What I read in 2025

On New Years, 2019 a friend of mine posted a list of the books they had read in 2018. I thought it was a great idea so I've been posting such a list myself ever since, first on Facebook, now on my blog. I find it a very useful exercise in self-reflection - though I am sure it is really just another example of my narcissism. 😏

This isn't everything I read. I don't include the articles and books I read for work. I only include such works when I read them cover to cover, rather then piecemeal while doing research.

I count books just to get a sense of where my mind was that year. This past year I worked hard to read new books rather then rereading the books I loved. This was, probably a mistake. In a catastrophically bad year for our nation, I could have used more comfort reading. I had a hard time finding books I truly loved this year, chasing the feeling of new discovery kept me from enjoying the familiar. 

This meant I missed some books that I usually read each year, most notably Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Also, a lot less Tolkien or Tolkien related works then I usually read. Almost no Dungeons & Dragons related works as well. 

I focused on two classic writers this year, Mark Twain and HG Wells, or portions of their writing. Wells had no surprises really, but Twain was a bit disappointing. I also looked again at Swiss Family Robinson and remain frustrated because I have not been able to find the version I read as a kid (most people don't realize how varied versions are due to the chaos of 19th century international copyright chaos.)

I did discover three new authors whose work I admire: Garth Nix, KJ Parker, and Giles Kristian. I will read more of their works if I can find them. And one author I utterly despise: TJ Hoisington. His work is reprehensible. 

I'm not going to make predictions for next year's reads. Right now, I've been exploring the Matter of Britain, and some Christmas carryover. I would guess I am likely to reread some works however, just because I don't see myself  avoiding rereads since I need to embrace comfort reads again. 

If anyone else makes such lists, I'd love to see them. Feel free to share the lists, or links to your lists, in the comments.😀 

You can find my previous years here: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.# of Rereads: 19 (I've marked rereads below with an *)

# Military History reads: 4

# of fantasy/horror works: 41

# by or about Tolkien or Inklings: 3

# related to Lovecraft or the Mythos: 14 

# 19th century reads: 24
# Frigate Navy period reads: 5

# Wilderness survival reads: 3

# Thieves' World & related: 6
# Matter of Britain/France works: 3

# of holiday reads: 5

# science fiction reads: 12

#Alternative History reads: 13

# Mythology reads: 3

What I read in 2025:

#1. Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium

edited by Cami D. Agan

#2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

#3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

#4. Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain

#5. Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain

#6. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss*

#7. Lost Souls: Get Lost Saga, Book 1 by Noah Chinn*

#8. Return to Robinson Island by TJ Hoisington

#9. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz by Garth Nix

#10. Lost Continents: Atlantis Theme in History, Science and Literature by L. Sprague de Camp 

#11. Castaways of the Flag by Jules Verne

#12. The Great Martian War: Invasion by Scott Washburn

#13. The Barbary Pirates by C. S. Forester

#14. The Cambridge History of Warfare edited by Geoffrey Parker

#15. The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician: A Time Travel Story by Edwin Lester Arnold

#16. Swords Against Darkness edited by Andrew J. Offutt 

#17. The Neverending Story (Die Unendliche Geschichte) by Michael Ende, trans. Ralph Manheim*

#18. The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

#19. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien*

#20. Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

#21. Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

#22. The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock by Francis Augustín O'Reilly

#23. Thieves' World #5: The Face of Chaos edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

#24. Thieves' World #6: Wings of Omen edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

#25. A Columbus of Space by Garrett Putman Serviss

#26. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches edited by Kevin J. Anderson 

#27. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells*

#28. Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir

#29. "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells*

#30. The War in the Air by H.G. Wells

#31. The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

#32. The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged by H. P. Lovecraft, edited by S. T. Joshi 

#33. Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Jess Nevins 

#34. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill* 

#35. Nine Princes in Amber: The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny

#36. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence by A. J. Langguth

#37. Tarzan and the City of Gold by Edgar Rice Burroughs*

#38. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill*

#39. A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Jess Nevins

#40. Fables Encyclopedia by Jess Nevins

#41. King Kong by Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper, & Delos W. Lovelace

