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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I finally got around to reading some Dresden Files. I really enjoyed the TV show and I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not to read the books.

I’m not big on urban fantasy but I liked this book a lot. I don’t the 1st person perspective, the way that some points were repeated too many times, and some aspects of the magic system. However, I did like the story and the character, especially Harry Dresden. This book sets up the world nicely. I’m pretty sure I’ll be reading more in this series and re-watching the TV show.

Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good end to a great series! All fantasy fans should read this trilogy!

It’s been about 2 years since I first started this book, but it didn’t take long to get back into it. My only issue is that the climax went on too long. Other than that, it was great. I wouldn’t mind reading other books set in this world.

With everything going on lately, I had kinda forgotten that Christmas happened this year. Since neither my mother and nor my sister were in Jackson this year, I didn’t even go home. It’s the first time I’ve ever spent Christmas alone.  I wasn’t completely alone.  Reese is always here, but you know what I mean.

What did I get this year?  I got Darksiders on the Xbox 360 and the first book in the Dresden Files series from a friend.  I got usual movie theater gift cards from my boss at MSU before I left there.  I got the Dresden Files TV series from a kind friend on Twitter. I participated in Twitter Secret Santa again this year and got an awesome USS Enterprise pizza cutter.  I don’t think I’m going to use it.  I think I’ll keep it as a collectible.  If last year is any indication, my sister will probably find the time to send her gift to me around February.

Overall, I just wasn’t into Christmas this year.  I hope it’s different next year.  I hope that whether I’m in Oregon or Mississippi I get to spend Christmas Day with people I care about.

I found a flash drive that I thought I had lost.  There was a directory on it with over 20 e-books that I had collected a few years ago.  I remember that Tor was giving away free e-books for a while, so most of them probably came from them.  I didn’t have an e-reader at the time, so I guess I put them away for later.  I put a separate reading list page on the site and I’ll update it as I go along.  I have enough to read for a long time to come.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare. This is the first book I read on my Kindle! I wanted to read it because the overall story one of my favorite current TV shows, Sons of Anarchy, is influenced by it. Hard to judge this since it’s so old and the speech is so different that it was hard to understand what people were talking about sometimes. It’s alright. The David Tennant movie version is arriving from Netflix today. Maybe I’ll enjoy that more.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson. This is the last book in The Millennium Trilogy :(. What a great end to the series! It was a continuation of the story started in the last book and it tied up all the loose ends nicely. The last 2 books were their own complete story. I know there’s a 4th book in legal limbo, but I would be happy if there were the last one.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Michael Lewis. I read this on my Kindle for free thanks to Amazon’s Lending Library thingy. It’s about how one of the poorest baseball teams, the Oakland A’s, managed to win so many games and do well against much richer teams. It’s a good book if you like baseball, which I do, though not as much as I used to. As much as I love statistics, there was too much of it in this book. Maybe I would’ve liked this more if I read it when I was more into baseball. Another thing, I didn’t like the way that players were thought of as chess pieces instead of human beings. I need to read some fiction quickly.

I’m pretty sure there’s a way to embed my Goodreads review here, so I’ll probably do that from now on.

I added all the Kindle books I have acquired to my reading list. Woah! I’m going to try to get through 20 of the unread ones and not add any new ones in 2012. Like that’ll happen.

• Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
• A Shadow in Summer, Daniel Abraham
• The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
• Under the Amoral Bridge: A Cyberpunk Novel, Gary A Ballard
• Magic Kingdom for Sale–Sold!, Terry Brooks
• Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
• The Awakening and Selected Short Stories, Kate Chopin
• Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
• Principle-Centered Leadership, Stephen R. Covey
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• Bleak House, Charles Dickens
• Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens
• The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
• The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
• Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
• Paranoia, Joseph Finder
• Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
• Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
• No Mercy, John Gilstrap
• The Deputy, Victor Gischler
• Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Ford County: Stories, John Grisham
• In Her Name: Empire, Michael R. Hicks
• Assassin’s Apprentice, Robin Hobb
• The Fourth Hand, John Irving
• Daisy Miller, Henry James
• The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemison
• 11/22/63, Stephen King
• The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
• The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights, James Knowles
• Mercury Swings, Robert Kroese
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larsson
• Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Michael Lewis
• Completing the Cycle, Mike Lewis
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
• I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
• The Giver, Lois Lowry
• The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
• Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
• A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin
• Crimson City, Liz Maverick
• Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple’s Steve Jobs, Mark Milian
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
• Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
• The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
• The Darker Mask, George Phillips
• The Hangman’s Daughter, Oliver Pötzsch
• L.A. Noire, Rockstar Games
• The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
• Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
• A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
• Blue Boy, Rakesh Satyal
• Hamlet, William Shakespeare
• Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
• Private Parts, Howard Stern
• Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
• The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain
• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Unknown
• The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
• Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
• Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
• The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
• The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudory Welty
• The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
• Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
• To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan

It’s been about a month since I got my first Kindle. I was either going to get a Kindle Touch or a Kindle Fire, both new models. I decided to get a Kindle Touch because of the E Ink (Electronic Ink). I know how much I’ve hated reading books on my computer and I figured the E Ink would be easier on my eyes.

