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>2 Jackie_K: Thank you! Same to you!

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1)
TITLE | Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection. Vol. 5
WRITER | Marv Wolfman (main series), Roy Thomas (Dracula)
ARTISTS | Gene Colan, Tom Palmer (main series), Dick Giordano (Dracula)
PUBLISHER | Marvel
DATE | 2021, original 1978-1979
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 488 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | 2023-01-02
RATING | 10
SUMMARY | Dracula’s story comes to an end.
CONTENTS | Includes Stoker’s Dracula, the completion of the graphic novel adaptation by Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano.

>8 connie53: Thank you, Connie, and the same to you.

>7 MissWatson: Thank you! I hope you have a great year!

>6 cyderry: I know. I will try to fix it.

2)
TITLE |The Odyssey
AUTHOR |Homer
TRANSLATOR |Barry Powell
DATE |2014
FORMAT |Ebook
LENGTH |1060 pages
GENRE |Epics
COMPLETED | Jan. 14, 2023
RATING | 10

3)
TITLE |Crimson Lotus Books 1-5
WRITER |John Arcudi
ARTIST |Mindy Lee
PUBLISHER |Dark Horse
DATE |2018-2019
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH |144 pages
GENRE |Paranormal
COMPLETED |January 24, 2023
RATING | 8

4)
TITLE |Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
AUTHOR |Volker Ullrich
TRANSLATOR |Jefferson Chase
READER |Don Hagen
PUB DATE |2016
FORMAT Digital Audiobook
DURATION 34 hour, 46 minutes
GENRE |Biography
COMPLETED January 29, 2023
RATING 8

5)
TITLE | Falconspeare
WRITER | Warwick Johnson-Caldwell
ARTIST | Warwick Johnson-Caldwell
PUBLISHER | Dark Horse
DATE | 2021
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 62 locations
GENRES | Paranormal
COMPLETED | January 31, 2023
RATING | 7

6)
TITLE | Detective Inspector Huss
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Steven T. Murray
DATE | 2004
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 385 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | February 02, 2023
RATING | 7

Hi David, You are doing great ROOTing.

Don't forget to join the group, please.

>18 connie53: I haven't? I'll figure how.

I found the button. Sorry!

7)
TITLE | Locke & Key. Vol. 3, Crown of Shadows
WRITER | Joe Hill
ARTIST | Gabriel Rodriguez
PUBLISHER | IDW
DATE | 2011
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 153 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | February 10, 2023
RATING | 8

8)
TITLE | Gyo: The Death Stench Creeps
WRITER | Junji Ito
ARTIST | Junji Ito
EDITION | Two-in-one deluxe edition
PUBLISHER | Viz Media
DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 400 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | February 16, 2023
RATING | 9

9)
TITLE | Night Rounds
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Laura A. Wideberg
DATE | 2012
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 390 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | February 16, 2023
RATING | 7

>20 Coach_of_Alva: No sorry needed. I'm happy you found it!

10)
TITLE | The Glass Devil
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Katarina Tucker
DATE | 2007
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 321 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | February 20, 2023
RATING | 7

11)
TITLE | Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection
WRITER | Junji Ito
ARTIST | Junji Ito
TRANSLATOR | Jocelyne Allen
ADAPTER (FRANKENSTEIN) | Nick Mamatas
ADAPTER (OTHER STORIES) | Jocelyne Allen
PUBLISHER | Viz Media
DATE | 2013
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 410 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | February 25, 2023
RATING | 8

12)
TITLE | The Golden Calf
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Laura A. Wideburg
DATE | 2013
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 340 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | February 26, 2023
RATING | 7

13)
TITLE | Black Science. Vol. 2, Welcome, Nowhere
WRITER | Rick Remender
ARTIST | Matteo Scalera
PAINTED ART | Dean White
PUBLISHER | Image Comics
DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 120 pages
GENRE | Science Fiction
COMPLETED | March 05, 2023
RATING | 8

14)
TITLE | The Fire Dance
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Laura A. Wideburg
DATE | 2014
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 321 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | March 09, 2023
RATING | 7

15)
TITLE | The Beige Man
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Marlaine Delargy
DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 321 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | March 18, 2023
RATING | 7

