Books I Read in 2018

It’s the time of year when lists start making the rounds, so here’s one of mine! I read 65 books in 2018 (I read 60 in 2017). Will I make it to 70 in 2019? I can sure as hamburger try.

Books are listed in the order I read them, with a few bits of commentary here and there.

1. Rat Queens vol.1 – Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch. A hilarious fantasy comic series (but not for kids).
2. There’s a Slight Chance I Might Be Going to Hell  – Laurine Notaro
3. Displacement –  Lucy Knisley A heartwarming and heartbreaking comic memoir.
4. Fire and Fury – Michael Wolff
5. Rat Queens vol. 2 – Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch
6. Invasive – Chuck Wendig
7. The Book of Mistakes – Corinna Luyken
8. After the Fall – Dan Santat
9. Rot: the Cutest in the World – Ben Clanton
10. Press Here – Herve Tullet
11. The Dot – Peter H. Reynolds
12. Not Quite Narwhal – Jessie Sima A very cute book.
13. Rat Queens vol. 3 – Wiebe, Fowler, Bonvillain, Brisson
14. A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin
15. Rat Queens vol. 4 – Wiebe, Gieni, Ferrier
16. Sex Criminals vol. 1 – Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky
17. Kaijumax vol. 1 – Zander Cannon I loooove Kaijumax!
18. Kaijumax vol. 2 – Zander Cannon
19. The Tombs of Atuan – Ursula K. Le Guin
20. Napalm and Silly Putty – George Carlin
21. An Age of License – Lucy Knisley
22. Candy Girl – Diablo Cody Very funny.
23. My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris An excellent graphic novel.
24. The Mystic Symbol – Henriette Mertz My dad got this for me for my birthday. He shouldn’t have.
25. California Dreamin’ – Penelope Bagieu Highly recommended.
26. French Milk – Lucy Knisley
27. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 2 – Skottie Young Another comic series I adore.
28. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 3 – Skottie Young
29. Matilda – Roald Dahl
30. Star Wars: Phasma – Delilah S. Dawson
31. Star Wars: Ahsoka – E. K. Johnson
32. The 5 Love Languages – Gary Chapman
33. Sugar – James Walvin
34. Le Morte d’Arthur (book 2) – Malory
35. Le Morte d’Arthur (book 1) – Malory
36. Cactus Cat: Origins – Dani Dodge
37. Brazen – Penelope Bagieu Buy this for every woman in your life.
38. The Samurai – Shusaku Endo
39. Kaijumax vol. 3 – Zander Cannon
40. Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men vol. 2 – various
41. Ranma 1/2 vol. 1 & 2 – Rumiko Takahashi A manga I just decided to try at the library and quickly fell in love with.
42. The Incal – Jodorowsky, Moebius Gorgeous, but very weird.
43. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin, II – Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
44. Ranma 1/2 vol. 3 & 4 – Rumiko Takahashi
45. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin, III – Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
46. Ranma 1/2 vol. 5 & 6 – Rumiko Takahashi
47. Origin – Dan Brown
48. Helen and Troy’s Epic Road Quest – A. Lee Martinez
49. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin, IV – Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
50. The Prince and the Dressmaker – Jen Wang A touching story and an excellent comic.
51. Plume vol. 2 – K. Lynn Smith
52. Plume vol. 3 – K. Lynn Smith
53. Amulet: book 1 – Kazu Kibuishi
54. Caveboy Dave 1 – Aaron Reynolds and Phil McAndrew
55. Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
56. Amulet: book 2 – Kazu Kibuishi
57. Amulet: book 3 – Kazu Kibuishi
58. Amulet: book 4 – Kazu Kibuishi
59. The Bullet Journal Method – Ryder Carrol
60. Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 1 – Hideyuki Kikuchi
61. Attack on Titan vol. 1 – Hajime Isayama
62. Attack on Titan vol. 2 – Hajime Isayama
63. Attack on Titan vol. 3 – Hajime Isayama
64. Proof of Collusion – Seth Abramson
65. Princess Wolf and Her Life of Darkness – Beatrix and Kristen haas Curtis I’ve followed Kristen on Instagram for a while now, and I was happy to back the book she made with her daughter on Kickstarter.

As you can see, there’s a lot of comics and graphic novels on this list. There’s nothing wrong with that, reading is reading. However, I do want to try to read more…uh…traditional novels in 2019.

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