As I have mentioned in this post, I’ve always read more than one book at a time. My ‘sweet spot’ is around 10 books, not including daily devotionals, textbooks, and several – plenty – “text with pictures” (comics, manga, webtoons, etc.). However, sometimes I lose sight of that “sweet spot”, and end up starting 60 books at the same time. Not even exaggerating. I mean, the list below is an honest one.
My usual method of prioritisation is to knock out the ones that are closer to being done. Once the books have all about the same amount of pages left in them, I just randomly pick one, because if I concentrate too much on the choice, I go into a stupour and get no reading done at all. If I am not in the mood for a story, I’ll choose non-fiction.
I separated this list into four categories – ebooks, paper books, audiobooks, and ‘text with pictures’. Other than that there’s no rhyme or reason. I just wanted a public record of it. I think I’ll also make a similar list for the shows (which will be shorter), and moving forward I’ll post an updated list for both books and shows every quarter. This time I omitted derivative works (doujinshi; fanfiction), because there isn’t anything long that I’m reading in that department, so I usually finish them in one go. I also haven’t included any textbooks or workbooks, because obviously those would be ongoing if I’m currently studying something.
Once more: There’s absolutely no order to this madness. I read in several languages, too. The list is in English for convenience.
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(Before we go any further: I’m an adult who reads things intended for adults. I do not provide ratings here, but proceed with caution, and verify you’re of age in your territory. Also, some subjects may be triggering. I do not provide content warnings either.)
ebooks, mostly Kindle
I have two e-readers, both old generation. Lately, though, I’ve mostly been reading on my phone, and also on my monitor at work.
- Your Money or Your Life; Vicki Robin
- Confessions of a Sociopath; M.E. Thomas
- Daily Magic; Judika Iles
- Religion and the Decline of Magic; Keith Thomas
- The Body in the Dales; J.R. Ellis
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; Suzanne Collins
- Traditional Witchcraft for Urban Living; Melusine Draco
- Shadow of Night; Debora Harkness
- 2022 Witches Companion
- The Duke & I; Julia Quin
- Happier at Home; Gretchen Rubin
- Wintering; Katherine May
- The Spell Book of a Wicked Witch; Thalia Thorne
- Meghan and Harry; Lady Colin Campbell
- Hoodoo Book of Spells for Beginners; Layla Moon
- Green Witchcraft for the Kitchen Witch; Misty Kinsman
- Think and Grow Rich; Napoleon Hill
- Daily Joy
- Witchcraft for the Home; Mystic Dylan
- The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holid
- Everyday Witchcraft; Deborah Blake
- Everyday Food in War Time; Mary Swartz Rose
- Women; Charles Bukowski
- Hide in Plain Sight; Marta Perry
- The Goddess is in the Details; Deborah Blake
Paper Books
- Slow Boat to China; Haruki Murakami
- 100 Years of Solitude; Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Triptych; Karin Slaughter
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry; Fredrik Backman
- The Girl on the Train; Paula Hawkins
- The Secret; Rhonda Byrne
- Stardust; Neil Gaiman
- Modern Girl’s Guide to Working 9 to 5; Ada Adverse
- A Life on Our Planet; David Attenborough
- Dandelion Wine; Ray Bradbury
- The Door into Summer; Robert A. Heinlein
- Broken Homes; Ben Aaronovitch
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong; Jeremy Clarkson
- Second Chance for a First Impression – a Coco Chanel biograhy
- Cozy; Isabel Gillies
- The Kitchen Diaries; Nigel Slater
- The Ink Black Heart; Robert Galbraith
- Selected Poems; Rabindranath Tagore
- The Setting Sun; Osamu Dazai
- To Let; John Galsworthy
That’s not all of them, but others I’m just about 10-15 pages in, so I won’t count them as “currently reading” for the sake of this post.
Audiobooks & Podcasts
This is the smallest list of all – basically, not a list – because I don’t really do audiobooks. I pick a random one to accompany me when I’m cleaning or doing some menial tasks, but other than that I read with me eyes. I’m not very good at processing audible information, my mind’s too easily distracted from listening unless my hands are moving.