16)
TITLE | The Treacherous Net
AUTHOR | Helene Tursten
TRANSLATOR | Marlaine Delargy
DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 249 pages
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | Month 21, 2023
RATING | 7

17)
TITLE | Paperbacks from Hell: the Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction
AUTHOR | Grady Hendrix
DATE | 2017
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 254 pages
GENRE | Literary Criticism
COMPLETED | Month 23, 2023
RATING | 8

18)
TITLE | Avengers. The Trial of Yellowjacket
WRITERS | Jim Shooter, David Micheline, Steven Grant, Roger Stern
ARTISTS | Various Artists
SERIES | Avengers (1963) #212-230
PUBLISHER | Marvel
DATE | 2015; Original 1981-1983
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 432 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | March 29, 2023
RATING | 9

19)
TITLE | Boom Town: the Fantastical Story of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis
AUTHOR | Sam Anderson
DATE | 2018
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 448 pages
GENRE | Oklahoma History
COMPLETED | April 05, 2023
RATING | 9

>35 pnppl: I am trying to read all of his work on ebooks. I'll take a look at your collection. Happy ROOTing!

20)
TITLE | Batman by Neal Adams. Book One
ARTIST | Neal Adams
WRITERS | Various Writers
PUBLISHER | DC Comics
DATE | 2018; original 1967-1969
SERIES | World’s Finest Comics #175-176; The Brave and the Bold #79-85
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 239 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | April 8, 2023
RATING | 7

21)
TITLE | Prodigal
AUTHOR | Melanie Tem
DATE | 2010 (original 1991)
SERIES | Dell Abyss
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 204 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | April 14, 2023
RATING | 7

22)
TITLE | Caesar: Life of a Colossus
AUTHOR | Adrian Goldsworthy
READER | Derek Perkins
PUB DATE | 2014
ORIGINAL DATE | 2006
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 24 hours, 46 minutes
GENRE | Ancient History, Biography
COMPLETED | May 14, 2023
RATING | 8

23)
TITLE | Caesar: Life of a Colossus
AUTHOR | Adrian Goldsworthy
DATE | 2020
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 724 pages
GENRE | Ancient History, Biography
COMPLETED | May 14, 2023
RATING | 9

24)
TITLE | Locke & Key. Vol. 4, The Keys to the Kingdom
WRITER | Joe Hill
ARTIST | Gabriel Rodriguez
PUBLISHER | IDW
DATE | 2011
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 146 pages
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | June 30, 2023
RATING | 7

25)
TITLE | Vampire: a Wild Story in Scraps and Colors
AUTHOR | Hanns Heinz Ewers
TRANSLATOR | Joe E. Bandel
DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1921
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 505 pages
SERIES | Frank Braun trilogy; book 3
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | July 14, 2023
RATING | 8

26)
TITLE | Locke & Key. Vol. 5, Clockworks
WRITER | Joe Hill
ARTIST | Gabriel Rodriguez
PUBLISHER | IDW
PUB DATE | 2013
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 160 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | July 17, 2023
RATING | 8

27)
TITLE | The Cellars of the Majestic
AUTHOR | Georges Simenon
TRANSLATOR | Howard Curtis
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1942
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 176 pages
SERIES | Inspector Maigret ; 21
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | July 19, 2023
RATING | 7

28)
TITLE | Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea
AUTHOR | Caitlin R. Kiernan
PUB DATE | 2020
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 610 pages
SERIES | Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | August 01, 2023
RATING | 8

29)
TITLE | Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea
AUTHOR | Caitlin R. Kiernan
READERS | Keith Szarabajka, Neil Hellegers, Nancy Wu, Bronson Pinchot, Lisa Flanagan, Robert Fass, Kevin Kenerly, Shiromi Arserio, Tavia Gilbert, Lauren Ezzo, Xe Sands, Chelsea Stephens
PUB DATE | 2020
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 24 hours
SERIES | Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, 2
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | August 01, 2023
RATING | 8

Hi David, just catching up on threads. Lots of books read.

>46 connie53: Thank you. I am now reading a long book and so my postings may slow down.

