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satoru-is-the-way · 2 years

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FANFICTION

SPOILERS FOR DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS!!!!

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SINCE NO ONE ELSE HAS...

¡John Krasinski!

Reed Richards x Reader

The One Exception

part 1

(Mentions of Stephen Strange x Reader)

𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺: REED RICHARDS LIKE THIS MAN HOT, Arguing, Violence, Blood, Death, and the reader being overpowered (lol) SMUT IN PART 2 EHEHHEHEEH. SO YA SAFE FOR PART 1 Me being lazy and not going to spell check rn. I will soon LMAO

𝑨/𝒏: Hello everyone! I am so sorry my Moon Knight people. I have been so busy with my Doctor Strange needs I simply had no motivation until late. After MOM though I will be doing many doctor strange fics and mainly focus on him, plus the characters in the movie. EVENTS WILL BE CHANGED/Out of order for plot sake.

𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚: You are one of the original members of the Illuminati. For many years Reed Richards had been in love with you despite Stephen Strange owning your heart. Years after Stephen's death you finally have been moving on. However, this new 616 variant catches your attention and Reed does not like that.

(Gif by me 💅)

Most the gifts have my @ marvelsimp tiktok logo except like a few I did post a mini gift set.

(Y/n) (L/n) walked into Reed's lab, being somewhat of a scientist herself, but preferably his assistant during free time. However, not much freedom for extra activities is given to members of the Illuminati. (Y/n) felt like that was a long and complicated story. Which it really wasn't. It started many years ago when her previous lover, Doctor Stephen Strange, had developed an idea of heroes uniting so that when the earth, or universe, needed them they would be there. It consisted of herself, the Phoenix, Charles Xavior, Captain Peggy Carter, Mordo Sorcerer Supreme, Captain Marvel, and Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four. She had fought battles alongside each member but never as a collective group. They functioned accordingly and fairly. Earth has been saved countless times against powerful enemies, such as Thanos...A topic (Y/n) avoids.

For the last couple of months, the unofficial couple, Reed and (Y/n), have become close. More time was spent together on short missions and in his lab. They each came out of long-term relationships. Reed and Sue were the ideal couples. Always by each other's side. Worked in sync like Stephen and (Y/n) once had. Yet inside Reed never could fully commit having romantic feelings for (Y/n). After Stephen's death, she became secluded from everyone except Reed.

"Mr.Fantastic, odd seeing you here " She called. "How is my favorite scientist?"

Reed looked up from his microscope green eyes flickering with excitement seeing (Y/n). He stood up 6'3" frame towering over everyone. "I am doing quite well! Here to assist me once more? With all this time you spend with me people may talk." Reed comments walking over to his desk and sitting the sample disks down. He never was afraid to say what is on his mind. The smartest man in this universe had confidence in himself and his mind.

(Y/n) chuckled taking a white lab coat off the hanger. "Let them I have nothing to hide. Unless you are ashamed. Plus with your crazy ex-"

"Oh come on. Sue is not crazy may be a regrettable choice to date a teammate. But not crazy. Coworkers should not date- in a way." Reed sighed knowing they both had romantic entanglements with fellow heroes and colleagues. Neither ended well for both parties.

"Tell me about it. The last boyfriend I had kinda was murdered."

"It wasn't murder he knew the consequences."

"He was trying to save the universe Doctor Richards!" (Y/n) argued back.

"So it's Doctor Richards now?! We voted on this. The tally was in and we had to do what is necessary."

"What? To play God? To act like we are better than everyone else! You betrayed your friend. We all did! Like your friendship meant nothing."

"I was the ONLY one who sides with you (Y/n). Shouldn't that mean something? Why don't you go yell at the others about your dead fiancee's problems." Reed sighed his good day ruined.

"Whatever. You are always the same Reed. You care only about yourself." She threw her lab coat down and walked off.

Reed slowly sat down on his chair. Looking at the papers in front of him. He felt pressure on his chest. Did he just ruin his chances with (Y/n)? "Fuck." Reed said shoving everyone off his desk in anger

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They had been called together by Mordo in an urgent message about a variant from earth 616 landing on their world. With time to spare before their meeting (Y/n) walked into Christine Palmer's lab to see who the visitor from 616 is. She froze to looking at Stephen Strange- except this one had a goatee. His ocean blue orbs meet her (e/c) spheres.

"...(Y/n)?" He whispered walking to the glass. The last time this 616 Stephen saw his (Y/n) she had been knocked through a portal with him.

"Not...your (Y/n)...You are from 616...Are we- a couple on your earth?" She asked gently. So many properties occurred after her Stephen died. To see if in other realities if they were together or who dies first before things could take flight. However, the question seemed idiotic seeing the shining ring on his finger.

"2 years now. Married for 1. Here?" He asked looking this (Y/n) over. She backed up and quickly escaped tears streaming down her face. Maybe she needed to sit this one out. 7 long years after her Stephen was taken. It took nearly 5 to look at other men. Reed had been that one exception. Perhaps that is what bothered her. To be in love with Reed Richards. Because 7 years is short right? She felt conflicted about exactly her intentions with pursuing Reed is.

Not long passed as this Stephen stood in front of the Illuminati. Facing judgment, once again, the punishment would be death. The moment replayed in their heads as Charles showed what happened to their Doctor Strange.

"There had to be another way- we can't - please...please dont do this." (Y/N) begged them. Stephen sat on his knees fingertips black from using the dark hold's magic. It was a selfish want not caring about the other universes he destroyed. All she wanted is him.

"This is hard on everyone (Y/n)," Reed comments touching her shoulder but she shoved him back.

"We can leave if you want. I and Captain Marvel can-"

"Shut up Peggy!"

"Please, my love calm down," Stephen whispered (Y/n) slowly walked toward him. "I know what must be done. It's how we keep order...I love you (Y/n) Strange. You are my one and only. I love you...I love you in every universe." He cupped her cheeks giving her a gentle kiss goodbye. "I'll always be by your side. In your heart. You own my love...I wish this didn't have to be so hard. I did it for you. Damn everyone else. In this world and in every universe you are the only person that matters to me."

"Stephen, I won't be able to love again. We can leave and find another universe." She whispered looking into his blue diamond eyes. "We can run-"

"I have decided. I chose this fate because it's the only one where you live." He admits. "I will love you forever...I'm sorry my gem." With a passionate kiss that was when the memory ended for you. Stephen had sent you through a portal landing in the sanctum, alone, and without him.

(Y/n) took a shaken breath looking at 616 Stephen. He felt pity on you. "They killed you. I won't be here to watch it again." She stood looking at him one last time before walking off. Before she even could make it out the door the alarms went off, every Ultron bot scurrying into. Instantly fire covers her body burning her clothes away and leaving the signature green and gold costume colors with the Phoenix emblem in black across her chest (basically Jean Grays' costume from the comics lol). Emily ran into the lab. Christine looked at her panicked. "Wanda is here to take Chavez. They went to stop her." She adds pointing to the direction where Captain Marvel had blasted Wanda to. (Y/n) nods and flew off landing just in time to stop Wanda. She had began to lift Reed into the air. "WANDA!" (Y/n) yelled and with a ball if energy hit the Scarlet Witch back into several walls.

"Reed are you ok?" She asked pulling him close. He nods cupping her face after being moments away from death.

"Bolt, Peggy, Charles...she killed them." He whispers.

(Y/n) felt a pain shoot in her body, no...all her friends. The people she cared for. The Professor was like a father to her. Her eyes began to glow losing control of her powers. "This isn't our Wanda. 616 is dream walking remember that." He said.

"I don't care. She killed my friends and almost you. Plus she is after the girl and 616 Stephen."

The fight between a Phenoix and Choatic witch could not he decided who might win. Two forced equally balanced in strength. But mentally Wanda could overpower (Y/n)

"You know I could find a universe where you died." She comments getting up spitting blood out if her mouth. "I could even make you...a little hex of you own. A never ending life with Stephen and kids even." Wanda adds her devils temptation. "Or maybe add Reed...You would like that right?" She asked one step at a time walking closer. "To be with you lover again. Spend the life every variation of yourself has...but you. The unlucky one." (Y/n) was in a trance getting offered an apple from the devil herself. One simple bite and it call could be hers.

