What I’m Reading in 2021

2020 was a challenge. While my goal has always been reading 52 books a year, I used to read far more than that. As a reviewer, it was almost like a job. The last few years, I’ve been hovering around 57. I think this is going to be my last year chasing a book a week. I’m 55 years old. It’s time to slow down, to really immerse myself in what I’m reading. Review copies, because of COVID, have been few and far between. It’s time to start looking toward solely reading for pleasure again.

1. Berkeley Noir, edited by Jerry Thompson & Owen Hill
2. Centralia by Amodia, Bunn, Cesare, Hicks, Keene, & Quinn
3. The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun by JRR Tolkien
4. Tales of Norse Mythology by Helen A, Guerber
5. A Means to Freedom: The Letters of HP Lovecraft & Robert E Howard: 1933-1936
6. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
7. Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost
8. The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, translated by Jackson Crawford
9. Fire & Blood by George RR Martin
10. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
11. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
12. The Magical Battle of Britain by Dion Fortune
13. The Viking Spirit by Daniel McCoy
14. Weird Indiana by James Willis, Mark Marimen, and Troy Taylor
15. Tales of Yog-Sothoth by Davenport, Hambling, Phipps, West, & Wilson
16. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts — The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes
17. The Way of Fire and Ice — The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism by Ryan Smith
18. The Vikings — A History by Robert Ferguson
19. Odin — The Origins, History and Evolution of the Norse God by Jesse Harasta
20. Trudvang Adventures Setting Companion
21. Trudvang Adventures Heroes Companion
22. Rites of Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism by Eric Wodening
23. Mordenkainen’s Candlekeep Collectibles by Grim Press
24. Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers, and Martial Artists by Guy Windsor
25. Candlekeep Mysteries by Wizards of the Coast
26. Five Torches Deep by Sigil Stone
27. Wyrd by Will Wright
28. Old Norse for Modern Times by Sharpe, Vídalín, & Gillingham
29. The Path & the Power by Swami Anand Nisarg
30. Untold Sagas – Lore Book of Svilland by Dream Realm Storytellers
31. Printer’s Error by JP and Rebecca Romney
32. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft by Wizards of the Coast
33. The Four Elements of the Wise by Ivo Dominguez Jr
34. If It Bleeds by Stephen King
35. In the Dark of the Night by John Saul
36. Invisible College by RPGPundit
37. Steve Harrison Casebook by Robert E. Howard
38. John Kirowan Stories by Robert E. Howard
39. Manifestation Magic by Elhoim Leafar
40. Practical Alchemy by Brian Cotnoir
41. Germania by Tacitus
42. Barbarian Life Vol 3 by Roy Thomas
43. The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E Howard Studies v8 no 1
44. Hellblazer: The Red Right Hand by Mina & Manco
45. The Witch’s Path by Thorn Mooney
46. Passport to the Paranormal by Rich Newman
47. A Cosmic Encounter by Stewart W. Bench
48. Ozark Folk Magic by Brandon Weston
49. Hitmen 2: Night World by Greg Mitchell
50. Balefires by David Drake
51. Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires by Stephen Flowers
52. Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
53. Paganism for Prisoners by Awyn Dawn
54. Elemental Witchcraft by Heron Michelle
55. Svilland: The Bear King by Steve Saville
56. Rise of the Witch by Whiskey Stevens
57. 21st Century American Ghost Hunting by Daniel S. Wise
58. The Sacred Herbs of Samhain by Ellen Evert Hopman
59. Rainbringer: Zora Neale Hurston Against The Lovecraftian Mythos by Ed Erdelac
60. Bloodless by Preston & Child
61. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor
62. The Ice Coven by Max Seeck
63. Trudvang: Shifting Runes by Alexander Urbanek
64. The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
65. The Magic of Tarot by Sasha Graham
66. Winterseer Animal Oracle by Siolo Thompson
67. Loki & Sigyn by Lea Svendsen
68. Welsh Witchcraft by Mhara Starling
69. Goetia: Tarot in Darkness by Fabio Listrani
70. The Nazis and the Supernatural: The Occult Secrets of Hitler’s Evil Empire by Michael Fitzgerald
71. Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the Age by Alan Richardson
72. An Unholy Thirst: Fifteen Vampire Tales, edited by Cliff Biggers & Charles R. Rutledge