October 2025 Book Count:

 Halloween Reads!

Also have upped my book count to 150 for the year as goodreads counts each short story as a book.

Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse by: Alex Paknadel et al

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Paranormal, Fantasy, 104 pages

150 People, Places, and Things You Never Knew Were Catholic By: Jay Copp

Non-fiction: History, Religion, short story, 256 pages

Clue: Candlestick By: Dash Shaw

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, Pop Culture, 96 pages

The Sound of Murder By: K.L. Montgomery

Fiction: Mystery, E-boo

We Hunt at Night: A Short Story of Zombie Horror By: Duncan Ralston

Fiction: Horror, Short Story, E-book

Scarlet Witch, Vol. 1: Witches' Road By: James Robinson Ill By:Vanesa Del Rey

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Pop Culture, 112 pages

Potter's Field By: Mark Waid Ill By: Paul Azaceta

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, 112 pages

Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown By: Mike Mignola

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Short Story, Fantasy, Horror, 112 pages

8114 By: Joshua Hull

Fiction: Mystery, Paranormal, Horror, 228 pages

Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by: Nathan Hale

Non-fiction: History, Graphic novel, Children's, Humor,  128 pages

Are You Still There...?: A Short Story of Online Horror By; Duncan Ralston

Fiction: Horror, Short Story, E-book

Clown Car: A Short Story of Clown Horror By: Duncan Ralston

Fiction: Short Story, Horror, E-book

Deserter by: Junji Ito

Fiction: Horror, Short Story, Graphic Novel, Fantasy, 392 pages

Horror You Crave: (Stories #1-19) By: Julio Miranda

Fiction: Short Story, Horror, E-books

Fragments of Horror By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Short Story, 224 pages

Soichi By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Short Story, 416 pages

The Last Delivery By: Evan Dahm

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy,  147 pages

Venus in the Blind Spot By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, 272 pages

Shiver: Selected Stories By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Short Story 400 pages

Gargoyles of Gaylord By: Johnathan Rand

Fiction: Children's, Mystery, Paranormal, 204 pages

I Hate It When They Don’t Stay Dead: A Short Story By: Andrew S. French

Fiction: Short Story, Horror, E-book

Lair of the Lansing Leprechauns By: Johnathan Rand

Fiction: Children's, Mystery, Paranormal

Lafayette! By: Nathan Hale

Non-fiction: History, Graphic novel, Children's, Humor,  128 pages

Smashed By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Fantasy, Short Story 416 Pages

September 2025 Book Count:

 The Mystery of the Cupboard By: Lynne Reid Banks

Fiction: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Children's, Classic, 246 pages

The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story By: Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction: Paranormal, Children's, 208 pages

The History of Generation X: Born in the 70's & 80's - Raised in the 90's, Greatest, Most Forgotten Generation By: Athanasios Vamvakas

Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, E-book

(The book was hate read as the author is the most boomer gen X, I have ever read.)

Lovesickness By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Manga, Short Stories, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, 408 pages

Remina By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Manga, Sci- Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, 256 pages

The Demonic Possession of Clara Germana Cele: A Look at the Most Convincing Case of Possession and Exorcism in History By: Seamus Wiles

Non-fiction: History, religion, E-book

Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories By: Brian Coldrick

Fiction: Short Story, Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, 152 pages

The Wolfling By: Gordon R. Dickson

Fiction: Sci-fi, 

I.R.L. By: Jenny Goebel

Fiction: YA, Paranormal, 176 pages

Mimi's Tales of Terror By: Junji Ito

 Fiction: Manga, Short Stories, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, 224 pages

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge By: M.T. Anderson & Eugene Yelchin

Fiction: Fantasy, Children's, Humor, 532 pages

Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale By: Nathan Hale

Non-fiction: Graphic Novel, Biography, History, Children's, 128 pages

Joe the Barbarian By: Grant Morrison  Ill By: Sean Gordon Murphy

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Paranormal, YA, 203 pages

Paranoid Gardens By: Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Chris Weston et al
 Fiction: Sci-fi, Graphic Novel, 176 pages

August 2025 Book Count:

 A Generation of Vipers By: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

Fiction: Mystery, E-book

The Studebaker Brothers: The Lives and Legacy of the Family Behind the Famous Automobile Company by: Charles River Editors

Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book

1001 Cranes By: Naomi Hirahara

Fiction: Children, 240 pages

(Note: this is not the story of the girl who made 1001 cranes while dying from the effects of the atom bomb dropping.) 

Ungrateful Mammals By: Dave Eggers

Non-fiction: Art, Humor, 144 pages

Murder Your Employer by: Rupert Holmes

Fiction: Mystery, Humor 400 pages

(Read largely at work)

Artful Halloween: 31 Frightfully Elegant Projects By: Susan Wasinger

Non-fiction: Arts & Crafts, Holidays 128 pages

Vintage 5-Ingredient Recipes of the 1980s: A Retro Cookbook That Will Revive the Flavors and Sparkle of a Highly Memorable Era By: Kevin Palmer McDermott

Non-fiction: Cooking, History, E-book

Serial Killers Unmasked: A Chilling Account of 10 Serial Killers Hidden in the Shadows of History By: Ethan Wright

Non-fiction: History, True Crime, E-book

The Mystery Boxes By: Kazu Kibuishi et al.

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, Short Stories128 pages

The Girl in the Walls By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

Fiction: Children, Mystery, Paranormal, Poetry, 288 pages

The Hidden Doors By: Kazu Kibuishi et al.