A voice yelled her, called to her, Reed...Suddenly back to reality she narrowed her eyes. "I think I'm good." (Y/n) blasts Wanda away one more not knowing where. She falls to the ground Reed quickly by her side. Having someone in your head is never pleasant. (Y/n) groaned having a pounding headache. "Did...We win?"

Reed sighed, "No. I have no idea...what is going to happen next. Wanda...is powerful. Dangerous. The alarms had stopped perhaps they left." (Y/n) rests her head against Reed's chest. He picks her up taking her to the medical bay. She remembers looking up studying his features. Fluffy brown hair with hints if white on the side, perfectly trimmed beard, plump lips and gorgeous green eyes…

Three days she had been in bed. Resting unable to do much of anything but sleep. A loopy and incoherent time blurry dreams and reality mixed into one. The chaos wielding witch sure did a number in the Phoenix who held back her own strength.

"Morning." Reed said looking her over. Each day Reed came by or simply slept in the very uncomfortable chair. "Feeling better?" He asked checking your monitors.

"Yeah I feel...more aware of my surroundings." (Y/n) sat up looking to Reed. He smiled unable to remove his eyes from the angel in front of him.

"I love you." He blurts out catching (Y/n) off guard. "I mean. I have been in love with you since the battle in New York." He confessed sighing deeply. "I knew Stephen had your heart. For 6 long years I watched you and him. Hell I even got with Sue in hopes to forget about you. No matter what I did I only thought about you! I sides with you because even if I couldn't have you I wanted you to be happy. To know in every universe you two end up together...It was my burden no matter what to always lose you."

(Y/n) looked at him before pulling the man into a kiss. She whispered feeling his soft lips around hers. A gentle but passionate need stirred in her stomach. Her gentle hands tangle in his mess if brown locks. "I want you…" She whispers

To Be continue.

#Reed Richards x Reader #Reed Richards #John krasinski #John Krasinski Reed Richards #Mister Fantastic

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terrorpenned · 1 year

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TERRORPENNED ––> WIDOWSHILL.

i do a lot of dark shadows posting. sometimes i write.

multimuse featuring gothic media, with an emphasis on the television series dark shadows and disney theme parks. LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA, VOI CH'ENTRATE. this blog features regular content like murder, suicide, and cannibalism, as well as a narrative background of infidelity, period homophobia, questionable consent, and incest (among other staples of the gothic genre). if any of this is not your speed, this blog may not be for you.

sideblog to emcads (follows back from here, etc). graphic by my beloved @finalslay banner template by @gentlesource. icon by @flameandignite.

typical rp etiquette encouraged. personal blogs, I ask that you don't rb dossiers and ic writing, but other than that, go wild. I'm also liveblogging my ds watch through here, posts will be tagged "ds liveblogging." for convenience <;3

*a special note regarding roger & victoria: this is one of my main ships on this blog & I do want to make it clear I don't write her as elizabeth's daughter. I have a longer write up in v's dossier, but the tldr is i follow the hanscombe storyline with some canon divergences.

DARK SHADOWS - high activity THE LOVER. josette dupres / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: vittoria puccini. THE GOVERNESS. victoria winters / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: alexandra moltke. alt: diana s.ilvers. arc: mrs. collins. arc: mrs. de winter. THE SAILOR. lieutenant nathan forbes / dark shadows. dossier. tag. fc: joel crothers. alt fc: dan stevens. THE MATRIARCH. elizabeth collins stoddard / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: joan bennett. alt fc: helena bonham carter. THE PRODIGAL. roger collins / dark shadows. dossier. tag. ic. fc: louis edmonds. alt fc: jack davenport.

DISNEY PARKS - medium activity THE STARLET. magdalena temor / tower of terror / oc. dossier. tag. fc: gene tierney THE BRIDE. constance arceneaux / the haunted mansion. dossier. tag. fc: dominique mcelligott THE BYRONIC. captain bartholomew gore / the haunted mansion & potc / dossier. tag. ic. fc: toby stephens

OTHER - low activity THE BAKER. nellie lovett / sweeney todd 2023 revival. dossier. tag. fc: cate blanchett. THE SCHOLAR. edith cushing / crimson peak. dossier. tag. fc: mia wasikowska. THE SONGBIRD. cora dawson / the devil's carnival. dossier. tag. fc: lyndon smith. THE PROPRIETRESS. eleanor guthrie. black sails. tag.

NAV edits & art. ds aesthetic tag. memes. rog&v / barnabas&v / burke&v / maxim&v / j&jos / b&jos / r&l&b platonic: rog&liz / rog&carolyn / v&david

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whump-collector · 2 years

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Whumpees (actors)

All the actors on this blog (so far):

Search for the name or use this link and add the name you're looking for https://whump-collector.tumblr.com/tagged/

I use the tag compilation for posts with several whumpees.

a: aaron ashmore - aaron tveit - adam palsson - adarsh gourav - aidan turner - alex o'loughlin - alexander dreymon - ali tarik findik - allison scagliotti - andreas pietschmann - andrew j. west

b: ben levin - benedict cumberbatch - brian austin green - burc kümbetlioglu

c: callum turner - channing tatum - charlie cox - charlie hunnam - charlie vickers - chris pine - christian bale - christipher egan - colin farrell - colin morgan - colin o'donoghue

d: dan lewis - daniel craig - daniel sharman - david boreanaz - david dastmalchian - david tennant - david wenham - diego klattenhoff - diego luna - dirk benedict - dominic cooper - drake rodger

e: engin akyürek - eric christian olsen - ewan mcgregor

f: freddie stroma - freddy carter

g: gael garcia bernal - gavin drea - giacomo gianniotti - guy pearce

h: halil ibrahim ceyhan - harold perrineau - henry cavill - henry golding - hisham tawfiq - hugh dancy - hunter doohan

i: iain de caestecker - ian somerhalder - iko uwais

j: jack bannon - jack davenport - jack martin - jack quaid - jake mclaughlin - james mcavoy - james spader - james wolk - jared padalecki - jason isaacs - jay hernandez - jd pardo - jenna ortega - jensen ackles - jeremy allen white - jim sturgess - joe flanigan - joe gilgun - joe keery - joel kinnaman - john cho - john cusack - john reardon - jon bernthal - jonas nay - jonny harris - jordan bridges - joshua jackson - jude law - julian morris

k: karl urban - keegan allen - kevin alejandro - kiefer sutherland - kit harington

l: lee pace - liam hemsworth - lucas till - luke evans - luke mitchell

m: mark hamill - mark waschke - markus brandl - martin henderson - martin shaw - martin wallström - matt barr - matt bomer - matt czuchry - matt lanter - matt smith - max thieriot - megan boone - mel gibson - michael fassbender - michael hurst - michael shanks - michael sheen - michael weatherly - mike farrell - milos bikovic

n: nathan fillion - nathan parsons - nicholas galitzine - nikolaj coster waldau - noah centineo

o: oliver rayon - oscar isaac

p: pablo schreiber - paul bettany - paul hassall - pedro pascal - pio marmai

r: raj yadav - rami malek - richard armitage - richard harmon - richard madden - rish shah - robert downey jr - robert james-collier - robert kazinsky - robin lord taylor - rodger corser - rupert evans - rupert penry jones - russell crowe - ryan guzman - ryan kelley - ryan reynolds

s: sabin tambrea - sam riley - santiago cabrera - scott caan - sean bean - sebastian stan - shawn ashmore - simon baker - stanley tucci - stephen amell - steve burton

t: thomas elms - thomas gibson - tim dekay - tim roth - timothy granaderos - tobey maguire - tolga saritas - tom austen - tom ellis - tom holland - tom payne - tom riley - tom sturridge - torrance coombs

y: yon gonzalez

z: zach mcgowan - zeeko za

#whump #whump community #whump actors #whump collector

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kyledefoor · 11 months

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KIA August 6, 2011

SGT Alexander J. Bennett

SPC Spencer Duncan

CWO Bryan J. Nichols

CWO David R. Carter

SSG Patrick D. Hamburger

TSgt John W. Brown

SSgt Andrew W. Harvell

TSgt Daniel L. Zerbe

PO1 (SEAL) Darrik C. Benson

CPO (SEAL) Brian R. Bill

PO1 (SEAL) Christopher G. Campbell

PO1 Jared W. Day

PO1 John Douangdara & Navy SEAL Dog “Bart”

