I think this yearly list of “books I read” has always been more for me than any audience, but it’s a full-blown habit now, so…
Here we go again!
(All my previous Year In Books posts, if you’re so inclined: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.)
GRAPHIC NOVELS/*Completed Miniseries
FEBRUARY
Emily and the Strangers: Road To Nowhere Tour [Dark Horse]
Astrid: Cult of the Volcanic Moon [Dark Horse]
APRIL
The Infinity Gauntlet [Marvel]
MAY
Kennel Block Blues [Boom! Studios]
Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 [DC Comics]
New Mutants Classic Vol. 4 [Marvel]
JUNE
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude [Marvel]
New Mutants Vol. 1: Return of Legion [Marvel]
Manifest Destiny Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna [Image/Skybound]
JULY
The Filth [DC/Vertigo]
OCTOBER
Superman for All Seasons [DC Comics]
Crisis on Infinite Earths [DC Comics]
Infinite Crisis [DC Comics]
Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench [DC Comics]
Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others [DC Comics]
Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis [DC Comics]
Aquaman Vol. 4: Death of a King [DC Comics]
NOVEMBER
Identity Crisis [DC Comics]
Batman: Arkham Asylum — A Serious House on Serious Earth [DC Comics]
Herc: The Complete Series [Marvel]
DECEMBER
Death of Wolverine [Marvel]
Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Trial of the Seven Masters [Marvel]
Fame and Misfortune [Self-Published]
The Better to Find You With [Self-Published]
Elements: Fire [Beyond Press]
NOVELS/PROSE
JANUARY
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry [Washington Square Press]
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences [Ten Speed Press]
A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton [Farrar, Straus and Giroux]
FEBRUARY
The Golden Compass [Laurelleaf Books]
Instant Happy: 10-Second Attitude Makeovers [Ten Speed Press]
The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes: Because Your Dad Thinks He’s Hilarious [Portico]
The Subtle Knife [Laurelleaf Books]
MARCH
A Technique for Producing Ideas [McGraw-Hill Education]
APRIL
The Amber Spyglass [Laurelleaf Books]
MAY
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Part 1 [Alfred A. Knopf]
JUNE
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year [Anchor]
JULY
The King in Yellow [Public Domain]
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World [Ten Speed Press]
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind [Bantam]*
AUGUST
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen [HarperCollins]*
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life [Harper]*
OCTOBER
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes [W.W. Norton]*
NOVEMBER
The Haunting of Hill House [Blackstone Media]*
The Dharma Bums [Penguin Classics]
DECEMBER
The Lathe of Heaven [Scribner]
Nighty-Nightmare [Avon Camelot]
Tribes [Portfolio]
The Christmas Hirelings [Audible]*
Grendel [Vintage/Random House]
Bunnicula [Aladdin Paperbacks]
*Audiobook
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
JANUARY
Mr. Bump [Price Stern Sloan]
If I Were A Kitty [Jellycat]
Kitty Tails [Jellycat]
Duck & Goose: It’s Time for Christmas [Schwartz & Wade]
Everywhere Babies [HMH]
Where is Baby’s Belly Button? [Little Simon]
Where is Maisy’s Panda? [Candlewick Press]
Where is Maisy? [Candlewick Press]
Hair [Candlewick]
XO, OX: A Love Story [Roaring Brook Press]
Rocket Science for Babies [Sourcebooks Jabberwocky]
Beach Baby [Orca Book Publishers]
Rory the Dinosaur Wants a Pet [Little, Brown Young Readers]
Cleo on the Move [Barefoot Books]
Everyone Poops [Kane/Miller Book Publishers]
Witzy’s Halloween Ghost [Dalmatian Press]
Baby: Woof Woof! [DK Publishing]
Mille Moo [Priddy Books]
Yummy Yucky [Candlewick]
Fox in Socks [Harper Collins]
FEBRUARY
My “b” Book [The Child’s World]
Baby’s Shapes [Little Simon]
Mary Had a Little Lamb [Andersen]
Big Red Barn [Balzer + Bray]
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse; The Fox and the Crow; The Dog and His Bone [Little Golden Book/Western Publishing]
Weigh It! Fun with Weight [SandCastle]
Measure It! Fun with Length & Distance [SandCastle]
Bright Baby: Happy Thanksgiving [Priddy Books]
Madeline [Puffin Books]