#42. Morlock Night by K. W. Jeter

#43. Realms of War edited by Philip Athans

#44. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

#44. The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James by M.R. James*

#45. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

#46. Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark by Stephanie K. Smith

#47. Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms by Allan Peskin

#48. The October Country by Ray Bradbury

#49. The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

#50. The White People by Arthur Machen

#51. The Shining Pyramid & The Three Impostors: Weird Tales by Arthur Machen

#52. Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey's Thieves' World Graphics by Lynn Abbey

(Editor) & Tim Sale (Illustrator)*

#53. Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey's Thieves' World Graphics 4 by Lynn Abbey

(Editor) & Tim Sale (Illustrator)*

#54. Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey's Thieves' World Graphics 5 by Lynn Abbey

(Editor) & Tim Sale (Illustrator)*

#55. Robert Asprin & Lynn Abbey's Thieves' World Graphics 6 by Lynn Abbey

(Editor) & Tim Sale (Illustrator)*

#56. Call of Cthulhu: The Shadow on the Glass by Jonathan L. Howard

#57. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

#58. The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen

#59. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by KJ Parker

#60. The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum*

#61. Elidor by Alan Garner

#62. Classic Christmas Stories* 

#63. Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien*

#64. Lancelot by Giles Kristian

All views in this blog are my own and represent the views of no other person, organization, or institution.

What I read in 2024

On New Years, 2019 a friend of mine posted a list of the books they had read in 2018. I thought it was a great idea so I've been posting such a list myself ever since, first on Facebook, now on my blog. I find it a very useful exercise in self-reflection - though I am sure it is really just another example of my narcissism. 😏

If anyone else makes such lists, I'd love to see them. Feel free to share the lists, or links to your lists, in the comments.😀 You can find my previous years here: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Looking over this year's list (see below), these trends stood out:

# of Rereads: 21 (I've marked rereads below with an *)

# of YA reads: 11
# Military History reads: 2

# non-military History reads: 3

# of fantasy/horror works: 35
# by or about Tolkien or Inklings: 3

# of D&D or other RPG related reads: 11

# related to Lovecraft or the Mythos: 2
# Forgotten Realms: 5  
# of Marine reads: 2
# Frigate Navy period reads: 1

# Thieves' World & related: 3
# Matter of Britain/France works: 4

# of holiday reads: 8 

# historical fiction reads: 5

# World War II reads: 2 

# Folklore or Mythology reads: 3

# Books about writers and writing: 2

The most obvious difference this year was significantly fewer books were read. That's fine with me, it's not a competition. i could pump the numbers by reading a bunch of short books, but the numbers are meaningless so why bother? Well, not quite meaningless, I do count, but only to consider how my reading habits change from one year to the next. 

In this case, I know there are fewer books because I did a ton of reading that wasn't books. I reread the summaries or logs if you will of all of my old play-by-email roleplaying games, starting with Mercs. I reread them as i reedited them and added images planning to release them on a new blog, but so far I only have the Mercs summaries up. But I read them all, and since each chapter is 100-300 pages of text, each was like a novel. A LOT of fun for me, rereading them. But It didn't feel "right" including them in my count for the year.

Similarly, I don't include the reading I do for work here, mostly. I read a LOT for work, it is the nature of the beats, and one reason I love my job. But it tends to be piecemeal and scatter-shot. I read chapter in this book followed by a chapter in another. I only include work reading here when I read a work from beginning to end straight through. 

I can't call this a satisfying year, some of the books I found surprisingly excellent - Spelljammer: Memory's Wake and The Dead of Winter but I was often a bit disappointed in the new books I read, like the Century trilogy. 

2025 is shaping up to be a bad year, here's hoping I can get some good reading in to hide from it!