CPO (SEAL) John W. Faas

CPO (SEAL) Kevin A. Houston

Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall

MCPO (SEAL) Louis J. Langlais

CPO (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason

CPO (SEAL) Stephen M. Mills

CPO Nicholas H. Null

PO1 (SEAL) Jesse D. Pittman

SCPO (SEAL) Thomas A. Ratzlaff

CPO (SEAL) Robert J. Reeves

CPO (SEAL) Heath M. Robinson

PO2 (SEAL) Nicholas P. Spehar

PO1 Michael J. Strange

PO1 (SEAL) Jon T. Tumilson

PO1 (SEAL) Aaron C. Vaughn

SCPO Kraig M. Vickers

PO1 (SEAL) Jason R. Workman

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throwawaytherapist · 2 years

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Here it is ladies! A list of female biographies! Highly anticipated by nobody but myself! This took a long time, so I hope it might be enjoyable to at least some people. I'll add to this whenever I feel like it. A few things before I begin:

1. The list is (roughly) organized alphabetically by the subjects last name.

2. The subjects occupation (if they had one) will be labeled with a corresponding symbol (i.e. painter = 🎨, writer =✏️, and so on and so forth). Books about same sex attracted women (lesbian or bi women) and women of color are labeled. Occupations that cannot be easily represented by symbols will simply be stated.

3. Biographies written or co-written by men will have with 🧔 after their names.

4. The subjects full birth name will be in brackets after the title.

5. If you're curious about a book and want more information or content warnings, please message me. I'll help as best I can.

•Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey [Abigail Adams] (Activist)

•Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra [Marian Hooper Adams]

•Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas [Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams]

•Jane Addams: Spirit in Action by Louise W. Knight [Jane Addams] (Activist, SSA)

•Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet by Roberta Reeder [Anna Andreyevna Gorenko] (✏️)

•Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen [Louisa May Alcott] (Activist, SSA,✏️)

•Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan [Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva] (✏️)

•Marian Anderson, A Singers Journey by Allen Keiler 🧔 [Marian Anderson] (WOC, Activist, 🎙)

•The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World by Shelley Emling [Mary Anning] (🦕)

•Susan B. Anthony: A Biography by Kathleen Barry [Susan B. Anthony] (Activist, SSA)

•Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser [Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne] (👑)

•Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography by Marion Meade [Eleanor of Aquitaine] (👑)

•Catherine of Aragon: Infanta of Spain, Queen of England by Theresa Earenfight [Catherine of Aragon] ( 👑)

•Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley [Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll] (👑)

•Everything She Touched: Life of Ruth Asawa by Marilyn Chase [Ruth Aiko Asawa] (WOC, Sculptor)

•Jane Austen: A Life by Carol Shields [Jane Austen] (✏️)

•Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by Silvia Z. Mitchell [Mariana of Austria] (👑)

•The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Brigette Hamann [Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary] (👑)

•Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Cosmic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer 🧔 [Lucille Désirée Ball] (🎥)

•Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden [Theodosia Burr Goodman, "Theda Bara"] (📽)

•Wild Heart: A Life: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris by Suzanne Rodriguez [Natalie Clifford Barney] (SSA, ✏️)

•Josephine: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker 🧔 [Freda Josephine McDonald Baker] (WOC, SSA, Dancer, 📽)

•A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and The Civil War by Stephan B. Oates 🧔 [Clarissa Harlowe Barton] (🩺)

•Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory by Kimberly L. Craft [Countess Erzsébet Báthory de Ecsed] (Serial Killer)

•Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography by Deirdre Bair [Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir] (Activist, ✏️)

•The Secret Life of Aphra Behn by Janet Todd [Aphra Behn] (✏️)

•Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach [Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell] (Archaeologist)

•Vanessa Bell: Portrait of the Bloomsbury Artist by Frances Spalding [Vanessa Stephen Bell] (🎨)

•Ingrid Bergman by Grace May Carter [Ingrid Bergman] (🎥)

•Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World's First Superstar by Catherine Reef [Henriette-Rosine Bernard, "Sarah Bernhardt"] (🎭)

•Annie Besant: An Autobiography by Annie Besant [Annie Wood Besant] (Activist, ✏️)

•Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto [Benazir Bhutto] (WOC, Prime Minister)

•Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks [Saint Hildegard] (Abbess, Musician)

•Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven [Ada Delutuk Blackjack] (WOC, Explorer)

•The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura [Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell] (🩺)

•Lady Icarus: Balloonomania and the Brief, Bold Life of Sophie Blanchard by Deborah Noyes [Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant Blanchard] (🎈)

•Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth by Marion Meade [Helena Petrovna von Hahn Blavatsky] (✏️)

•Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger [Elizabeth Jane Cochran Seaman, "Nellie Bly"] (Activist, Reporter)

•Anne Boleyn by Norah Lofts [Anne Boleyn] (👑)

•Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte by Kate Williams [Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie Bonaparte] (👑)

•The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson [Lizzie Andrew Borden] (🪓)

•Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford [Lucrezia Borgia] (Governor)

•Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge [Boudica] (👑, 🗡)

•Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White [Margaret Bourke-White] (📷)

•Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn 🧔[Clara Gordan Bow] (📽)

•The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien's Inspiration by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays 🧔 [Edith Mary Bratt Tolkien]

•The Lost Life of Eva Braun by Angela Lambert [Eva Anna Paula Braun Hitler] (📷)

•Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Lady Anne Somerset [Anne, Queen of Great Britain] (👑)

•Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting by Elizabeth Whitley Roberson [Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick] (🪂)

•The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef [Charlotte Brontë, Emily Jane Brontë, Anne Brontë] (✏️)

•Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth by Kristen Iversen [Margaret Tobin Brown] (Socialite)

•The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend by Jeff Leen 🧔 [Mildred Burke] (Wrestler)

•Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Garden by Gretchen Gerzina [Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett] (✏️)

•Josephine Butler by Jane Jordan [Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler] (Activist)

•Lady Byron and Her Daughters by Julia Markus [Anna Isabella Noel Milbanke Byron, 11th Baroness of Wentworth] (Mathematician)

•Theodora by Paolo Cesaretti 🧔 [Theodora Empress of Byzantium] (👑)

•Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun by Jennifer Laurie Shaw [Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob, "Claude Cahun"] (SSA, 📷)

•Maria Callas: An Intimate Biography by Anne Edwards [Sophie Cecilia Kalos, "Maria Callas"] (Opera Singer)

•Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature by Linda J. Lear [Rachel Louise Carson] (✏️, Marine Biologist)

•A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Webster Carver [Sonora Webster Carver] (Horse Diver)

•Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century by Jane Rhodes [Mary Ann Shadd Cary] (WOC, Activist, Publisher)

•Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of Marchesa Casati by Scot D. Ryersson 🧔 and Michael Orlando Yaccarino 🧔 [Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman, Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino] (Socialite)

•Mary Cassatt: A Life by Nancy Mathews [Mary Stevenson Cassatt] (🎨)

•Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman [Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire] (Activist,✏️)

•Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett 🧔 [Isabella I of Castile] (👑)

•Chanel: The Enigma by Isabelle Fiemeyer [Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel] (👗)

•The Edge of Time: The Authoritative Biography of Kalpana Chawla by Jean-Pierre Harrison 🧔 [Kalpana Chawla] (WOC, Astronaut, Engineer)

•The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modren China by Hannah Pakuka [Soong May-ling] (WOC)

•Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noël Riley Fitch [Julia Carolyn McWilliams Child] (👩‍🍳)

•Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm [Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm] (WOC, Politician)

•Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley [Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christie, Lady Mallowan] (✏️)

•Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Lauched Modern China by Jung Chang [The Current Divine Mother Empress Dowager Ci-Xi Duan-You Kang-Yi Zhao-Yu Zhuang-Cheng Shou-Gong Qin-Xian Chong-Xi of the Great Qing Empire] (WOC, 👑)

•Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell [Clementine Oglivy Spencer Hozior Churchill] (War-time Activist)

•Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff [Cleopatra VII Philopator] (👑)

•Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America's Youngest First Lady by Annette B. Dunlap [Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston]

•Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride by Elizabeth Norton [Anne of Cleves] (👑)

•Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, "Colette"] (SSA, ✏️)

•In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum [Marie Catherine Colvin] (Journalist)

•Grace Coolidge: The People's Lady in Silent Cal's White House by Robert Hugh Ferrell 🧔 [Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge] (Teacher)

•Emma Darwin: The Inspirational Wife of a Genius by Edna Healey [Emma Wedgwood Darwin]

•Alexandra David-Neel: Portrait of an Adventurer by Ruth Middleton [Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David-Néel] (Explorer)

•Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria [Helen Joy Davidson] (✏️)

•Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies by Lara Gabrielle [Marion Cecilia Douras] (📽)

•Bette Davis by Grace May Carter [Ruth Elizabeth Davis] (🎥)

•Emily Wilding Davison: The Martyr Suffragette by Lucy Fisher [Emily Wilding Davison] (Activist, Teacher)

•The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough by Hugo Vickers 🧔 [Gladys Marie Deacon Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough] (Socialite)

•Sentiments of a British-American Woman: Easter de Berdt Reed and the American Revolution by Owen S. Ireland 🧔 [Easter de Berdt Reed] (War-time Activist)

•Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de La Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era by Caroline Moorehead [Henriette-Lucy Dillon, Marquise de La Tour-du-Pin-Gouvernet] (Aristocrat)

•Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda [Catherine de' Medici] (👑)

•Queen Alexandra: Loyalty and Love by Frances Diamond [Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark] (👑)

•Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy by Charlotte Cooper-Davis [Christina da Pizzano] (✏️)

•Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant by Kathi Diamant [Dora Diamant] (🎭)

•The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth by Lillian Nayder [Catherine Thomson Hogarth Dickens] (✏️)

•Emily Dickinson by Cynthia Wolff [Emily Elizabeth Dickinson] (SSA, ✏️)

•Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman [Baroness Karen Chistenze Dinesen von Blixen-Finecke, "Isak Dinesen"] (✏️)

•Emily Donelson of Tennessee by Pauline Wilcox Burke [Emily Donelson]

• The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky by Andrew Kaufman 🧔 [Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina Dostoevskaya] (✏️)

•I, Livia: The Counterfeit Criminal by Mary Mudd [Livia Drusilla] (👑)

•Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne Du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay [Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning] (SSA, ✏️)

•My Life by Isadora Duncan [Angela Isadora Duncan] (SSA, Dancer)

•Eleonora Duse: A Biography by Helen Sheehy [Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse] (SSA, 🎭)

•East to Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler [Amelia Mary Earhart] (🛩)

•Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life by Amy Aronson [Crystal Catherine Eastman] (Activist, Lawyer)

•Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady by Marilyn Holt [Mary Geneva Doud Eisenhower]

•The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir [Elizabeth the I of England] (👑)

•Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley [Empress Matilda of England] (👑)

•Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald by Geoffrey Mark [Ella Jane Fitzgerald] (WOC, 🎙)

•Zelda: A Biography by Nancy Milford [Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald] (✏️)

•Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter by Susan Nagel [Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Dauphine of France] (👑)

•The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice by Margaret Rosenthal [Veronica Franco] (Activist, ✏️)

•Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox [Rosalind Elsie Franklin] (🧬)

•Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore [Jane Franklin Mecom]

•The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography by John Matteson 🧔 [Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli] (Activist, Journalist)

•Indira Gandhi: A Biography by Pupul Jayakar [Indira Priyadarshini Nehru Gandhi] (WOC, Prime Minister)

•Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin [Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin] (Astronomer)

•Garbo by Robert Gottlieb 🧔 [Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, "Greta Garbo"] (SSA, 🎥)

•Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery 🧔 [Emma Rowena Caldwell Gatewood] (Hiker)

•Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis [Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau] (Socialite)

•Martha Gellhorn: A Life by Caroline Moorehead [Martha Ellis Gellhorn] (Journalist)

•Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Jane Lancaster [Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth] (Psychologist, Engineer)

•Jane Goodall: The Woman who Redefined Man by Dale Peterson 🧔 [Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall] (🐵)

•Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham by Agnes de Mille [Martha Graham] (Dancer)

•Personal History by Katherine Graham [Katherine Meyer Graham] (Publisher)

•The General's Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant by Ishbel Ross [Julia Boggs Dent Grant]

•Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece by Hugo Vickers 🧔 [Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg, Princess of Greece and Denmark] (👑)

•Caty: A Biography of Catherine Littlefield Greene by John F. Stegeman 🧔 and Janet A. Stegeman [Catherine Littlefield Greene Miller] (Inventor)

•Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden [Lady Jane Grey] (👑)

•Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle by Janet Guthrie [Janet Guthrie] (🏎)

•A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell [Virginia Hall] (Espionage Agent)

•England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams [Dame Amy Emma Lyon Hamilton] (Maid)

•Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence by Joy Bright Hancock [Joy Bright Hancock] (Warrant Officer)

•Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber [Ruth Marianna Mosko Handler] (Business Woman)

•First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy by Katherine A. S. Sibley [Florence Mabel Kling Harding]

•Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer [Anne Hathaway]

•The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney [Hatshepsut] (WOC, 👑)

•Hemingway's Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway by Timothy Christian 🧔 [Mary Welsh Hemingway] (Journalist)

•Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Leif Henie 🧔 and Raymond Strait 🧔 [Sonja Henie] (⛸️)

•Katherine Hepburn by Grace May Carter [Katherine Houghton Hepburn] (🎥)

•Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life by Georgina Ferry [Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin] (Chemist)

•Grace Hooper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt Beyer 🧔 [Grace Brewster Murray Hooper] (Computer Scientist, Navy Admiral)

•Lou Henry Hoover: Activist First Lady by Nancy Beck Young [Lou Henry Hoover] (Activist, Linguist)

•A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford [Whitney Elizabeth Houston] (WOC, SSA, 🎤)

•Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII by Gareth Russell 🧔 [Catherine Howard] (👑)

•The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard by Mina Benson Hubbard [Mina Benson Hubbard] (Explorer)

•The Passion of Anne Hutchinson: An Extraordinary Woman, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the World They Made and Lost by Marilyn J. Westerkamp [Anne Marbury Hutchinson] (Minister)

•Geisha of Gion: Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki by Mineko Iwasaki and Rande Gail Brown [Mineko Iwasaki] (WOC, Former Geisha,✏️)

•Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin [Shirley Hardie Jackson] (✏️)

•Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson [Katherine Johnson] (WOC, Mathematician)

•Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson by Jan Jarboe Russell [Claudia Atla Taylor Johnson] (Environmentalist)

•Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce by Brenda Maddox [Nora Barnacle Joyce] (✏️)

•Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera [Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón] (WOC, SSA, 🎨)

•The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story by Barbara Firth and Emily Gibson [Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman] (🏊‍♀️)

•Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson [Rose Marie Kennedy]

•Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter by Barbara Leaming [Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington] (Socialite)

•Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara [Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver] (Disability Rights Activist)

•Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King by Edythe Scott Bagley and Joe Hilley 🧔 [Coretta Scott King] (WOC, Activist, ✏️)

•The Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross 🧔 [Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen of the United Kingdom] (👑)

•Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro and Patricia Weiss Levy [Eartha Mae Keith Kitt] (WOC, Activist, 🎙, 🎥)

•Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis [Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester and Essex] (👑)

•The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot [Loretta Pleasant Lacks, Deborah Lacks Pullum] (WOC)

•Madame Lalaurie: Mistress of the Haunted House by Carolyn Morrow Long [Marie Delphine Macarty Lalaurie] (Serial Killer)

•Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film by Ruth Barton [Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, "Hedy Lamarr"] (Inventor, 📽)

•Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe by Geri Walton [Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe] (Aristocrat)

•Harriet Lane, America's First Lady by Milton Stern 🧔 [Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston]

•Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon [Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn] (📷)

•In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by George B. Hutchinson 🧔 [Nellallitea Walker Larsen] (WOC, ✏️)

•Rani Laxmibai: Warrior Queen of Jhansi by Pratibha Ranade [Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi] (WOC, 👑, 🗡)

•Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau by Martha Ward [Marie Catherine Laveau] (WOC, Herbalist)

•The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency by Kathryn Smith [Marguerite Alice LeHand] (Secretary)

•Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida Lewis by Lenore Skomal [Idawalley Zoradia Lewis] (Lighthouse Keeper)

•Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker [Mary Ann Todd Lincoln]

•Anne Marrow Lindbergh: Her Life by Susan Hertog [Anne Spencer Marrow Lindbergh] (✏️, 🛩)

•Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser 🧔 [Clarice Lispector] (✏️)

•Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy A. Cordery [Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth] (Socialite, ✏️)

•Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux [Audrey Geraldine Lorde] (WOC, SSA, Activist, ✏️)

•Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist by Adrian Clifford Rice 🧔, Christopher Hollings 🧔, and Ursula Martin [Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace] (Mathematician)

•Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of Girl Scouts by Stacy A. Cordery [Juliette Gordon Low] (Founder of Girl Scouts)

•Rosa Luxemburg by Dana Mills [Rosa Luxemburg] (Anti-War Activist)

•A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation by Catherine Allgor [Dolley Payne Todd Madison]

•Winnie Mandela: A Life by Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob [Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela] (WOC, Activist, Politician)

•Terrible Typoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti [Mary Mallon] (🍲)

•Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller [Wilma Pearl Mankiller] (WOC, Activist)

•Straight on Till Morning: The Life of Beryl Markham by Mary S. Lovell [Beryl Markham] (🛩)

•Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes [Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx] (Translator)

•Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewin Sime [Elise Meitner] (Physicist)

•Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd [Maria Sibylla Merian] (Naturalist)

•Ynes Mexia: Botanist and Adventurer by Durlynn Anema [Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía] (WOC, 🌸)

•Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition by Madeline Mary Henry [Aspasia of Miletus] (Teacher)

•Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford [Edna St. Vincent Millay] (SSA, ✏️)

•Inez: The Life and Times of Inez Millholland by Linda J. Lumsden [Inez Millholland Boissevain] (Activist)

•I Am Melba: A Biography by Ann Blainey [Dame Helen Porter Mitchell, "Nellie Melba"] (Opera Singer)

•Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell by Anne Edwards [Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell] (✏️)

•Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox by Lois Banner [Norma Jean Mortensen, "Marilyn Monroe"] (🎥)

•Inge Morath: An Illustrated Biography by Linda Gordon [Ingeborg Hermine Morath] (📷)

•Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan 🧔 [Mary Sherman Morgan] (Engineer)

•Shirley Muldowney's Tales from the Track by Shirley Muldowney [Shirley Muldowney] (🏎)

•Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) by Stacy Schiff [Véra Yevseyevna Nabokova] (Editor)

•Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Catherine Reef [Florence Nightingale] (Statistician)

•Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady by Mary Brennan [Thelma Catherine Nixon]

•The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton by Diane Atkinson [Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Sterling Maxwell] (Activist, ✏️)

•Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great by Elizabeth Carney

•Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen by Anne Chambers [Grace O'Malley] (🏴‍☠️)

•Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Barbara Leaming [Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]

•Oona, Living in the Shadows by Jane Scovell [Oona O'Neil, Lady Chaplin] (📽)

•The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell by Hilary Spurling [Sonia Mary Brownell Orwell] (Archivist)

•Eileen: The Making of George Orwell by Sylvia Topp [Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessy Blair]

•Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This? by Marion Meade [Dorothy Rothschild Parker] (✏️)

•The Rebellious Life Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis [Rosa Louise McCauley Parks] (WOC, Activist)

•Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter [Katherine Parr] (👑)

•Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical by Jacqueline Jones [Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Carter Parsons] (WOC, Activist)

•The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara [Mildred Elizabeth Fulvia di Rossi Trent] (Special Effects Desinger)

•Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson by Amanda Smith [Eleanor Josephine Medill Patterson, Countess Gizycki] (Journalist, Newspaper Editor)

•A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot by Mary Walton [Alice Stokes Paul] (Activist)

•Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko [Lyudmila Mikhailovna Belova Pavlichenko] (Sniper)

•Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina by Caroline Hamilton and Jane Pritchard [Anna Matveyevna Pavlova] (Dancer)

•The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kristen Downey [Fannie Coralie Perkins] (Workers-Rights Activist, Secretary of Labor)

•Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron by Nicolas Fraser 🧔 and Marysa Navarro [María Eva Durate de Perón] (Activist, Politician)

•Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage by Ruth A. Hawkins [Pauline Marie Pfeiffer] (Journalist)

•No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf by Carolyn Burke [Édith Giovanna Gassion, "Edith Piaf"] (SSA,🎙)

•Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark [Sylvia Plath] (✏️)

•Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy S. Greenberg [Sarah Childress Polk]

•Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda J. Lear [Helen Beatrix Potter] (✏️)

•The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown [Florence Beatrice Smith Price] (WOC, Classical Composer)

•Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai by Uma Chakravarti [Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati] (WOC, Scholar)

•Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times by Cynthia Kierner [Martha Jefferson Randolph]

•The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty [Anne Frances Robbins] (🎥)

•I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour [Ella Gwendolyn Ress Williams] (✏️)

•Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife by Gioia Diliberto [Elizabeth Hadley Richardson] (🎹)

•Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr [Sally Kristen Ride] (SSA, 👩‍🚀)

•Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg [Amy Robsart Dudley]

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•The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport [Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova, Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova] (👑)

•Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols. 1-3 by Blanche Wiesen Cook [Anna Eleanor Roosevelt] (SSA, Activist)

•Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady by Sylvia Jukes Morris [Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt]

•Betsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. Miller [Elizabeth Griscom Ross] (Upholsterer)

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•Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning [Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson] (SSA, ✏️)

•Charlotte Salomon and the Theatre of Memory by Griselda Pollock [Charlotte Salomon] (🎨)

•Margherita of Savoy, First Queen of Italy: Her Life and Times by Fanny Zampini-Salazar [Margherita Maria Theresa Giovanna of Savoy, Queen of Italy] (👑)

•Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots by Kate Williams [Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots] (👑)

•Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC by Karen Chilton [Hazel Dorothy Scott] (WOC, 🎹)

•Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo [Irena Stanisława Krzyżanowska Sendler] (Humanitarian Aid Worker)

•Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Middlebrook [Anne Gray Harvey Sexton] (✏️)

•Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love by Elizabeth Norton [Jane Seymour] (👑)

•Betty Shabazz: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Faith Before and After Malcom X by Russell J. Rickford 🧔 [Betty Dean Sanders Shabazz] (WOC, Educator)

•Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour [Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley] (✏️)

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•Aviatrix by Elinor Smith [Elinor Smith] (🛩)

•Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser 🧔 [Susan Sontag] (Activist, ✏️)

•Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard 🧔 [Dame Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark] (✏️)

•Ever After: Diana and the Life She Led by Anne Edwards [Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales] (👑)

•Fanny Stevenson: A Romance of Destiny by Alexandra Lapierre [Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson] (✏️)

•Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life by Sally Gregory McMillan [Lucy Stone] (Activist)

•Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei by Helen Y. Rolfe and Junko Tabei [Junko Ishibashi Tabei] (WOC, Mountaineer)

•Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era by Carl Sferrazza Anthony 🧔 [Helen Louise Herron Taft] (Activist)

•Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Larry Kaplan 🧔 and Maria Tallchief [Elizabeth Marie Tallchief] (WOC, Dancer)

•Mrs Pat: The Life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell by Margot Peters [Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner] (🎭)

•Elizabeth Taylor by Grace May Carter [Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor] (🎥)

•Shirley Temple: American Princess by Anne Edwards [Shirley Jane Temple Black] (Former Ambassador to Ghana, 🎥)

•Mère Teresa by Kathryn Spink [Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu] (WOC, Saint)

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•The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nellie Ternan of Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin [Ellen Lawless Ternan] (🎭)

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•Cast No Shadow: The Life of the American Spy who Changed the Course of World War II by Mary S. Lovell [Amy Elizabeth Thorpe] (Spy)

•Sonya: The Life of Countess Tolstoy by Anne Edwards [Countess Sophia Andreyevna Behrs Tolstaya] (Diarist)

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•Bess Wallace Truman: Harry's White House "Boss" by Sara L. Sale [Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman]

•Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol by Nell Irvin Painter [Isabella Baumfree, "Sojourner Truth"] (WOC, Activist)

•The Myth of "Bloody Mary": A Biography of Queen Mary I of England by Linda Porter [Mary Tudor] (👑)

•Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister by Melanie Clegg [Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland] (👑)

•The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbebe by Nwando Achebe [Ahebi Ugbebe] (👑)

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•Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland [Diana Vreeland] (👗)

•Lillian Wald: A Biography by Marjorie N. Feld [Lillian Wald] (Activist, SSA, 🩺)

•Mary Edwards Walker: Above and Beyond by Dale L. Walker 🧔 [Mary Edwards Walker] (Activist, 🩺)

•On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles [Sarah Breedlove Walker] (WOC, Entrepreneur )

•Martha Washington: An American Life by Patricia Brady [Martha Dandridge Custis Washington]

•Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle 🧔 [Ethel Waters] (WOC, SSA,🎙)

•She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler [May Jane West] (🎥)

•Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee [Edith Newbold Jones Wharton] (✏️)

•Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson by William Hazelgrove 🧔 [Edith Bolling Galt Wilson] (Acting President)

•Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent by Pearl Witheringtom [Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley] (Espionage Agent)

•Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern by Shirley Jennifer Lim [Wong Liu-tsong, "Anna May Wong"] (WOC, 📽)

•Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography by Suzanne Finstad [Natalie Zacharenko] (🎥)

•Notorious Victoria: The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President by Mary Gabriel [Victoria California Clafin Woodhull Martin] (Activist, ✏️)

•Elizabeth: England's Slandered Queen by Arlene Naylor Okerlund [Elizabeth Woodville] (👑)

•Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee [Adeline Virginia Stephan Woolf] (SSA, ✏️)

•Queen of the Mountaineers: The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman by Cathryn J. Prince [Fanny Bullock Workman] (Activist, Geographer)

•Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research by Tsai-Chien Chiang 🧔(?) [Chien-Shiung Wu] (WOC, Physicist)

•Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World by Alison Weir [Elizabeth of York] (👑)

•Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen by Patricia Southern [Septimia Zenobia] (WOC, 👑)

•Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story of a Warrior of the Little Bighorn by Joseph Agonito 🧔 and Rosemary Agonito [Buffalo Calf Road Woman] (WOC, Warrior)

•The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold [Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly]

•Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach [Tituba, Mary Warren, Elizabeth Procter, Bridget Bishop, Ann Putnam, Rebecca Nurse]

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Anybody who has studied the life, letters, and history of H. P. Lovecraft seriously will tell you Lovecraft did not write his fiction for money. Money was not a motivation. He did not write with any attempt to gauge the fancy of his readership either - small as that was in his lifetime. Lovecraft never gave a thought to dumbing down his fiction for the sake of gaining a wider following. When he tried to streamline his rhetoric in his later years it was only because he was moving toward that style out of personal taste. Lovecraft did not believe in any way in the supernatural after age 8. Some have argued that his concepts are merely 'weird' rather than supernatural, but it's a tough assertion to prove. To 'professional' writers, Lovecraft's ' Art for Art Sake' attitude may seem like a ridiculous pose. L. Sprague deCamp, Lin Carter, Stephen King, and many others may have found Lovecraft's attitude almost suicidal for a writer, but Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long and even August Derleth ( who could himself shift between art and hack work deftly ) all understood that Lovecraft's motivations to create 'literature' were real. Of course to those who only care to enjoy the master's work casually this may all seem like a tempest in a teacup. For those of us who care to peel back the layers of any mystery, Lovecraft's work and life offers infinite opportunity for exploration! (Exhibit 111)

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WHO I WRITE FOR:

Requests are currently open!

Currently Focused On: Katsuki Bakugo, Din Djarin, Steve Harrington, Anthony Lockwood, Eddie Munson, Matt Murdock (send in a request for any of these characters and it will be completed faster!)

Ace Attorney: Athena Cykes, Simon Blackquill, Nahyuta Sahdmahdi, Franziska von Karma

A Court of Thorns and Roses: Elain Archeron, Feyre Archeron, Nesta Archeron, Amren, Azriel, Cassian, Emerie, Gwyneth, Helion, Morrigan, Rhysand, Tamlin, Tarquin, Eris Vanserra, Lucian Vanserra

Camp Half-Blood: Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez

Castlevania: Alucard, Charlotte Aulin, Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, Jonathan Morris

Crescent City: Hunt Athalar, Lidia Cervos, Ruhn Danaan, Declan Emmett, Danika Fendyr, Tristan Flynn, Ithan Holstrom, Tharion Ketos, Bryce Quinlan

Death Note: L Lawliet, Mihael “Mello” Keehl

Demon Slayer: Hashibira Inosuke, Kyojuro Rengoku

Doctor Who: The Doctor (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Fugitive), The Master (Gomez & Dhawan), Mel Bush, Jo Grant, Grace Holloway, Martha Jones, Yasmin Khan, Dan Lewis, Ace McShane, Donna Noble, Clara Oswald, Amy Pond, Bill Potts, Liz Shaw, Sarah Jane Smith, River Song, Rose Tyler, Rory Williams

Fate, The Winx Saga: Aisha, Beatrix, Flora, Terra Harvey, Musa, Bloom Peters, Riven, Sky, Stella

Haikyuu!!: Keiji Akaashi, Asahi Azumane, Kotaro Bokuto, Chikara Ennoshita, Lev Haiba, Hajime Iwaizume, Tobio Kageyama, Shinsuke Kita, Kendaro Kyotani, Yu Nishinoya, Kiyomi Sakusa, Tendo Satori, Daichi Sawamura, Kiyoko Shimizu, Koshi Sugawara, Rintaro Suna, Ryunosuke Tanaka, Yuji Terushima, Kei Tsukishima, Keishin Ukai, Wakatoshi Ushijima, Hitoka Yachi, Tadashi Yamaguchi

Jujutsu Kaisen: Satoru Gojo, Toge Inunaki, Kento Nanami, Maki Zen’in

Keeper of the Lost Cities: Dex Dizznee, Sophie Foster, Keefe Sencen, Linh Song, Tam Song, Biana Vacker, Fitz Vacker

The Legend of Zelda: Link, Zelda

Lockwood & Co.: Lucy Carlyle, George Cubbins/George Karim, Anthony Lockwood

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Ajak, Liz Allan, Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Peggy Carter, Sharon Carter, Katy Chen, Carol Danvers, Layla El-Faouly, Jane Foster, Gamora, Agatha Harkness, Jessica Jones, Scott Lang, Darcy Lewis, Maya Lopez, Mantis, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Karli Morgenthau, Matt Murdock, Namor, Nebula, Hela Odinsdottir, Sylvie Odinsdottir, Loki Odinson, Thor Odinson, Peter Parker (Any), Pepper Potts, Peter Quill, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sersi, Marc Spector/Steven Grant, Gwen Stacy, Tony Stark, Ava Starr, Stephen Strange, Thena, Joaquin Torres, T’Challa Udaku, Shuri Udaku, Valkyrie, Hope Van Dyne, Vision, Jennifer Walters, Michelle “MJ” Jones Watson, Sam Wilson, Shang-Chi Xu, Xialing Xu

My Hero Academia: Shota Aizawa, Tamaki Amajiki, Mina Ashido, Tsuyu Asui, Katsuki Bakugo, Jin Bubagawara, Nejire Hado, Tenya Iida, Kyoka Jirou, Denki Kaminari, Eijiro Kirishima, Atsuhiro Sako, Hanta Sero, Tomura Shigaraki, Hitoshi Shinso, Mezo Shoji, Keigo Takami, Shoto Todoroki, Toya Todoroki, Himiko Toga, Mirio Togata, Fumikage Tokoyami, Ochako Uraraka, Toshinori Yagi, Momo Yaoyorozu, Hizashi Yamada

Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner

Shatter Me: Kenji Kishimoto, Aaron Warner

Spy X Family: Agent Twilight (“Loid Forger”), Yor Briar

Star Wars: Cassian Andor, Poe Dameron, Din Djarin, Cara Dune, Armitage Hux, Bo-Katan Kryze, Fennec Shand

Stranger Things: Robin Buckley, Jonathan Byers, Joyce Byers, Chrissy Cunningham, Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Casey Jones, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O’Neal, Raphael

Throne of Glass: Aedion Ashryver, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, Gavriel Ashryver, Manon Blackbeak-Crochan, Lysandra Ennar, Nesryn Faliq, Dorian Havilliard, Elide Lochan, Fenrys Moonbeam, Lorcan Salvaterre, Yrene Towers, Chaol Westfall, Rowan Whitethorn

Twisted Wonderland: Leona Kingscholar, Jamil Viper

The Umbrella Academy: Number One / Luther Hargreeves, Number Two / Diego Hargreeves, Number Three / Allison Hargreeves, Number Four / Klaus Hargreeves, Number Five, Number Six / Ben Hargreeves, Number Seven / Viktor Hargreeves, Number Five / Sloane Hargreeves

Vampire Academy: Adrian Ivashkov, Dimitri Belikov, Lissa Dragomir, Rose Hathaway, Sydney Sage

Wednesday: Wednesday Addams, Tyler Galpin, Enid Sinclair, Xavier Thorpe, Larissa Weems

Wizarding World: Lorenzo Berkshire, Sirius Black, Lily Evans, Ominis Gaunt, Hermione Granger, Queenie Goldstein, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Remus Lupin, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, James Potter, Mattheo Riddle, Sebastian Sallow, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley

a character in italics is a favorite to write for. taking a break from strikethroughed fandoms. list is subject to change.