I love my Kindle Touch! I’ll be reading paper books as long as they print them, but I’m getting a lot of use out of the Kindle. I’ve read at work when I needed a break, in the waiting area at the doctor’s office, in the waiting area at the mechanic, on the stationary bike, etc. I feel like I’m getting in a lot more reading. Navigating in the menus is a little slow, but I don’t have to do that much. I’ve had it for a month and haven’t had to recharge it yet. Also, I’m really digging the touch screen. I am very pleased.

Before the Kindle arrived, I already had about 40 books for it. I got most of them for free from Amazon or from author or publisher websites. I won’t have a problem with finding stuff to read for a long time, not that I did before. I’m a little slow to embrace devices that take me away from physical media. Once I do, I’m usually happy that I did. As long as I still have the physical media.

One suggestion that I’ve mentioned before on Twitter. Since I still like physical media, if you buy the paper version of a book, I think Amazon should give you the Kindle version for free or give for a small additional charge. It would be almost like buying a blu-ray and getting a digital copy with it. That way I can read my paper copy at home and read my electronic copy when I’m on the go and not have to worry about carrying a book around and possibly damaging it. I’m sure they’ve already thought of this. Maybe it’ll happen one day.

A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin. This is the latest book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. We’ve been waiting on this book for almost 6 years. I was so excited to finally have it. It’s good, but it moves at a very slow pace. There’s way too much filler. It doesn’t pack as big of a punch as previous books in the series. Hopefully we won’t have to wait nearly as long for the next book.

Ford County: Stories, John Grisham. It probably wasn’t a good idea to read this after reading a George R.R. Martin book. Grisham doesn’t stack up. Ford County: Stories is a series of short stories set in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, which was first introduced in A Time to Kill. This book is alright, but it’s definitely not Grisham’s best work. A lot of these stories would make a good episode of one of the many TV procedural dramas out there.

The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson. This is book 2 of the Millennium Trilogy. It is so good! I think I liked it more than the first book. There was some stuff early in the book that I kept waiting to be important later, but it didn’t really come back up. Maybe it’ll come back up in the final book, which I should be starting tonight.

Ready Player One, Ernest Cline. This is the most fun I’ve had reading a book in a while. It’s set in the near future and the world has gone to crap. Most people go into this online virtual world called the OASIS to escape from reality. The creator of the OASIS, James Halliday, has died, and decided to leave his billions to the person who can find an easter egg that he hid in the OASIS. Halliday was obsessed with the 80s, so the contest to find the egg is filled with references from the 80s. The story centers on Wade Watts, one of the many players hunting for the golden egg. I’m more of a child of the 90s more than the 80s, but I got a lot of the references and I was geeking out the whole time I was reading this book. This book isn’t just one 80s reference after another. It’s about friendship, survival, living in the real world vs. the online world, how we make friends online, etc. I highly recommend it.

• Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
• Awakening, Kate Chopin
• Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
• Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
• Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
• Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Ford County: Stories, John Grisham
• The Fourth Hand, John Irving
• The Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller, Henry James
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemison
• The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larsson
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
• I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
• The Giver, Lois Lowry
• The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
• Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
• A Dance With Dragons, George R.R. Martin
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
• Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
• The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
• The Darker Mask, George Phillips
• The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
• Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
• A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
• Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
• Private Parts, Howard Stern
• The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
• Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
• Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
• The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudory Welty
• The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
• Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
• To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan

The The Girl With the Tattoo, Stieg Larsson. This is the first book in the Millennium Trilogy. I’ve heard a lot of great things about the books and the Swedish movies based on the books. Now, they’re coming out with an American version of the first movie. This book was nothing like I was expecting. For some reason I was expecting fantasy, but it’s actually a mystery/thriller. The fact that it wasn’t what I was expecting might be why it took a while to get into it, but after a while I had trouble putting it down for long. It has 2 separate storylines that ended up coming together. I know some people had problems with that, but I thought it was cool. I definitely recommend it.