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, Short Stories, 128 pages

The Lost Islands By: Kazu Kibuishi

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Mystery, Short Stories, 128 pages

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest By: Gregg Olsen

Non-fiction: True Crime, 432 pages

July 2025 Book Count:

 Uncle John's Greatest Know on Earth Bathroom Reader: Curiosities, Rarities & Amazing Oddities By: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, Short Story, 408 pages

Cthulhu Cat By: Pandania et al

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Classic, Sci-Fi, 136 pages

Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection By: Junji Ito

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Horror, Paranormal, Short Story, 344 pages

The Middle Ages: A Graphic History By: Eleanor Janega, Ill By: Neil Max Emmanuel

Non-fiction: History, 176 pages

The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum By: Kirsten Weiss

Fiction: Mystery, Paranormal, E-book

Disney Manga: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Mirror Moon by: Mallory Reaves et al

Fiction: Graphic novel, Pop Culture, YA, Fantasy, 128 pages

Star Wars: C-3PO Does NOT Like Sand! by: Caitlin Kennedy ill by: Brian Kesinger

Fiction: Children, Sci-fi, Graphic Novel 64 pages

Pugs of the Frozen North by: Philip Reeve

Fiction: Children, Humor, Sci-fi, Fantasy, 224 pages

The Accursed Vampire by: Madeline McGrane

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Children, 176 pages

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by: Greg Melville

Non-fiction: History, 272 pages

Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening By: Marjorie M. Liu Ill by: Sana Takeda

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Horror, 192 pages

Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood by: Marjorie M. Liu, ill by: Sana Takeda

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Horror, 152 pages

Scooby-Doo Team-Up Vol. 3 by: Various

Fiction: Pop Culture, Sci-fi, Graphic Novel, 128 pages

June 2025 Book Count

Ako and Bambi, Vol. 1by: Hero

Fiction: Manga, Fantasy, Paranormal, 152 pages

Ako and Bambi, Vol. 2 by: Hero

Fiction: Manga, Fantasy, Paranormal, 144 pages

Ako and Bambi, Vol. 3 by: Hero

Fiction: Manga, Fantasy, Paranormal, 144 pages

Haunted Histories in America: True Stories behind the Nation's Most Feared Places By: Nancy Hendricks

Non-Fiction: History, Paranormal, 368 pages

German Recipes to Excite Your Taste Buds: The Only German Cookbook You'll Ever Need to Create Authentic, Delicious Dishes By: Rola Oliver

Non-fiction: Cooking, E-book

Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter by: Philippe Thirault, Roberto Zaghi, translated By: Nanette McGuinness

 Non-fiction: Manga, Biography, History, 120 pages

Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense Eventually by: Meichi Ng

Non-fiction: Graphic Novel, Memoir, Humor, 401 pages

Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark Ill By: Ulla Thynell, by: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Parker Fillmore, Jón Árnason

Fiction: Folklore, Classics, Children, Short Story, Fantasy, 160 pages

 

May 2025 Book Count

 I have updated my reading goal to 100

Loving, Ohio By: Matthew Erman Ill by: Sam Beck

Fiction: Paranormal, Religion, Graphic Novel, YA 216 pages

East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise by: Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta et al

Fiction: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Graphic Novel 152 pages

East of West, Vol. 2: We Are All One 144 pages

East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us 144 pages

East of West, Vol. 4: Who Wants War? 144 pages

East of West, Vol. 5: All These Secrets 144 pages

East of West, Vol. 6 144 pages

East of West, Vol. 7 128 pages

East of West, Vol. 8 144 pages

Everything is Fine Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel by: Mike Birchall

Fiction: Horror, Graphic Novel, Mystery 272 pages

The Lost Apothecary by: Sarah Penner

Fiction: Mystery, Historic, E-book

Visitations by: Corey Egbert

Fiction: YA, Graphic Novel, Religion 336 pages

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Full Moon By: Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos

Fiction: Pop Culture, Sci-fi, Graphic Novel 264 pages

Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders by: William R. Drennan

Non-fiction: True Crime, Biography, History 230 pages

The 2024 Easy Keto Diet Cookbook For Beginners: 2000 Days of Mouthwatering Low-Carb Recipes Plus a 30-Day Stress-Free Keto Meal Planner for Effective Weight Loss By: Ava Rayne

Non-fiction: Cooking, E-book

Medieval Exorcisms: The History and Legacy of the Beliefs in Demonic Possession during the Middle Ages By: Charles River Editors

Non-fiction: History, E-book 

NOTE: this book is not just about the Middle Ages.  It is as much if not more about the witch trials of Salam, MA and other ones in a more modern time from people of denominations that didn't exist in the Middle Ages.

Lost Worlds: Civilizations That Time Forgot by: Vivek Singh

Non-Fiction: History, E-book

NOTE: this book is not in Goodreads.

April 2025 Book Count

They Called Us Enemy By: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott

Non-fiction: Memoir, History, Graphic Novel, 204 pages

Joker 1: One Operation Joker by: Satoshi Miyagawa ill by: Keisuke Gotou

Joker 2: One Operation Joker by: Satoshi Miyagawa ill by: Keisuke Gotou

Joker 3: One Operation Joker by: Satoshi Miyagawa ill by: Keisuke Gotou

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 160 pages each

Frank Miller's Pandora By: Frank Miller

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Pop Culture, 208 pages

31 Overlook Hotel Ed. By: K.G. Miller

Fiction: Short Story, E-book

Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] By: Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George

Non-Fiction: Cooking, Holidays 272 pages

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People By: Nadia Bolz-Weber

Non-fiction: Religion, Memoir, 211 pages

Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration By: Theo Parish

Non-Fiction: Memoir, Graphic Novel 224 pages

Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive By: Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Non-Fiction: History, Graphic Novel, 104 pages

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: The Beginning By: Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare

Fiction: Graphic Novel, YA, Pop Culture