Potty [Candlewick]
MARCH
The Best Nest [Random House]
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! [Random House]
A Fly Went By [Random House]
A Fish Out of Water [Random House]
Are You My Mother? [Random House]
Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! [Random House]
The King, the Mice, and the Cheese [Harper Collins]
The Feelings Book [LB Kids]
The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone [Random House]
The Birthday Box [Candlewick]
The Crayons’ Book of Numbers [Grosset & Dunlap]
Tough Guys Have Feelings Too [Flying Eye Books]
Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself [Golden Books]
MAY
Hello, World! Weather [Doubleday]
Harold’s Fairy Tale [HarperCollins]
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs [HarperFestival]
JUNE
Llama Llama Trick or Treat [Viking]
The Sasquatch and the Lumberjack [Little Bigfoot]
JULY
Animals in Underwear ABC [LB Kids]
Maisy Goes to a Wedding [Candlewick]
One Day on Our Blue Planet… in the Rainforest [Flying Eye Books]
Maisy Goes to the Movies [Candlewick]
The Runaway Bunny [HarperCollins]
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? [HarperCollins]
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb [Random House Books for Young Readers]
Barnyard Dance [Workman Publishing]
Pajama Time! [Workman Publishing]
The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss’s Wacky Book of Opposites [Random House Books for Young Readers]
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way [HMH Books for Young Readers]
Good Night Oregon [Good Night Books]
The Lady with the Alligator Purse [LB Kids]
The Body in Art: Feet [Sourcebooks]
Maisy’s Bedtime [Candlewick]
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? [Henry Holt and Co.]
Policeman Small [Random House Books for Young Readers]
Peanuts: A Scanimation Book [Workman Publishing]
I Love Hugs [Little Hippo]
Green Eggs and Ham [Random House Books for Young Readers]
Three Little Pigs (Night, Night, Sleep Tight!) [Make Believe Ideas]
AUGUST
A Trip to Busy Town [Top That]
Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? [Cooper Square]
Bunny’s Noisy Book [Disney-Hyperion]
Curious George Goes Fishing [HMH Books for Young Readers]
Olivia [Atheneum Books for Young Readers]
A Potty for Me! [Little Simon]
Gossie [HMH Books for Young Readers]
Nothing-to-Do Puppy [Sterling]
Cozy Classics: Moby Dick [Simply Read Books]
Cozy Classics: War and Peace [Simply Read Books]
Cozy Classics: Tom Sawyer [Simply Read Books]
Cozy Classics: Oliver Twist [Simply Read Books]
OCTOBER
If the Dinosaurs Came Back [HMH Books for Young Readers]
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site [Chronicle Books]
Little Bear’s Little Boat [Clarion Books]
Like Likes Like [DK Publishing]
Black Dog Red House [Little Brown]
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel [HMH Books for Young Readers]
Mouse Mess [Blue Sky Press]
The Monster at the End of the Book [Golden Books]
Another Monster at the End of the Book [Golden Books]
NOVEMBER
Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur? [Random House Books for Young Readers]
The Princess Who Saved Herself [Self-Published]
Who Are You? [Barefoot Books]
Where the Wild Things Are [Harper Collins]
Hush, Little Baby [Tiger Tales]
I Love You Through and Through [Cartwheel]
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo [Chronicle Books]
Merry Christmas, Santa Claus! [Grosset & Dunlap]
DECEMBER
Olive, the Other Reindeer [Chronicle Books]
Elmo’s Countdown to Christmas [Random House Books for Young Readers]
The Night Before Christmas: A Bedtime Shadow Book [Peter Pauper Press]
Black Bird Yellow Sun [Candlewick Press]
Madeline’s Christmas [Viking Press]
Cookiesaurus Rex [Disney-Hyperion]
Goodnight Krampus [Hazy Dell Press]
Lift-the-Flap Tab: Santa’s Workshop [Priddy Books]
Shout out to all the folks who gave us children’s book for reading with my son! He loved them and I loved getting to read some new stuff—as almost every one of these books gets read aloud at least 20+ times. Variety is nice. (Also, I’m destroying my GoodReads yearly reading challenges thanks to logging all these children’s books. So, that’s an added bonus!)
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