul
Beastslayer by William King, Aug
Vampireslayer by William King, Sep
Images of America:  Lansing Correctional Facility by Laura Phillippi, Sep
Star*Line Summer 2015, Sep
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, Oct
The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse, Oct
Very Good, Jeeves! by P. G. Wodehouse, Nov
Rapid Interpretation of EKG's 4th Edition by Dale Dubin, MD, Nov
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse, Nov
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Nov
The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis, Dec
Your Child's Asthma by John Hunt, Dec
Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis, Dec
Poetry Magazine June 2014, Dec

2014
Sweet Poison by Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo, Jan
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Apr
Star*Line Spring 2014, Apr
Gotrek & Felix:  Daemonslayer by William King, May
Ask Me:  One Hundred Essential Poems of William Stafford, May
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (translated by Ian Johnston), July
The Essential Wordsworth (edited and selected by Seamus Heaney), July
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis, July
Dwarf Stars Anthology 2014, July
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Aug
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo with introduction by Bruce Richardson, Aug
A Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis, Aug
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis, Aug
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins, Sep
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Sep
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, Sep
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Sep
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, Nov
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien, Dec
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Eddie Campbell, Dec

2013

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feb

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Mar

Star*Line Jan 2013 issue, Mar

Trollslayer by William King, Apr

Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells, May

A Country of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry, Jun

Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 issue, Jul

Skavenslayer by William King, Jul
The 2013 Rhysling Anthology, Jul
Dwarf Stars Anthology 2013, Aug
Thrall by Natasha Trethewey, Aug
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, Aug
Star*Line April 2013, Aug
Scifaikuest August 2013 Print Edition, Aug
Star*Line Summer 2013, Aug
Blood Wallah and other poems by Robert Borski, Sep
Poets & Writers Magazine Sept/Oct 2013 issue, Sep
Science Fiction Poetry Handbook by Suzette Haden Elgin, Oct
Children's and Household Tales (Lucy Crane translation) by the Brothers Grimm, Oct
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Nov
The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Nov
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells, Nov
Scifaikuest November 2013 Print Edition, Nov
Unearthly Delights by Marge Simon, Dec

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Dec

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin, Dec

2012

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, Feb

Girl Scouts by Betty Christiansen, Apr

A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin, Apr

Assume the Physician by John Hunt, May

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, May

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, May

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman, June

Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2012 Edition, July

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Aug

Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 Edition, Aug

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, Sep

Asimov's Science Fiction October/November 2012 Issue, Oct

Dwarf Stars 2012, Nov

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Dec

Star*Line Oct - Dec 2012 Issue, Dec

2011

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, Jan

AMA Guides to the Eval of Permanent Impairment 6th ed, Feb

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Feb

1984 by George Orwell, Mar

Inspecting a House, Carson Dunlop & Assoc, Apr

5 Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, Apr

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, May

Honor Among Enemies by David Weber, May

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Jun

A Farewell to Arms by Earnest Hemminway, Aug

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sep

Huck Finn by Mark Twain, Nov

Worlds of Honor by David Weber et al, Dec

2010

Flag in Exile by David Weber, Jan

Football for Dummies by Howie Long, March

The Lightning Their by Rick Riordan, April
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan, April
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, April
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, April
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, April

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, May

Dracula by Bram Stoker, June

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, July

Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimon, Nov

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Dec

2009

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini, June

Dark Magic by Angus Wells, July

The Chosen by Chaim Potak, Aug

Wild Magic by Angus Wells, Oct

American Gods by Neil Gaimon, Dec