Monday, May 04, 2026

April 2026 Book Count:

 Joan of Arc: A Life From Beginning to End By: Hourly History
Non-Fiction: Biography, E-book

Gilt Frame By: Matt Kindt & Margie Kraft Kindt
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, History, 216 pages

How to Be a Bourbon Badass By: Linda Ruffenach
Non-Fiction: Food, 175 pages

Murder in Victorian Western Michigan By: Michael Delaware
Non-Fiction: History, True Crime, 192 pages

Small Town Spirits By: Zack Keller, Gabriele Bagnoli & Valerio Alloro
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 88 pages

Women With ADHD: By: Jane Kennedy
Non-Fiction: Science, E-book

Rainbow! Volume 1 By: Sunny, & Gloomy
Fiction: Graphic Novel, YA, Fantasy, 224 pages

 Manga Yokai Stories: Ghostly Tales from Japan By: Lafcadio Hearn, & Inko Ai Takita
Fiction: Manga, Short Story, Horror, Folk Lore, 128 pages

Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag By: Dave Coverly
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Humor, YA, 224 pages

The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake By: Luke Pisano, James Werner, Stella Aykroyd et al.
Fiction: Pop Culture, Graphic Novel, humor, 136 pages
Given the copyright date on this, I am 99% sure that it was written before Pope Leo, ruining/improving a line joking about the Pope being from Chicago.

 Dilexi Te: Apostolic Exhortation on Love for the Poor By: Pope Leo XIV
Non-fiction: Religion, E-book

The Underwater Welder By: Jeff Lemire
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Sci-fi, Mystery, 224 pages

Hey, Mary! By: Andrew Wheeler, Rye Hickman
Fiction: Graphic Novel, YA, Religion, History, Biography, 128 pages

Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females By: Serinity Young
Non-fiction: History, Religion, 392 pages

Bad Dreams in the Night By: Adam Ellis
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, 256 pages

 All Good Things: A Treasury of Images to Uplift the Spirits and Reawaken Wonder By:Stephen Ellcock
Non-fiction: Art, 320 pages

No Longer Human By: Junji Ito & Osamu Dazai
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, 616 pages

I'm the Catlords' Manservant, Vol. 1 By: Rat Kitaguni
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, 194 pages
I'm the Catlords' Manservant, Vol. 2 By: Rat Kitaguni
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, 194 pages

I Love Him to Pieces By: Evonne Tsang, & Janina Görrissen
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 128 pages
Made for Each Other By: Paul D. Storrie & Eldon Cowgur
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 128 pages
My Boyfriend Bites By: Dan Jolley & Alitha E. Martinez

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 128 pages
Under His Spell By: Marie P. Croall & Hyeon Do Park
 Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 128 pages
I Date Dead People By: Ann Kerns & Janina Görrissen
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, YA, 128 pages

Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China By: Thomas J. Mazanec
Non-fiction: History, Religion, Poetry,  E-book

Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science By: Philip Ball
Non-fiction: History, Science, Religion, 256 pages

A Bite of Pepper By: Balazs Lorinczi
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Paranormal, YA, 224 pages

A Haunted Road Atlas: Next Stop: More Chilling and Gruesome Tales From And That's Why We Drink By: Christine Schiefer & Em Schulz
Non-fiction: History, Paranormal, True Crime, Humor, 304 pages

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash [Manga], Vol. 1 By: Tou Fukino, Honobonoru500, & Nama
 Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, 180 pages

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel By: Dan Santat
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Sci- Fi, Mystery, Children's, 256 pages

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf By: Grant Snider
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Humor, 128 pages

Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam By: Thien Pham
Non-fiction: Graphic Novel, Memoir, Food, 234 pages

Gyo By: Junji Ito
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Sci-fi, 398 pages

Dandy Detects By: M. Louisa Locke
Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, E-book