What I read in 2024:

#1. Tasting History by Max Miller

#2. The Dark Is Rising: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper*

#3. The Odyssey by Homer, trans. by Emily Wilson 

#4. The Dark Is Rising: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper*

#5. The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802 by Britt Zerbe

#6. The Dark Is Rising: The Grey King by Susan Cooper*

#7. Gotrek & Felix: Trollslayer by William King

#8. The Dark Is Rising: Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper*

#9. Brother Wulf by Joseph Delaney

#10. Wulf's Bane by Joseph Delaney

#11. The Last Spook by Joseph Delaney

#12. Wulf's War by Joseph Delaney

#13. Gotrek & Felix: Skavenslayer by William King

#13. Gotrek & Felix: Daemonslayer by William King

#14. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition by: J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter & Christopher Tolkien 

#15. Hammer of the Gods: The Thule Society and the Birth of Nazism by David Luhrssen

#16. Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld

#17. Trek To Kraggen-Cor, Silver Call Series, by Dennis L. McKiernan

#18. The Black Company, Chronicles of The Black Company, by Glen Cook*

#19. Shadows Linger, Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook

#20. After the King: Stories In Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, Martin H. Greenberg, Jane Yolen (eds.)

#21. The White Rose, Chronicles of the Black Company, by Glen Cook

#22. The Silver Spike: Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook

#23. Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham*

#24. The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy edited by Leonard S. Marcus

#25. Spelljammer: Memory's Wake by Django Wexler

#26. Elfsong by Elaine Cunningham*

#27. Silver Shadows by Elaine Cunningham*

#28. The Dream Spheres by Elaine Cunningham*

#29. Beyond Sanctuary by Janet Morris*

#30. The Best of the Realms Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham by Elaine Cunningham*

#31. Smedley by Jeff McComsey

#32. Beyond the Veil by Janet Morris*

#33. Beyond Wizardwall by Janet Morris*

#34. The Express Diaries by Nick Marsh*

#35. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny*

#36. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova*

#37. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth*

#38. Fall of Giants: the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

#39. Winter of the World: the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

#40. Edge of Eternity: the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

#41. Kringle by Tony Abbott*

#42. The Story of the Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas

#43. The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures by Sarah Clegg

#44. The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger

#45. Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien*

#46. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by Jim Dale*

#47. Life on a Mediaeval Barony: A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century by William Stearns Davis*

All views in this blog are my own and represent the views of no other person, organization, or institution.

What I read in 2023

On New Years, 2019 a friend of mine posted a list of the books they had read in 2018. I thought it was a great idea so I've been posting such a list myself ever since, first on Facebook, now on my blog. I find it a very useful exercise in self-reflection - though I am sure it is really just another example of my narcissism. 😏

If anyone else makes such lists, I'd love to see them. Feel free to share the lists, or links to your lists, in the comments.😀 You can find my previous years here: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Looking over this year's list (see below), I had fewer rereads then normal. Lots of fantasy as usual, but not many Tolkien reads. Overall, I read as many works as I usually do. But I didn't have as many focused topic reads this year. I continued reading the Frigate Navy period, of course, and my normal interests - the Corps, Thieves' World, the Lovecraft circle, ect. - all show up but over all it was a fairly mixed year. As usual, the fantasy genre dominated my non-professional reading. As usual, I only listed books I read all the way through, so the massive amount of reading I did for work isn't included. Only the few books I read over to cover. 

# of Rereads: 25 (I've marked rereads below with an *) 

# Military History reads: 8

# of fantasy works: 40
# by or about Tolkien or Inklings: 4

# related to Lovecraft or the Mythos: 5
# of Marine reads: 5 
# Frigate Navy period reads: 9

# Thieves' World & related: 12
# Matter of Britain/France works: 3

# of holiday reads: 8

# historical fiction reads: 7

# World War II reads: 5

# Late Roman/Byzantine reads: 2

What I read in 2023:

 1. For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012 by Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, William B. Feis*

 2. Sanctuary by Lynn Abbey*

 3. Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke by Philip José Farmer

 4. Thieves' World: Turning Points edited by Lynn Abbey*

 5. Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 by Robert J. Cressman and J. Michael Wenger*

 6. First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw, Jr.*

 7. Battle Born: Lapis Lazuli by Maximilian Uriarte

 8. Roads by Seabury Quinn

 9. My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir by Chris Offutt

 10. Daughter of the Bright Moon by Lynn Abbey 

 11.Thieves' World: Enemies of Fortune edited by Lynn Abbey*

 12. Tales of Peril - The Complete Boinger & Zereth Stories of John Eric Holmes by John Eric Holmes, edited by Allan T. Grohne Jr.

 13. Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson*

 14. The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson*

 15. The Law: A Dresden Files Novella by Jim Butcher

 16. A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson

 17. The Fall of Númenor And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Brian Sibley 

 18. The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian

 19. The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson

 20. The USS Constitution's Finest Fight, 1815: The Journal of Acting Chaplain Assheton Humphreys, US Navy, edited by Tyrone G. Martin

 21. The Sinful Ones by Fritz Leiber*

 22. The Generalship Of Belisarius by Major Anthony Brogna

 23. The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth by J. R. R. Tolkien

 24. The Secret History by Procopius*

 25. Tolkien and The Silmarillion by Clyde S. Kilby

 26. Hunting the Essex: A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe, 1813-1814 by Midshipman Allen F. Gardiner, edited by John S. Reiske

 27. Unicorn and Dragon by Lynn Abbey

 28. Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin

 29. Unicorn and Dragon: Conquest by Lynn Abbey

 30. The Prydain Chronicles: The Foundling And Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander*

 31. The Prydain Chronicles: The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander*

 32. The Prydain Chronicles: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander*

 33. The Prydain Chronicles: The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander*

 34. The Prydain Chronicles: Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander*

 35. The Prydain Chronicles: The High King by Lloyd Alexander*

 36. Witchy Eye By D.J. Butler

 37. Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski (Translated by David French)

 38. Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski (Translated by Danusia Stok)

 39. Lovecraft: A Biography by L. Sprague de Camp

 40. The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis by James E. Lewis Jr.

 41. The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part 1: The Early Years, West Point, Mexico by Ulysses S. Grant

 42. The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex during the War of 1812

by George C. Daughan

 43. Beyond the Dar Al-Harb by Gordon R. Dickson

 44. The Averoigne Chronicles by Clark Ashton Smith

 45. Thieves' World #1: Thieves' World edited by: Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey* 

 46. The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove

 47. The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities by James Lovegrove

 48. The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils by James Lovegrove

 49. Thieves' World #2: Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

 50. Thieves' World #3: Shadows of Sanctuary edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

 51. Thieves' World #4: Storm Season edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

 52. Sword of Honour by Alexander Kent

 53. Second to None by Alexander Kent

 54. Holmes for the Holidays edited by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, & Carol-Lynn Waugh 

 55. More Holmes for the Holidays edited by Martin Harry Greenberg 

 55. The Dark Is Rising #2: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper*

 56. The Corps #1: Semper Fi by: W. E. B. Griffin*

 57. Santa Claus: A Biography by Gerry Bowler

 58. Christmas Customs and Traditions  by Clement A. Miles

 59. Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien*

 60. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by Jim Dale*

 61. The Corps #2: Call to Arms by: W. E. B. Griffin*

All views in this blog are my own and represent the views of no other person, organization, or institution.

What I read in 2022

Four years ago, a friend of mine posted a list of the books they had read that year. I thought this was a great idea so I've been posting such a list myself, first on Facebook, now on my blog. I find it a very useful exercise in self-reflection - though I suspect it is also another example of my narcissism. 😏

If others make similar lists, I'd love to see them! 😀 You can read what I read in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at the links.

