Top 5 Books Read in 2025

 This is my top 5 books (all genres, not just comics) read in 2025:

5. My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
4. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
3. Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
2. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
1. John Adams by David McCullough

Favorite Books Read in 2024 (Any Genre)

 Comic-specific 2024 recaps coming soon. Here are my top 5 books (prose, comics, anything) read in 2024:

5. Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy by Lidiya Foxglove
4. Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
3. The Treasure of the Black Swan by Paco Roca
2. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
1. Luchadora by Alvaro Saar Rios

2022/2023 Recap: My Top 5 Books (Prose or Comics) Read

Due to internet connectivity issues in China, lockdowns, and being generally busy with plans to move home, I only added a couple of entries to this blog in 2022. There were a few more in 2023, but I never did recaps for 2022, so I am combining them here, starting with my overall top books from each year. No comics or graphic novels made the list in 2022 or 2023, mostly because I was concentrating on reading prose.

My top 5 books read in 2022:

5. The Chicken Sisters by K.J. Dell'Antonia

4. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

3. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

2. Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

My Top 5 Books Read In 2023:

5. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

4. A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese

3. Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

2. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

1. Beloved by Toni Morrison

2021 Recap: My Top 5 Books (Prose or Comics) Read in 2021

 

My 5 Favorite Books Read in 2021

5. Molly House by A.R. Pip

4. Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

3. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

2. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Reading

Title: Reading
Date: 2011
Publisher: Aya Rothwell
Writer: Aya Rothwell
Artist: Aya Rothwell

This is a short story based on Aya's "Mark and the Aliens" comic. The main character, Mark, is stranded on a distant planet inhabited by strange but generally friendly aliens.

In this quarter-sized minicomic, Mark and one of the aliens sit on a hillside and read books. What follows is cute and funny. This is a full color minicomic with some nice watercolor work on the art. Very pretty little book.

Rating: 7.5/10