Alyssa

Where did 2022 go? (And now we’re over halfway through 2023?!) I swear 2021 was just finishing. I won’t lie: 2022 was a difficult year, much like the pandemic years before it (and the before times, who are we kidding, life is hard). Still, one thing I can always count on to get me through the worst of life… is reading! Yay escapism!

I exceeded my reading goal in 2022, finishing over 140 books. They all vary in genre, style, and more.

Here is the (maybe?) grand list. My highly recommended are in bold. Some links are provided to small press/indie-/self-published titles to support the authors and small presses. 🙂

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Fiction

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Graphic Novels/Manga

• Lore Olympus volume 1 by Rachel Smythe
• The Deep Dark & Blue by Niki Smith
• When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll
• Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata
• Tiananmen 1989 by Lun Zhang
• SPYxFAMILY volume 1-7 by Tatsuya Endo
• 200 by Jennifer Brody & Jules Rivera (illustrations)
• Witchy Volume 1 by Ariel Slamet Ries
• The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
• Moonstruck #1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle
• Graceling: The Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & adapted by Gareth Hinds
• I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki & illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani
• Tokyo Ghoul volume 1-14 by Sui Ishida
• Remina by Junji Ito
• Dr. Stone volume 1-3 by Riichiro Inagaki
• Be Gay, Do Comics! by the Nib
• Mooncakes by Wendy Xu
• Attack on Titan: Before the Fall volumes 1 & 2
• Vampire Cheerleaders v. 1
• The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars
• The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire
• Our Work is Everywhere: An Illustrated and Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose
• Seeing Gender
• Fullmetal Alchemist volumes 1-9
• Vampire Dormitory volumes 1 & 2
• Love in Focus
• Yona of the Dawn volumes 1 & 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi
• Paper Girls volumes 1-6 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
• Tidesong by Wendy Xu
• My Life in Transition by Julia Kaye
• Dragman by Steven Appleby
• Saga volumes 1 & 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• Heartstopper volumes 1-4 by Alice Oseman
• The Girl from the Other Side volumes 1-6 by Nagabe
• Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulson
• Coven by Jennifer Dugan

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Stage Plays

• The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse
• What Would Crazy Horse Do? by Larissa Fasthorse
• At the Bus Stop, Looking for Mr. Visniec, and Other Plays by Rafael Duarte Oliveira Venancio
• The Kilroys’ List: 97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights
• The Flick by Annie Baker

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Nonfiction

• Everywhere But Home: Life Overseas as Told by a Travel Blogger by Phil Rosen
• The System: Who Rigged It, How to Fix It by Robert Reich
• Know My Name by Chanel Miller
• The Stonewall Reader by the New York Public Library
• The 2000s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry
• Beatdom: Kerouac Turns 100, the Jack Kerouac Special edited by David S. Wills
• Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
• The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• I Know What’s Best for You: Stories for Reproductive Freedom, edited by Shelly Oria

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Poetry

• The Trees Witness Everything by Victoria Chang
• Trick Mirror or Your Computer Screen by Tommy Wyatt Blake
• Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan
• Highway Fatality by Ian Powell-Palm
• I Want to Laugh, I Want to Cry by Susan Polis Schutz

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Want to keep up with my reading escapades in 2023? You can follow me on Instagram @alyssabookrecs