For me, the list is not about "keeping score" - if you read more books then I did, good for you but that's really not the point of reading, in my opinion. Rather, this about deep reading, considering what we've read in multiple ways, reflecting on it, and allowing us to really digest the material. The list provides a "year in review", a means for me to look back over the last year with the markers that tend to stick in my brain: the books I was reading. It also helps me to guide my reading for the next year.
Looking over this year's list (see below), these trends stood out:

# of Rereads: 29 (I've marked rereads below with an *)
# Military History reads: 7
# of fantasy works: 47
# by or about Tolkien or Inklings: 11
# related to Lovecraft or the Mythos: 6
# Frigate Navy period reads: 5
# Thieves' World & related: 8
# of Harry Potter works: 11
# of holiday reads: 10
# historical fiction reads: 5
# World War II reads: 3

So, rereads are around 50%, a bit higher then the last two years but some of those are books I haven't read in over 40 years. I also reread the entire Harry Potter series, which I haven't done since the series ended. It was very enjoyable. I also finished rereading the original Thieves' World anthologies, also super enjoyable.

I finished pretty much all of the works by Jonathon Howard available now, which is a shame because he is such an enjoyable author. I continued my yearly hunt for holiday works that touch me, but didn't find anything new that really did so. Some enjoyable reads, but none that enthralled me in the same manner that beloved works like A Christmas Carol or The Dark is Rising did.

I continued tracking down works from my childhood, this time finding more "We were there" books, and I read some new Tolkien and I finally read some Charles Williams, expanding my Inklings knowledge.  

Since I'm working with a Thieves' World RPG publisher it will continue to be part of my reading in 2023.  I've also decided to start the new year by rereading some military and Marine history books. Beyond that, I'm not quite certain which way my reading will head in 2023. 

I am sure that I will soon long for magic, as I often do, and I will hope for something new but will probably end up rereading one of my old favorites to catch that spark. 

My biggest regret looking back is that I haven't published a new book myself since 2019. That year I published 2 books and 2 professional articles. But I haven't published since, and I know my current book is very unlikely to be finished soon enough to come out in 2023. I have a lot of projects in the works as a historian and one as a game designer so hopefully in the next few years I'll be able to once again talk about what I've published.

What I read in 2022:

1. The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
2. Thieves World #7:The Dead of Winter edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*
3. The Nature of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Carl F. Hostetter

4. The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley

5. The Fall of Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien*

6. The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien*

7. The History of Middle Earth: The War of the Jewels by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien*

8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien*

9. The History of the Hobbit, Part 1: Mr. Baggins by John D. Rateliff*

10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien*

11. The History of the Hobbit: Return to Bag-End by John D. Rateliff*

12. Thieves World #8: Soul of the City edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien*

14. War in Heaven by Charles Williams

15. Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard

16. After the End of the World by Jonathan L. Howard

17. Echo Among Warriors by Richard Camp

18. Storm Seed by Janet & Chris Morris*

19. Thieves World #9: Blood Ties edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

20. The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green 

21. Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 by Ricardo A. Herrera

22. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

23. An Honorable German by Charles McCain

24. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling*

25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*

26. Thieves World #10: Aftermath edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

27. Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures by Jeremy Black

28. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling*

29. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*

30. The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon by Jeremy Black

31. Dagger by David Drake*

32. Lost Souls by Noah Chinn

33. We Were There at the Battle of Britain by Clayton Knight & Katherine Sturges Knight*

34. We Were There at the Battle for Bataan by Benjamin Appel

35. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling*

36. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling*

37. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

38. Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling

39. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny*

40. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

41. Kronos by Guy Adams 

42. Thieves World #11: Uneasy Alliances edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

43. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling*

44. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling*

45. A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides by Tyrone G. Martin 

46. Africa Squadron : the U.S. Navy and the Slave Trade, 1842-1861 by Donald L. Canney

47. Collected Essays of H. P. Lovecraft: Literary Criticism by H. P. Lovecraft & S. T. Joshi (Editor)

48. Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten

49. Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire

50. Thieves World #12: Stealers' Sky edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey*

51. Holidays on Display by William L. Bird

52. The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year by Linda Raedisch

53. Glad Yule by Pati Nagle

54. The Legend of the Christmas Witch and The Return of the Christmas Witch by Aubrey Plaza & Dan Murphy

55. Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien*

56. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read by Jim Dale)*

57. A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd*

58. The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover

59. Maze of Peril by J. Eric Holmes

All views in this blog are my own and represent the views of no other person, organization, or institution.