#masterlist #fanfiction #fanfiction masterlist #marvel fanfiction #doctor who fanfiction #ace attorney fanfiction #a court of thorns and roses fanfiction #stranger things fanfiction #the umbrella academy fanfiction #harry potter fanfiction #wizarding world fanfiction #my hero academia fanfiction

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read lovecraft & carter by jonathan l howard. it was the definition of mid. im also like 80% into the babysitter lives by stephen graham jones which i really really want to like but im not really feeling. anyway just posting about it for the record's sake since goodreads is cancelled

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Stevenson's army, January 28

– NBC says WH has asked DOD to see what weapons deliveries can be slowed to pressure Israel – WSJ says 80% of Hamas tunnels still intact – NYT has two stories on Gaza peace efforts, one by Peter Baker on Biden approach, the other by diplomatic reporters on the emerging plan I also want to draw your attention to the excellent article on free speech by Yale’s Stephen L. Carter — My SAIS…

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#ForestWhitaker se une a elenco serie de #MGMPlus #EmperorOfOceanPark √

Forest Whitaker (Godfather of Harlem) se ha unido al elenco de Emperor of Ocean Park, el nuevo thriller de suspense de MGM+ inspirado en la novela homónima de Stephen L. Carter. John Wells, portada de “The Emperor of Ocean Park”, Sherman Payne / Imágenes cortesía Getty Images De John Wells y Sherman Payne, Emperor of Ocean Park está ambientada en el mundo de la política, la academia de la Ivy…

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Year in Review (by way of books) 2023

Books and Comics/Graphic Novels 2023

January

The Doubtful Guest – Edward Gorey (illustrated book/graphic novel)

The Promised Neverland: Volume 6 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu(manga)

The City and the City – China Mieville

Sandman Volume 6: Fables and Reflections – Neil Gaiman, various artists (graphic novel)

Sandman Volume 7: Brief Lives – Neil Gaiman, Jill Thompson, Vince Locke (graphic novel)

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas – Frederick Douglas, read by Charles Turner

The Sandman Volume 8: World’s End – Neil Gaiman, various artists (graphic novel)

The Bartimaeus Trilogy 2: The Golem’s Eye – Jonathan Stroud

The Man Who Fell To Earth – Dan Watters, Dev Pramanik (graphic novel)

The Carpet People – Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs

Hikaru no Go Volume 15: Sayanara – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Hikaru no Go Volume 16: The Chinese Go Association – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Witch Hat Atelier Volume 1 – Kamome Shirahama (manga)

February

The Sandman Volume 9: The Kindly Ones – Neil Gaiman, Marc Hemple, various artists (graphic novel)

Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake, read by Simon Vance

Paper Girls Volume 3 – Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang (graphic novel)

Beastars Volume 1 – Paru Itagaki (manga)

Revenge of the Librarians – Tom Gauld (graphic novel)

Lucifer Volume 1: Devil in the Gateway – Mike Carey, Peter Gross (graphic novel)

Saint Young Men Volume 1 – Hikaru Nakamura (manga)

The Sandman Volume 10: The Wake – Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Jon Muth, Charles Vess (graphic novel)

Hikaru no Go Volume 17: A Familiar Face – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson

Beastars Volume 2 – Paru Itagaki (manga)

Woman World – Aminder Dhaliwal (graphic novel)

Black Paradox – Junji Ito (manga)

Beastars Volume 3 – Paru Itagaki (manga)

March

Lucifer Volume 2: Children & Monsters – Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Ryan Kelly (graphic novel)

Doomsday Book – Connie Willis, read by Jenny Sterlin

Moonshadow – J.M. DeMatteis, Jon J. Muth, Kent Williams (graphic novel)

The Magic Fish – Trung Le Nguyen (graphic novel)

Sleepless Volume 2 – Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Luca (graphic novel)

The Monkey Prince Volume 1: Enter the Monkey – Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang (graphic novel)

Unbroken – Lauren Hillenbrand, read by Edward Hermann

Thrawn: Ascendancy 2: The Greater Good – Timothy Zahn, read by Marc Thompson

Thud! – Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs

April

Operation Mincemeat – Ben McIntyre

Beastars Volume 4 – Paru Itagaki (manga)

Parasyte Volume 2 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson

The Promised Neverland Volume 7 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Parasyte Volume 3 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

The Wheel of Time Bk 4: The Shadow Rising – Robert Jordan

Twig – Skottie Young, Skyle Strahm (graphic novel)

Spring Rain: a graphic memoir – Andy Warner (graphic novel)

The Multiversity – Grant Morrison, various artists (graphic novel)

The Promised Neverland Volume 8 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Goldie Vance Volume 2 – Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Brittney Williams (graphic novel)

Team of Rivals (Abridged) – Doris Kearns Goodwin, read by Richard Thomas

Stretching the Heavens – Terry L. Givens

May

The Promised Neverland Volume 9 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Parasyte Volume 4 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

Parasyte Volume 5 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

Conan Volume 1 – Robert E. Howard, L. Sprage De Camp, Lin Carter

Parasyte Volume 6 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

The Promised Neverland Volume 10 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Penric’s Demon – Lois McMaster Bujold, read by Grove Gardner

Kamen Rider: The Classic Manga Collection - Shōtarō Ishinomori, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (manga)

Parasyte Volume 7 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

Shuna’s Journey – Hayao Miyazaki, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit (manga)

Parasyte Volume 8 – Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga)

Maggy Garrison – Lewis Trondheim, Stephane Oiry (graphic novel)

Double Cross – Ben McIntyre

The Promised Neverland Volume 11 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

June

The Promised Neverland Volume 12 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

The Promised Neverland Volume 13 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

My Hero Academia Volume 1 – Kohei Horikoshi (manga)

Think Again – Adam Grant

Adventure Game Comics Volume 1: Leviathan – Jason Shiga (graphic novel)

Ranma ½ Volume 35 – Rumiko Takahashi (manga)

Ranma ½ Volume 36 – Rumiko Takahashi (manga)

The Promised Neverland Volume 14 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Thrawn Ascendancy Volume 3: Lesser Evil – Timothy Zahn, read by Marc Thompson

Leviathan Wakes – James S.A. Corey

The Man Without Talent – Yoshitsaru Tsuge (manga)

July

A Bride’s Story Volume 3 – Kaoru Mori (manga)

The Promised Neverland Volume 15 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

The Promised Neverland Volume 16 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu (manga)

Almost American Girl – Robin Ha (graphic novel)

The Woman Who Smashed Codes – Jason Fagone

The Swamp – Yoshiharu Tsuge (manga)

The Wheel of Time Book 5: The Fires of Heaven – Robert Jordan

A Bride’s Story Volume 4 – Kaoru Mori (manga)

Pulp – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips (graphic novel)

Locke & Key: Small World – Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Breaking Cat News – Georgia Dunn (graphic novel)

August

Labyrinth Coronation Vol 1 – Ryan Ferrier, Simon Spurrier, Daniel Bayliss (graphic novel)

A Bride’s Story Volume 5 – Kaoru Mori (manga)

Worst Journey In the World Volume 1 – Sara Airress (graphic novel)

