Hi Everyone,
Every
year, I partake in the Goodreads reading challenge. In the past, my goal has
been to read 52 books a year, but I’ve since challenged myself to read 100.
This year, I’ve managed to read 130 books and I think you’ll see that no, not
all of them are horror. I think it’s important to read outside of your genre,
your form, and most importantly, your time period, so this is my latest attempt
at continuing my education into being a well-read adult.
Here are
some of my favorites off the list:
Poetry: The Sex
Lives of Monsters by Helen Marshall
Novels/Novellas: M Train
by Patti Smith
Short Story Collections: A Long
December by Richard Chizmar
Graphic Novels: Fragments
of Horror by Junji Ito
With tired eyes and a full mind,
Stephanie M. Wytovich
Poetry
The
Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton
Class
Clown by Victoria Dym
Boneshaker
by Jan Beatty
The
Switching Yard by Jan Beatty
Mad
River by Jan Beatty
The
Lunatic by Charles Simic
Hotel
Insomnia by Charles Simic
The
Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn
Some
Ether by Nick Flynn
My
Feelings: Poems by Nick Flynn
Underwater
Fistfight by Matt Betts
Strange
Vegetables by G.O. Clark
The
Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave
The
Collected Poems of Georges Bataille by Georges Bataille
Love
Poems by Anne Sexton
The
Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg
Room
Where I Get What I Want by S. Whitney Holmes
Wait
Till I’m Dead: Uncollected Poems by Allen Ginsberg
The
Shadow Owner’s Companion by Eleanor Hooke
The
8th House by Feng Sun Chen
PseudoPsalms:
Saints v. Sinners by Peter Adam Salomon
The
Seven Yards of Sorrow by David E. Cowen
The
Hospital Poems by Jim Ferris
Blood
Song by Michael Schmeltzer
Rubbernecking
by Molly Prosser
Voices
from Empty Rooms by Lisa Lepovetsky
Elegy/Elk
River by Michael Schmeltzer
Quarter
Life Poetry: Poems for the Young, Broke and Hangry by Samantha Jayne
Freakcidents
by Michael A. Arnzen
Poems
of My Night by Cynthia Pelayo
Field
Guide to the End of the World: Poems by Jeannine Hall Gailey
The
Darkening Trapeze: Last Poems by Larry Levis
The
Sex Lives of Monsters by Helen Marshall
Witch
Hunt by Juliet Escoria
Novels/Novellas
The
Chimes by Charles Dickens
Next
by Michael Crichton
Little
Dead Read by Mercedes M. Yardley
The
Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
The
Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
Stolen
Away by Kristin Dearborn
The
Grownup by Gillian Flynn
Hannibal
by Thomas Harris
The
Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Asylum
by Jeannette de Beauvoir
The
Prague Orgy by Philip Roth
Rita
Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Pretty
Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy by Mercedes M. Yardley
Story
of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Ring
by Koji Suzuki
Ritualistic
Human Sacrifice by C.V. Hunt
The
Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
The
Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Girl,
Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Hannibal
Rising by Thomas Harris
M
Train by Patti Smith
Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Venus
in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
God
Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
The
Death House by Sarah Pinborough
Orange
Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Kangaroo
Notebook by Kobo Abe
Scream:
Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear by Margee Kerr
Sea
of Trees by Robert James Russell
Point
Hollow by Rio Youers
A
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Harry
Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
The
Past Life Perspective: Discovering Your True Nature Across Multiple Lifetimes
by Ann C. Barham
The
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Every
Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Murrmann:
A Tale of Van Helsing by Michael A. Arnzen
A
House at the Bottom of the Lake by Josh Malerman
The
Sadist’s Bible by Nicole Cushing
Rare
Breeds by Erik Hofstatter
And
the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs
The
Eschatologist by Greg Chapman
Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov
Short Story Collections/Anthologies
While
the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A. Snyder
Trigger
Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Grim
Mistresses by Stacey Turner (C.W. LaSart, Mercedes M. Yardley, Allison M.
Dickson and S.R. Cambridge)
Gutted:
Beautiful Horror Stories edited by Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward
Monstrosities
by Jeremy C. Shipp
A
Long December by Richard Chizmar
Cartoons
in the Suicide Forest by Leza Cantoral
Graphic Novels/Comics
Gyo
by Junji Ito
The
Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito
Human
Chair by Junji Ito
Black
Paradox by Junji Ito
Hellstar
Remina by Junji Ito
Cat
Diary by Junji Ito
Fragments
of Horror by Junji Ito
Sandman
Mystery Theater, Vol 1: The Tarantula by Matt Wagner
Sandman
Mystery Theatre, Vol 3: The Vamp by Matt Wagner
The
Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
Black
Orchid by Neil Gaiman
Frankenstein:
The Graphic Novel by Lloyd S. Wagner
Frankenweenie
by Tim Burton
Emily
the Strange Vol 1-3: Long, Dark and Bored by Rob Reger
Emily
the Strange Vol 2: This Cover Got Lost by Cosmic Debris by Rob Reger
Emily
the Strange Vol 3: The Dark Issue by Brian Brooks by Rob Reger
George
Romero’s Dawn of the Dead by Steve Niles
The
Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning by Jimmy Palmiotti
Edward
Scissorhands, Vol 1: Parts Unknown by Kate Leth
Edward
Scissorhands, Vol 2: Whole Again by Kate Leth
Blue
is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
The
Great and Secret Show by Chris Ryall/ Clive Barker
Monster,
Vol 1 by Naoki Urasawa
Monster,
Vol 2 by Naoiki Urasawa
Monster,
Vol 3 by Naoki Urasawa
The
Joker by Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo
Suicide
Squad, Vol 1: Kicked in the Teeth by Adam Glass
Suicide
Squad, Vol 2: Basilisk Rising by Adam Glass
Suicide
Squad, Vol 3: Death is for Suckers by Adam Glass
Suicide
Squad, Vol 4: Discipline and Punishment by Ales Kot
Suicide
Squad, Vol 5: Walled in by Mat Kindt
The
Green Woman by Peter Straub and Michael Easton
The
Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks
Stigmata
by Lorenzo Mattoti
Exquisite
Corpse by Penelope Bagieu
Through
the Woods by Emily Carroll
Baba
Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola
Colder,
Vol 1 by Paul Tobin
Colder,
Vol 2, The Bad Seed by Paul Tobin
The
Creep by Jonathan Case
Arkham
Asylum: Madness by Sam Kieth
Batman:
Joker’s Last Laugh by Chuck Dixon
Batman:
Arkham Asylum Living Hell Deluxe Edition by Sam Kieth
Green
River Kill by Jeff Jensen
Harley
Quinn, Vol.1: Hot in the City by Amanda Conner
Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel by Ransom Riggs
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