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Fannie Flagg
Text with Pictures
Here, I have left a comment if the series is completed or ongoing, and for ongoing I also noted if I’m catching up to the current chapter, or if I’m just reading as new chapters are getting published. For manga, I usually read new chapters whenever they’re published as a volume. For webtoons, if I started it in early stages, then I’ll probably read it whenever a new chapter goes out. Sometimes I wait until there are several chapters published and we have at least some resolution to an overly dramatic arc – or I just want to have a longer reading session, and one episode doesn’t do it for me. If the story has been going on for a while or is completed, but it’s a recent discovery for me, it might take me a while to catch up, because I try to read legally as much as possible (sometimes it is honestly not possible because of the territory I’m in), and if I were to catch up on ALL THE STORIES, I – and most importantly, my cats – would have nothing to eat.
- Wild Eyes – completed; catching up
- Blind Play – completed; catching up
- Honey Trouble – ongoing; catching up
- The Oiran Marionette – ongoing; catching up
- Doppio Senso – ongoing; catching up
- 29 Years Old, Single, Living with the CEO – completed; catching up
- Mad Place – ongoing; catching up
- Heart Racer – ongoing; catching up
- Penthouse XXX – completed; catching up
- Pearl Boy – completed; catching up
- One Small Step – completed; catching up
- BJ Alex – completed; catching up
- Low Tide in Twilight – ongoing; season hiatus; caught up
- Shutline – ongoing; catching up
- The Beast Must Die – completed; catching up
- Love Me Not – ongoing; catching up
- The Ghost’s Nocturne – ongoing; catching up
- Smyrna and Capri – ongoing; catching up
- The Unquenchable Mr Kim – completed; catching up
- The Dangerous Convenience Store – ongoing; catching up
- Cover-up – completed; catching up
- Kill Me if You Can – ongoing; catching up
- Full Volume – side stories ongoing, catching up; main story completed, caught up
- Between the Lines – ongoing; catching up
- House of Desire – ongoing; catching up
- Painter of the Night – completed (? author teased possible fifth season <3); catching up
- Limited Run – ongoing; catching up
- The Third Perspective – completed; catching up
- Steel Under Silk – ongoing; catching up
- Speak of the Devil – ongoing; catching up
- Payback – ongoing; caught up
- Beasts of Desire – ongoing; catching up
- Mary Jane – ongoing; catching up
- Jinx – ongoing; caught up
- Yours to Claim – ongoing; catching up
- Winter Wolf – ongoing; caught up
- Placebo – ongoing; caught up
- Define the Relationship – ongoing; caught up
- Cry Me a River – ongoing; caught up
- Beware the Ides of March – ongoing; season hiatus; caught up
- Instant Family – ongoing; caught up
- Opposites Attract – ongoing; catching up
- Love History Caused By Willful Negligence – ongoing; caught up
- Yakuza in Love – completed; catching up
- Lifeless Man – completed; catching up
- No Reason – completed; catching up
- Carry Me to Paradise – ongoing; catching up
- Love On My Terms – completed; catching up
- Love Level Up – long hiatus; catching up
- Legs That Won’t Walk – ongoing; catching up
- Matchstick 20 – completed; catching up
- Business Performance – ongoing; catching up
- Lady K and the Sick Man – completed; catching up
- Under the Oak Tree – ongoing; caught up
- Jujutsu Kaisen – ongoing; catching up
- Tokyo Ghoul – completed; catching up
- Sailormoon – completed; reread (this is my ‘security blanket’ of a story, I often rewatch or reread it)
- NANA – long-ass hiatus; reread
- Love and Let Lie – ongoing; catching up
- Oh! My Assistant – completed; catching up
- The Duke and the Tutor – completed; catching up
- Under the Green Light – ongoing; catching up
- Tadano Renai Nanka de Kikkonai – completed (I think); catching up
- The Way of the House Husband – ongoing; catching up
- The Boy and the Wolf – ongoing; catching up
- Lend Me Your Lips – ongoing; catching up