Reading List: 65 Books to Madness

This year--like every year-- I vowed to read 52 books. I like to have a healthy mix of fiction and poetry, but this year, I wanted to add in some nonfiction, some drama, and most importantly, tons of graphic novels. In fact, this was the year where I sat myself down and said "Stephanie, we're going to accept that we love comics and we're going to jump in and read a bunch this year. No more putting it off." So that's exactly what I did, and I loved it! In fact, I plan on finishing my three favorite series next year: The Sandman, Locke and Key, and Batman: Arkham Unhinged.


Now here is my reading list for 2014--you'll see I beat my yearly goal of 52.
My favorite novel was: Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouieMy favorite poetry collection was: The Pleasures of the Damned by Charles BukowskiNext year, I'm going to vow to read more classic literature and start reading memoirs. We'll see how I do!


1.      Embrace the Hideous Immaculate by Chad Hensley2.      Orchid Carousals by Lucy A. Snyder3.      How to be a Wicked Witch: Good Spells, Charms, Potions and Notions for Bad Days by Patricia J. Telesco4.      The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker5.      Black Box Theater as Abandoned Zoo by Dana Elkun6.      A Pilgrim’s Guide to Chaos in the Heartland by Jessica Goodfellow7.      Old Man Scratch by Rio Youers8.      Down the Road by Lee Blessing9.      Ink by Damien Walters Grintalis 10.  NOS4A2 by Joe Hill11.  Ruins of the Heart by Rumi12.  30 Days of Night, Vol.6: Spreading the Disease by Steve Niles13.  Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton, Ray Bradbury14.  We are Three by Rumi15.  Wilderness by Jim Morrison16.  Notes from the Cathouse by Jack Ketchum17.  Hair Side, Flesh Side by Helen Marshall18.  The Woman by Jack Ketchum19.  Female Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky20.  Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke21.  Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare22.  Barfodder by Rain Graves23.  The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien24.  Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie25.  Bird Box by Josh Malerman26.  The Pleasures of the Damned by Charles Bukowski27.  Halloween, New Poems edited by Al Sarrantonio28.  Jabberwocky and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll29.  Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley30.  The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman31.  Tales of Jack the Ripper edited by Ross E. Lockhart32.  100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda33.  The Troop by Nick Cutter34.  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn35.  Hot Metal Tonic by Ron Gavalik36.  Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker37.  Songs of Ophelia by Theodora Gross38.  The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman39.  Snowblind by Christopher Golden40.  The Book of Goodbyes by Jillian Weise41.  Cosmopolitan Greetings by Allen Ginsberg42.  The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman 43.  Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill44.  Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman45.  Swam Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore46.  Batman: Arkham Asylum- A serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison47.  Put Your Hands in by Chris Hosea48.  The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman49.  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn50.  30 Days of Night, Vol. 7: Eben and Stella by Steve Niles51.  The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman52.  Locke and Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill53.  The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You54.  Prophets by Peter Adam Salomon55.  Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan56.  100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello57.  Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey58.  Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King59.  Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 3 by Derek Fridolfs60.  The Tent by Kealan Patrick Burke61.  Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb62.  Horns by Joe Hill63.  Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 2 by Derek Fridolfs64.  The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway65.  Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 4. By Derek Fridolfs