Reading List 2025

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JANUARY
1. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
2. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman
3. Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers
4. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1, by Kore Yamazaki
5. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 2, by Kore Yamazaki
6. Crumbs, by Danie Stirling
7. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 3, by Kore Yamazaki

FEBRUARY
8. They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei
9. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 4, by Kore Yamazaki
10. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 5, by Kore Yamazaki
11. Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things, by Kelly Williams Brown
12. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 6, by Kore Yamazaki

MARCH
13. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, by Amanda Jones
14. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 7, by Kore Yamazaki
15. Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
16. What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1, by Fumi Yoshinaga
17. Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab, The Body Farm, Where the Dead Do Tell Tales, by William M. Bass
18. What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2, by Fumi Yoshinaga
19. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 8, by Kore Yamazaki
20. This Is What I Know About Art, by Kimberly Drew
21. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 9, by Kore Yamazaki

APRIL
22. Bones: Inside and Out, by Roy A. Meals
23. The Princess and the Pony, by Kate Beaton
24. Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss
25. Anatomy: A Love Story, by Dana Schwartz

MAY
26. The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, by Pagan Kennedy
27. Geisha, by Andi Watson

JUNE
28. Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
29. Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies

JULY
30. Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula, by Andi Watson

AUGUST
31. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 10, by Kore Yamazaki
32. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 11, by Kore Yamazaki
33. Our Hideous Progeny, by C.E. McGill
34. Earthian, Volume 1, by Yun Kouga

SEPTEMBER
35. Hidden History of Portland, Oregon, by J.D. Chandler
36. Sex Object: A Memoir, by Jessica Valenti

OCTOBER
37. Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times, by Azar Nafisi
38. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz
39. On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing, by Katherine Dunn

NOVEMBER
40. Monster and the Beast, Vol. 1, by Renji
41. Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe, by Lindsay S. Zrull

DECEMBER
42. The Great Extravaganza: Portland and the Lewis and Clark Exposition, by Carl Abbott
43. Monster and the Beast, Vol. 2, by Renji
44. Marsha: the Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson, by Tourmeline
45. Monster and the Beast, Vol. 3, by Renji
46. Monster and the Beast, Vol. 4, by Renji
47. Feral Self-Care: 100 Ways to Liberate and Celebrate Your Messy, Wild, & Untamed Self, by Mandi Em
48. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder
49. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Volume 12, by Kore Yamazaki
50. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Volume 13, by Kore Yamazaki