30)
TITLE | Locke & Key. Vol. 6, Alpha & Omega
WRITER | Joe Hill
ARTIST | Gabriel Rodriquez
PUBLISHER | IDW
PUB DATE | 2014
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 190 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | August 28, 2023
RATING | 9

31)
TITLE | Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War
AUTHOR | Paul Starobin
PUB DATE | 2017
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 297 pages
GENRE | Civil War
COMPLETED | August 30, 2023
RATING | 8

32)
TITLE | The Tribe
AUTHOR | Bari Wood
PUB DATE | 2019
ORIGINAL DATE | 1981
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 251 pages
SERIES | Paperbacks from Hell
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | August 30, 2023
RATING | 8

33)
TITLE | The Canterbury Tales
AUTHOR | Geoffrey Chaucer
EDITOR | Jill Mann
EDITION | Middle English edition
PUB DATE | 2005
ORIGINAL DATE | 14th Century
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 1328 pages
GENRE | Poetry
COMPLETED | September 19, 2023
RATING | 8

34)
TITLE | The Sandman. Volume 8, World’s End
WRITER | Neil Gaiman
ILLUSTRATORS | Sequences at the Inn / Bryan Talbot, Marc Buckingham – A Tale of Two Cities / Alec Stevens – Cluracan’s Tale / John Watkiss -- Hob’s Leviathan / Michael Zulli and Dick Giordano – The Golden Boy / Michael Allred – Cerements / Shea Anton Pensa and Vince Locke – World’s Inn / Bryan Talbot, Marc Buckingham, Dick Giordano, Steve Leialoha, Gary Amaro and Tony Harris.
PUBLISHER | Dark Horse Comics
PUB DATE | 1994
ORIGINAL DATE | 1993
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH |168 pages
GENRE | Fantasy
COMPLETED | September 30, 2023
RATING | 9

35)
TITLE | Signed, Picpus
AUTHOR | Georges Simenon
TRANSLATOR | David Coward
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1944
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 176 pages
SERIES | Inspector Maigret
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | October 03, 2023
RATING | 7

36)
TITLE | Inspector Cadaver
AUTHOR | Georges Simenon
TRANSLATOR | William Hobson
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1944
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 176 pages
SERIES | Inspector Maigret
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | October 08, 2023
RATING | 7

37)
TITLE | The Croning
AUTHOR | Laird Barron
PUB DATE | 2012
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 257 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | October 11, 2023
RATING | 7

38)
TITLE |Beowulf : A New Translation
TRANSLATOR | Maria Dahvana Headley
PUB DATE |2020
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 141 pages
GENRE |Epics
COMPLETED | October 17, 2023
RATING | 7

39)
TITLE | Murgunstrumm and Others
AUTHOR | Hugh B. Cave
PUB DATE | 2013
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 635 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | October 19, 2023
RATING | 7
CONTENTS | Murgunstrumm -- The Watcher in the Green Room -- The Prophecy -- The Strange Death of Ivan Gromleigh -- The Affair of the Clutching Hand -- The Strange Case of Number 7 -- The Isle of Dark Magic -- The Whisperers -- Horror in Wax -- Prey of the Nightborn -- Maxon's Mistress -- Dead Man's Belt -- Boomerang -- The Crawling Curse -- Purr of a Cat -- Tomorrow is Forever -- The Ghoul Gallery -- The Cult of the White Ape -- The Brotherhood of Blood -- The Door of Doom -- The Death Watch -- The Caverns of Time -- Many Happy Returns -- Ladies in Waiting -- The Grisly Death -- Stragella.

40)
TITLE | Creepy Presents Alex Toth: The Definitive Collection of the Artist’s Work from Creepy and Eerie!
ARTIST | Alex Toth
PUBLISHER | Dark Horse
PUB DATE | 2015
ORIGINAL DATE | 1965-1981
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 162 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | October 29, 2023
RATING | 8

41)
TITLE | John Adams
AUTHOR | David McCullough
PUB DATE | 2001
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 752 pages
GENRE | American History
COMPLETED | November 1, 2023
RATING | 10