The Walking Dead Vols. 5 & 6, Robert Kirkman. I’m still slowly working my way through this series. These 2 volumes were great. They were a change of pace from what I had seen recently, and I enjoyed them.

I’ve started on 3 or 4 other books. I can’t seem to focus on 1 for too long before something else comes along. Right now I’m focusing on A Dance With Dragons. My goal for this year was to read 15 books and Goodreads says that so far I’ve read 11 if you count the Walking Dead volumes. It looks like I’m going to hit that goal.

• Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
• Awakening, Kate Chopin
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
• Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
• Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
• Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Ford County, John Grisham
• The Fourth Hand, John Irving
• The Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller, Henry James
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemison
• The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larsson
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
• I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
• The Giver, Lois Lowry
• The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
• Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
• Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
• The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
• The Darker Mask, George Phillips
• The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
• Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
• A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
• Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
• Private Parts, Howard Stern
• The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
• Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
• Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
• The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudory Welty
• The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
• Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
• To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick. I’ve been wanting to read this book for a while. It’s the book that the movie Blade Runner is based on and I wanted to read it before I watched the movie. It’s pretty good. I like these old school sci-fi novels. It’s set in a post-apocalyptic future. The main character is a bounty hunter whose job is to “retire” androids that have escaped to Earth. The movie was good too, but not quite as good as the book.

The Walking Dead Vols. 3 & 4, Robert Kirkman. These 2 volumes were just more goodness. I really liked Vol. 3. I didn’t like Vol. 4 as much as the first 3, but it was still good. I need to get back to work on this series. Maybe this weekend.

The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks. This book is the first in The Night Angel Trilogy. It’s about a kid who is tired of being bullied and decides to become apprenticed to the city’s best wetboy. A wetboy is an assassin that has a magical power. I liked the story and I’m going to finish the trilogy. I doubt that it’ll be one of my favorite series, but it’s good enough.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemison. This was the latest Sword and Laser selection. It’s the first part of The Inheritance Trilogy. I liked it more than most of the recent S&L choices. A young lady is summoned to appear before her grandfather, who is the ruler of the land. He names her one of his heirs, which sets up a competition between her and her 2 cousins. She’s placed in a power struggle she doesn’t want to be in and at the same time she’s investigating the mysterious death of her mother. I think this is the first fantasy book I’ve read that was written by a black female. The author does a great job constructing the world with all the gods and the political stuff. I liked her characters and the way that she writes. As much as liked this book, I’m not sure I’ll be reading the other 2 books in the trilogy. The first one ended like a stand-alone book and I’ve heard that the second one focuses on different characters.

• Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
• Awakening, Kate Chopin
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
• Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
• Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
• Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
• The Associate, John Grisham
• Ford County, John Grisham
• The Fourth Hand, John Irving
• The Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller, Henry James
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemison
• The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larson
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larson
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
• I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
• The Giver, Lois Lowry
• The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
• Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
• Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
• The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
• The Darker Mask, George Phillips
• The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
• Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
• A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
• Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
• Private Parts, Howard Stern
• The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
• Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
• Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
• The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudory Welty
• The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
• Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
• To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan

I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore. I read this because the previews for the movie interested me. I fall for hype easily. I enjoyed the book. It’s about 1 of 9 of young aliens living on Earth. They are hiding from a race that killed everyone on their home planet. Because of a charm, the kids can only be killed in the order that they are numbered. The story centers on Number Four, since his turn has come. The book moved very quickly. There’s a lot of teen romance stuff in there, but that isn’t so bad. It’s the first in a series. Even though I enjoyed this book, I’m not sure if I’ll read the next one.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller. This was very good. Even better than Batman: Year One. It tells the story of a future Batman that had faked his death and retired 10 years earlier. One of Batman’s old enemies goes back into crime and that makes Batman come out of retirement. It’s cool to see fifty-something Batman fight crime even though he’s not as strong or fast as he used to be. He even takes on a new Robin as his sidekick, but this time Robin is a girl. Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are two great Batman stories that show the opposite ends of Batman’s crime fighting career. Check them both out.

Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson. I’m so glad I finally finished this book after stopping and starting for the past few months. It started out slow, but it got really good after about 500 pages. Some things happened that have we’ve been waiting to see happen for a long time. I was happy. Things were set up nicely for the 14th and final book, which should be out in about a year.

• Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
• Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
• Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
• Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
• The Associate, John Grisham
• The Fourth Hand, John Irving
• The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
• The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larson
• The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larson
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
• I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
• The Giver, Lois Lowry
• The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
• Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
• Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
• Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
• Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
• The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
• The Darker Mask, George Phillips
• The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
• Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
• A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
• Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
• Private Parts, Howard Stern
• The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
• Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
• Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
• The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
• Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
• To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
• Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan