How many UNREAD books do you have right now?

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Estimate or list out how many books you have purchased but haven't had a chance to read yet.

[David]

Approximately 50 including Justice League vol1-8, 75th anniversary collections for Batman Superman Wonder Woman Flash Green Arrow, classic avengers x men fantastic 4, Green Lantern omnibus vol 2 and 3, war of kings civil war 2 and a host of other stuff

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Total of 10

I'm trying to hold off reading these until they reprint Annihilation:
Annihilation Conquest
WOK prelude
WOK
WOK aftermath

Gotham Central (Next on the list to read)
Mighty Thor Omnibus V2 (hoping for a reprint of V1 and awaiting V3)
Shang-Chi Omnibus V3
East of West V2 (may wait to reread everything when series is complete.)
Wonder Woman by Perez V2
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1

[David]

are they definitely gonna reprint annihilation? I read conquest and it was awesome. really wanted to get a copy of annihilation but they are all ridiculously expensive. To be fair all I listed is my collection, I only intend to add a few more plant hulk world war hulk Hickman's avemgers, Darkseid war omnibus, Kirby 4th world omnibus and a reprint of infinite crisis and that's about it for me.

[David]

I'm actually reading green Lantern vol 1 omnibus right now and it's great. sinestro corps war. had to stop because I was doing an exam for my post graduate course but hoping to read some more stuff in my free time

[Blindzider, Moderator]

David wrote: "are they definitely gonna reprint annihilation? I read conquest and it was awesome. really wanted to get a copy of annihilation but they are all ridiculously expensive. To be fair all I listed is m..."

No, nothing has been announced or hinted, I'm just hoping.

I have quite a bit I'm adding this year, but I can see in a year or two, that all of the material I want will be available.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Good topic. :)

Alpha Flight Omnibus
Valentino's Guardians of the Galaxy omnibus (picked up this week)
Spider-man Clone Saga omnibus 1 (waiting for 2 this fall)
Shang Chi omnibus vol 2 and 3
Johns' JSA omnibus vol 1
Johns' Flash omnibus vol 3
GI Joe IDW Complete Collection OHC 7
Marvel Civil War II OHC (I'm going to do a few custom binds and get that back first and will read in proper place)
Ultimate Spider-Man OHC 8 and 11 (need the other books).
Peanuts Complete Collection 1991 to 2000 (Missing the 1987 to 1990 box set).

Currently just started reading War of Kings omnibus and will read War of Kings aftermath as soon as I am finished with that one. Also reading the Little Nemo book.

I've done a few custom binds (about a dozen) and I have about seven of them in prep stages and a couple others planned. I usually have not read the material that I am binding.
Currently in prep stages I have:
Red Lantern Corps
Green Lantern Corps
Combination X-Men binds that will have everything post Secret Wars (Uncanny X-men, All-New X-Men, and Extraordinary X-Men, and events like Death of X, X-Men Civil War II, and IvX.
Cable (the 2008 25 issue run (plus annual and may add X-Sanction)
Generation Hope
Elektra - Del Mundo art run (11 issues) plus four or five mini-series.
Nomad (90s series)

Have the issues but no prep begun
DC's Checkmate
Catwoman issues 1 through 60 of the Balent run
Batman Beyond (New 52 and ongoing. Need to drop if we get an OHC of Rebirth)
Ongoing Old Man Logan (will wait for a while to see if we get an OHC/Omnibus)
All-New Captain America, CapA Fear Him, Sam Wilson Captain America (only have first 11 issues) Steve Rogers Captain America (all issues). I hope we don't get an OHC or omnibus because I already hope was can forget the current ongoing ever happened.
Waid's Black Widow (if no OHC then will likely track will down Noto's run and combine into a custom bind)
Lemire's Thanos (should get an OHC and it's awesome if you like Marvel cosmic)

I also have a whole book shelf of non-graphic novels I haven't read yet. I usually have at least one non-graphic novel going at all times.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Wow, I didn't realize you had some much planned for binding.

[Nickviola]

-Amazing Spider-Man 3 (really just flipping through these instead of "reading" since I honestly find the original dialogue for Parker a little annoying)
-Captain America Omni 1 & 2 (just not at the top of my to-read list, may end up being a flip through as well)
-Captain America: Trial of Cap & Winter Solider (waiting for the first 3 volumes to reprint to read it together)
-Mighty Thor 2 (waiting for 3 to come out and then 1 to reprint)
-Lots of X-Men because I am waiting on Uncanny 4 and Inferno to read it all in order (Fall of Mutants, Inferno Prologue, X-men 1, X-men 2, Fatal Attractions, Mutant Massacre)
-BPRD 1-3 (probably will be the next thing I start despite not having vol. 4 yet)
-East of West Yr 2 (i read it in single issues so will probably wait for the series to complete in hardcovers then start re-reading from the beginning)

[Jesse]

Only about 14 GN/Omnibus:
Fractions Fantastic Four omnibus
Judge Dredd 4-7
Judge Dredd Mega city zero 1
Judge Dredd Mega city Masters 2&3
Star Trek UK Comics 1&2
Technopriest Ultimate
Crumb's Book of Genesis
Thor Godstorm
World of Edena
Barbarella

[Donovan]

I'm definitely in the minority. Just have Batman Gothic which I'll read this week. I usually grab a few for the month but have to ration them out. I'm hoping my own/unread ratio will become more inverse over time as I buy more : )

[Ooh_jim]

If we're including books that collect stuff I've already read in another format, 218. Only including the books I've bought and not read at all, exactly 100.

Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Blindzider wrote: "Wow, I didn't realize you had some much planned for binding."

I got a steal of a deal on all the X-men issues. Most of them were just over a dollar an issue.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Relstuart wrote: "Blindzider wrote: "Wow, I didn't realize you had some much planned for binding."

I got a steal of a deal on all the X-men issues. Most of them were just over a dollar an issue."

Nice. The two things I'm thinking about getting bound, are two that I suspect we'll see Omnibus for: Excalibur and the Wolverine main series, so I'm hesitant.

Reading other people's list reminded me of two more books on my unread list: Mighty Thor V2 and East of West V2, for the same reasons as NickViola.

[guanaeps]

I have 54 never-reads, things such as Fear Agent, The Filth, and Scalped—blind purchases based on their universal praise, or my interest in the writers other work.

Then I have 78 including books I'd like to re-experience now that I have them in OHC format, things like War of Kings Omnibus, Waid's Daredevil Omnibus vol 1, BKV's Absolute Y: The Last Man and Saga vol 2.

Like Jim was saying, lots to read. It's an exciting prospect though.

[Reece]

I just did a quick count. I own 382 graphic novels (including TPB, HC, OHC, Omnis, Absolutes, etc.) and there are 40 that I haven't cracked into. Not a bad ratio; slightly over 10%.

[Donovan]

I aspire! : )

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I did a recount and have a few more unread books: 17. If I would stop finding things at the library I might be able to catch up. Hopefully I can cross these off the list before the big buy in the fall.

Annihilation Conquest
WOK prelude
WOK
WOK aftermath
Mighty Thor Omnibus V2 (hoping for a reprint of V1 and awaiting V3)
Shang-Chi Omnibus V3
East of West V2 (may wait to reread everything when series is complete.)
Saga 2 (may wait to reread everything when series is complete.)
Wonder Woman by Perez V2
Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1
Invincible V1-5
Locke and Key V1
Irredeemable Premiere V4

[Donovan]

That's a stack! I'm all caught up again.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I've had a lot of free time lately so was able to catch up quite a bit on my unread books. All that is left:

WOK prelude
WOK
WOK aftermath
Mighty Thor Omnibus V2 (hoping for a reprint of V1 before starting.)
MMW Marvel Two-in-One V3
S.H.I.E.L.D Architects of Forever (waiting to purchase V2 before starting.)

Waiting for series to compete:
East of West V2
Black Science V2
Saga V2

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I didn't read the LOW hardcover but read the first couple TPB volumes. I'm waiting to either be in a mood to read it or waiting for the second (and probably final) volume to be released.

I have made progress on my list but added a couple -
Alpha Flight Omnibus
Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme omnibus vol 1 (need vol 2)
Hickman's Shield OHC vol 2 (will probably read this weekend)
Punisher Maxx Omnibus vol 2 (read the material in 1 years ago).
Spider-man Clone Saga omnibus 1 (Need vol 2)
Shang Chi omnibus vol 2 and 3
Johns' JSA omnibus vol 1
Johns' Flash omnibus vol 3
Ultimate Spider-Man run (need OHCs vol 7, 9 and 10 to complete series).
Peanuts Complete Collection 1991 to 2000.


I am currently reading through my custom binds of Spenser's Captain America run and almost finished with Civil II (which I incorporated since the Cap issues tie in).

For custom binding (unread) I have I have single issue runs of:
Waid's Cap run/Winter Solider Black Widow mini-series. I will probably add Sale's Captain America White to bulk up the book for binding.
Lemire/Brisson's Old Man Logan
Brisson's Iron Fist
Lemire/Cates Thanos
All the released Lemire Black Hammer series (read about the first two/thirds). Since this is going to be released in Library Edition I'll likely give these away and stop my subscription when the current arc ends.
Batman Beyond (waiting to see if there is an OHC)

[Sean]

Relstuart wrote: "I am currently reading through my custom binds of Spenser's Captain America run and almost finished with Civil II (which I incorporated since the Cap issues tie in). "

@RelStuart - I'm interested to know what your custom binds look like. I've never done it before, and am keen to see the result. Care to upload a picture here?

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I don't have a good camera but here is my Gruenwald custom binds: https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...

I went with a brighter blue for the modern Cap binds but kept the text on the spines looking pretty similar.

[Alicia]

My list of comic books I either haven't read yet or haven't finishing reading.

Black Science volume 3,4,5.

The Last Man volume 2,3,4

Batman Under The Red Hood

Montress volume 2

Marvel Epic Collection:

The Avengers volume 3, 4, 21

Captain America THE CAPTAIN(#332-350 and Iron Man#228)

Captain America volume 12 (epic collection)

The Death Of Captain America by Ed Brubaker

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I have black science v2 HC but I'm thinking about either waiting for v3 and read it all 3 straight through or reread v1 then start v2.

[Alicia]

Blindzider wrote: "I have black science v2 HC but I'm thinking about either waiting for v3 and read it all 3 straight through or reread v1 then start v2."

Hope you enjoy reading them.

[Steven]

I can't keep track of all the currently unread titles, but that's because I'm a weekly addict at InStock Trades, a bundle addict at Humble and Groupees, and run the sales on ComiXology.

[David]

I have a lot of unread Omnibuses probably around 50 unread but I'm studying now too so when I finish I will rip through a lot and hopefully would have ensured that the stuff I want to read isn't out of stock or ridiculously expensive