42)
TITLE | The Book of Cthulhu 2 : Tales Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft
EDITOR | Ross E. Lockhart
READER | Fleet Cooper
READER | Teresa DeBerry
PUB DATE | 2012
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 22 hours, 5 minutes
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | November 03, 2023
RATING | 8
CONTENTS | Introduction, by Ross E. Lockhart
Shoggoth's Old Peculiar, by Neil Gaiman
Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea, by Caitlin R. Kiernan
This Is How the World Ends, by John R. Fultz
The Drowning at Lake Henpin, by Paul Tobin
The Ocean and All Its Devices, by William Browning Spencer
Take Your Daughters to Work, by Livia Llewellyn
The Big Fish, by Kim Newman
Rapture of the Deep, by Cody Goodfellow
Once More from the Top, by A. Scott Glancy
Hour of the Tortoise, by Molly Tanzer
I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee, by Christopher Reynaga
Objects from the Gilman-Waite Collection, by Ann K. Schwader
Of Melei, of Ulthar, by Gord Sellar
A Gentleman from Mexico, by Mark Samuels
The Hands that Reek and Smoke, by W. H. Pugmire
Akropolis, by Matt Wallace
Boojum, by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
The Nyarlathotep Event, by Jonathan Wood
The Black Brat of Dunwich, by Stanley C. Sargent
The Terror from the Depths, by Fritz Leiber
Black Hill, by Orrin Grey
The God of Dark Laughter, by Michael Chabon
Sticks, by Karl Edward Wagner
Hand of Glory, by Laird Barron

43)
TITLE | Gathered Dust and Others
AUTHOR | W. H. Pugmire
PUB DATE | 2018
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 196 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | November 8, 2023
RATING | 7

44)
TITLE | Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
AUTHOR | Bernard Cornwell
PUB DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 353 pages
GENRE | History
COMPLETED | November 12, 2023
RATING | 8

45)
TITLE | Félicie
AUTHOR | Georges Simenon
TRANSLATOR | David Coward
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1944
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 192 pages
SERIES | Inspector Maigret Book 25
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | November 18, 2023
RATING | 8

46)
TITLE | Necroscope
AUTHOR | Brian Lumley
PUB DATE | 2009
ORIGINAL DATE | 1986
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 395 pages
SERIES | Necroscope series, 1
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | November 25, 2023
RATING | 6

47)
TITLE | The Quiet American
AUTHOR | Graham Greene
PUB DATE | 2018
ORIGINAL DATE | 1955
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 232 pages
GENRE | Literary Fiction
COMPLETED | November 30, 2023
RATING | 9

48)
TITLE | The Sandman. Volume Nine, The Kindly Ones
WRITER | Neil Gaiman
ARTISTS | Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D’Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston, Kevin Nowlan
PUBLISHER | Dark Horse
PUB DATE | 1996
ORIGINAL DATES | 1993-95
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 320 pages
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | November 30, 2023
RATING | 10

49)
TITLE | The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
EDITOR | Michael Newton
READERS | Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, David Monteath
PUB DATE | 2021
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 16 hours, 1 minute
GENRE | Ghost Stories
COMPLETED | December 01, 2023
RATING | 8
CONTENTS | The Old Nurse's Story / Elizabeth Gaskell -- What Was It? / Fitz-James O'Brien -- The Haunted and the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain / Edward Bulwer Lytton -- The Cold Embrace / Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- The North Mail / Amelia B. Edwards -- No. 1 Branch Line; The Signal-man / Charles Dickens -- Green Tea / Sheridan Le Fanu -- The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The Open Door / Margaret Oliphant -- At the End of the Passage / Rudyard Kipling -- Nightmare-Touch / Lafcadio Hearn -- The Monkey's Paw / W.W. Jacobs -- The Wind in the Rose-Bush / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' / M.R. James -- The Moonlit Road / Ambrose Bierce -- The Jolly Corner / Henry James -- The Readjustment / Mary Austin -- Afterward / Edith Wharton.

50)
TITLE | Things Fall Apart
AUTHOR | Chinua Achebe
PUB DATE | 2010
ORIGINAL DATE | 1958
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 215 pages
SERIES | African trilogy ; 1
GENRE | Literary Fiction
COMPLETED | December 10, 2023
RATING | 8

51)
TITLE | Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
AUTHOR | Thomas Ligotti
PUB DATE | 2015
ORIGINAL DATE | 1989, 1991
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 466 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | December 25, 2023
RATING | 9

52)
TITLE |The Sandman. Volume Ten, The Wake
WRITER | Neil Gaiman
ARTISTS | Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth, Charles Vess
PUBLISHER | Dark Horse
PUB DATE |1997
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 184 pages
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | December 30, 2023
RATING |10