Best American Comics 2016 – various artists, writers, edited by Roz Chast (graphic novel)

Labyrinth Coronation Volume 2 – Ryan Ferrier, Simon Spurrier, Daniel Bayliss (graphic novel)

Hikaru no Go Volume 19: One Step Forward! – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Hikaru no Go Volume 20: The Young Lions – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Thirsty Mermaids – Kat Leyh (graphic novel)

Criminal: Coward – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips (graphic novel)

Parable of the Sower – Octavia E. Butler, read by Lynne Thigpen

Hikaru no Go Volume 21: Great Expectations – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Hikaru no Go Volume 22: China vs. Japan – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Hikaru no Go Volume 23: Endgame – Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta (manga)

Dead Boy Detectives Vol. 1: Schoolboy Terrors – Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine (graphic novel)

Dead Boy Detectives Vol 2: Ghost Snow – Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine (graphic novel)

Seek You – Kristen Radtke (graphic novel)

John Constantinte Hellblazer Volume 2: The Devil You Know – Jamie Delano, David Lloyd, Richard Piers Rayner (graphic novel)

September

Once & Future Volume 5: The Wasteland – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora (graphic novel)

The Once and Future Witches – Alix Harrow

The Sandman Presents: The Deadboy Detectives – Ed Brubaker, Bryan Talbot, Steve Leialoha (graphic novel)

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham – Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke (graphic novel)

Free Country: A Tale of the Children’s Crusade – Neil Gaiman, various writers, artists (graphic novel)

Man’s Search For Meaning – Victor E. Frankl, read by Simon Vance

John Constantine Hellblazer Volume 1: Original Sins – Jamie Delano, Mark Buckingham, Richard Piers Rayner (graphic novel)

Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? – Roz Chast (graphic novel)

Edge of Spider-Verse – Dan Slott, Jason Latour, various artists/writers (graphic novel)

Spider-Gwen Volume 1: Greater Power – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

John Constatine Hellblazer Volume 3: The Fear Machine – Jamie Delano, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Buckingham, Mike Hoffman (graphic novel)

Cosmic Odyssey – Jim Starlin, Mike Mignola, Carlos Garzon (graphic novel)

October

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. –edited by Clayborne Carson, read by LeVar Burton

Spider-Women – Robbie Thompson, Jason Latour, various artists (graphic novel)

Spider-Gwen Volume 2: Weapon of Choice – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Gender Queer – Maia Kubata (graphic novel)

Black Orchid Book 1 – Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (graphic novel)

Black Orchid Book 2 – Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (graphic novel)

Black Orchid Book 3 – Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (graphic novel)

Tombs – Junji Ito (manga)

Locke & Key: The Golden Age – Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Wraith – Joe Hill, Charles Paul Wilson III (graphic novel)

A Great and Terrible King – Marc Morris, read by Ralph Lister

The Birds and Don’t Look Now – Daphne du Maurier, read by Peter Capaldi

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness – Nagata Kabi (manga)

Spider-Gwen Volume 3: Long-Distance – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

The Birds & Other Stories – Daphne du Maurier

November

John Constantine Hellblazer Volume 4: The Family Man – Jamie Delano, Grant Morrison, various artists (graphic novel)

The Feng Shui Detective Agency – Nury Vittachi

Delicious in Dungeon Volume 1 – Ryoko Kui (manga)

The Saga of Swamp Thing Volume 1 – Alan Moore, Stephen Bisette, John Totleben (graphic novel)

Spider-Verse – Dan Slott, various writers/artists (graphic novel)

Breakfast With Socrates – Robert Rowland Smith

Harleen – Stjepan Sejic (graphic novel)

Spider-Gwen Volume 4: Predators – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Spider-Gwen Volume 5: Gwenom – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer – Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, read by Jeff Cummings

Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen: Sitting in a Tree – Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Latour, Sara Pichelli, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

December

John Constantine Hellblazer Volume 5: Dangerous Habits – Garth Ennis, Jamie Delano, various artists (graphic novel)

My Solo Exchange Diary Volume 1 – Nagata Kabi (manga)

Birds of Prey Volume 1 – Chuck Dixon, Jordan B. Gorfinkel, various artists (graphic novel)

My Solo Exchange Diary Volume 2 – Nagata Kabi (manga)

Shuna’s Journey – Hayao Miyazaki, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit (manga)

When Stars Are Scattered – Victoria Jemison, Omar Mohamed (graphic novel)

My Alcoholic Escape From Reality – Nagata Kabi (manga)

Dune Messiah – Frank Herbert, read by Simon Vance, Euan Morton, Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren

Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) - Patricia Briggs

Lore Olympus Volume 1 – Rachel Smythe (graphic novel)

Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank, read by Selma Blair

Lore Olympus Volume 2 – Rachel Smythe (graphic novel)

Spider-Gwen Volume 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez (graphic novel)

Hungry Ghosts – Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, various artists (graphic novel)

I read 156 books and graphic novels in 2023. 119 graphic novels, 37 books. 25 non-fiction, 131 fiction. 69 graphic novels, 50 graphic mangas. 15 re-reads.

Starting in March with Unbroken, I started reading a number of books about World War II. I think I had, as ever a goal to read more non-fiction and since there are so many books on the 2 World Wars, they are often the ones that I’m able to check out from the library without a super long wait list. Then Oppenheimer came out this summer so I was more intrigued and decided to read the basis for the film (which is atypical for me outside of comics). Following Unbroken I read a few spy books, Operation Mincemeat and Double Cross in May by Ben McIntyre that were super interesting.

I had previously read The Confidence Men about 2 British POWs from WWI who escaped a Turkish POW camp by (among other things) a Ouija board. I had started reading The Diary of Anne Frank/Diary of a Young Girl sometime this past year I think and finally finished it near the end of the year and Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning in October. I started listening to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich in November or December and read for my family’s book club The Woman Who Smashed Codes about Elizabeth Friedman and her husband who developed cryptology in the US between World War I and II and was treated pretty wretchedly by the US government for her efforts. This was in no small part due to J. Edgar Hoover, who seems to be more and more a villain every time I have the misfortune of encountering him in books and other media.

A manga series I had started last year, The Promised Neverland, I’m close to finishing (I believe there are 20 volumes, which isn’t super long for a manga series. Full Metal Alchemist is 20-something volumes if I remember correctly) and I finally finished Hikaru no Go about a teenager who accidentally finds himself competing in the Japanese game Go due to a haunted Go board in his grandfather’s attic. A web comic that my wife got me interested in, Lore Olympus, retells the story of Persephone and Hades with a combination of contemporary and antiquity culture. The comic is broken up into “seasons” and the second season was recently finished so I wanted to read up to that point while waiting for the end of the third season. Unfortunately, it was long enough ago that I had read up to the end of the first season I ended up having to start over. But this was good as there were a number of things I caught the second time through and appreciated more on a re-read.

I also read the 4th and 5th Wheel of Time books for the second time this past year, which was an interesting experience. There were a lot of things I remembered incorrectly because of the 25ish years since I read them initially. I don’t think I’m going to read the entire series all the way through again, but I might read book 6. I finished re-reading The Sandman (partly due to the release of the Netflix series) and went on a kick of other Vertigo (an imprint of DC Comics that focused on non-superhero books, more adult and more creator-controlled that is now largely if not entirely defunct) titles (the Dead Boy Detectives, Hellblazer, Swamp Thing). Don’t know where I’ll go with that. Also read a decent amount of Spider-Verse comics (mostly Spider-Gwen but one big crossover book that was sort of the culmination of the Spider-Verse storylines (I think?)) that was interesting. Spider-Gwen is a great comic that has yet to lead to the frustration I felt with the later Miles Morales books.

Nagata Kabi’s memoirs about self-esteem, her fraught relationship with her parents, alcoholism and eating problems is both interesting and very frustrating. I am very lucky to not have hardly any of her emotional, mental and health issues that are wound up together but reading her mangas it is hard not to want to shake her when she seems to recover from one life-threatening catastrophe only to work herself into another. I’m morbidly curious about her later volumes about pancreatitis.

Lastly, there were some books on Arthur and some non-fiction or books by African-American authors that I had intended to start or finish that I’m dragging my heels on. We’ll see what happens in the next year with that.

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