June Books:

Boyfriends of Dorothy (The Real Thing #2) by Wednesday Martin 

Non-fiction: Memoir, E-book

I picked this up as the story mostly takes place in a city that I have some knowledge of.  As one might guess from the title this book is a memoir about a women who had close friends with men where one might think they were dating if he was straight. 

The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers

by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, illustrated by Tom Neely 

Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, Humor, 304 pages

This book is written by podcasters on famous serial killers, it reads a lot like reading a podcast and even has notes on who is "talking" at any point.  

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Fiction: Mystery, 226 pages

Korede's sister Ayoola is a serial killer, sure she has a reason for each death that makes it an accident or self defense, but Korede isn't so sure about that and is tired of cleaning up bodies.  Plus, her sister becomes interested in a co-worker of her's that she hopes to date.  

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves: Featuring Over 150 Suicidal Pets! by Duncan Birmingham

Fiction: Pop Culture, 160 pages

This book is a collection of pictures of animals dressed up in costumes with captions on how they wish they were dead or want to kill their owner for doing that to them.

 The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up by James Rallison

Non-fiction: graphic novel, Pop Culture, memoir, 240 pages

A book by a YouTube star about growing up and how he became a artist.  

Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey by Nick Bertozzi

Non-fiction: History, Graphic Novel, 128 pages

This is the story of Ernest Shackleton's trips to try to find the south pole, as told in a graphic novel format.

The Haunting of Sunshine House by Dominika Best

Fiction: Mystery, Paranormal. E-book

Sunshine House is a retirement community that is in what is though to be one of the most haunted locations in LA.  Besides it's ghost problem there is also a murder in the house.

Lore of the Ghost: The Origins of the Most Famous Ghost Stories Throughout the World

by Brian Haughton, illustrated by Daniele Serra

Non-fiction: History, paranormal, 192 pages

This books is not so much a collection of ghost stories, but about the themes and tropes of ghost stories, especially those of the UK and the USA.  

May Books:

 I ended up completing my reading goal this month and so have upped it to 100 books for the year.

The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes by Landis Blair

Fiction: Poetry, 240 pages

A collection of nursery rhymes with a dark twist.  The art adds much to the book.

Star Wars: Han Solo by Marjorie M. Liu,  illustrated by: Mark Brooks, Olivier Coipel, et al

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 120 pages

This story takes place after "A New Hope". In it Han must save the lives of some rebel spies by racing in the most dangerous and famous race in the galaxy.

Star Wars: Lando - Double or Nothing by Rodney Barnes, illustrated by Paolo Villanelli 

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 112 pages

This story takes place before "Solo". 

A Guide to Sky Monsters: Thunderbirds, the Jersey Devil, Mothman and Other Flying Cryptids by T.S. Mart

Nonfiction: 200 pages

This book was weird, parts are encyclopedic entries on cryptids, some are stories of people seeing them, some are attempts to explain the science of how X known dinosaur age animal became Y cryptid, and there is a weird religious aspect of it mixed in too. 

Bloody Lessons -A Victorian San Francisco Mystery #3 by M. Louisa Locke

Fiction: Mystery. History, e-book

In book 3 of the series Annie has to work to find out about who is attacking the teachers of San Francisco (both physically and by attempts of blackmail, poison pen letters, and gossip.)  Of course this happens just when Nate's little sister becomes a teacher in town, and so she has multiple boarders that are affected by this.

Casket Chronicles: Living and Working in a Funeral Home is not What You Might Think by T.A. Walters

Non-Fiction: Memoir, E-book

This book is about being a young man in the 1960's who got a job working at and living in a funeral home.

Ghosts: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics edited by Steve Banes

Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, Paranormal, 240 pages

This is a selection of stand alone comics about ghosts that were made in the pre code days.

 Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, I.N.J. Culbard 

Fiction: Pop culture, paranormal, Graphic novel 192 pages

This story takes place before the show and stars Klaus at age 18.  He gets kicked out of the Academy and goes on an adventure that involves ghosts, vampires, monsters, and relish.

The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fiction: Classic, Sci Fi, E-book

In this book in the series, there is possible even less dinosaurs then the 1st book. There is also less time spent describing the "less evolved" humanoids, so at least there's that. Also it didn't count as a sci-fi or fantasy book in the Kindle summer reading program, which is junk!

The List by Jade Chang 

Non-fiction: Short read, e-book

This was book 1 in a series that was under a "Top picks for you" section on-line.  And book 2 is about a semi local area, so I though I'd try them.  Its all about making a list to find your true love, dealing with it many relating to someone who thinks it is magic, but also talking about "the Secret" and things like that being used in different cultures.