2022 General Reading: The List

Completed reads for 2022:

1. On Providence, by Seneca the Younger
2. On the Firmness of the Wise Man, by Seneca the Younger
3. Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
4. The Passions of Saint Perpetua and Felicity
5. Murder is Easy, by Agatha Christie
6. The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie
7. The Bacchanals, by Euripides
8. Alcestis, by Euripides
9. Medea, by Euripides
10. Hippolytus, by Euripides
11. Ion, by Euripides
12. The Thattur of Sörli
13. The Phoenician Damsels, by Euripides
14. The Suppliants, by Euripides
15. Hercules Distracted, by Euripides
16. The Children of Hercules, by Euripides
17. Antigone, by Sophocles
18. Oedipus the King, by Sophocles
19. Oedpius at Colonus, by Sophocles
20. The Suppliant Women, by Aeschylus
21. The Persians, by Aeschylus
22. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings [Movie Screenplay], by John Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg
23. The Seven Against Thebes, by Aeschylus
24. Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus
25. The Lay of Leithian: The Rock Opera (libretto)
26. Heather Ale (poem), by Robert Louis Stevenson
27. The Hildebrandslied
28. Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
29. The Choephoroe, by Aeschylus
30. The Eumenides, by Aeschylus
31. Evil Under the Sun, by Agatha Christie
32. Appointment with Death, by Agatha Christie
33. Women of Trachis, by Sophocles
34. Philoctetes, by Sophocles
35. Trojan Women, by Euripides
36. The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek
37. The Saga of Hromund Greipsson
38. The Tháttr of Nornagest
39. Iphigenia among the Taurians, by Euripides
40. Iphigenia at Aulis, by Euripides
41. Rhesus, by Euripides?
42. The Body in the Library, by Agatha Christie
43. Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, by Agatha Christie
44. Poirot Investigates, by Agatha Christie
45. The Secret of Chimneys, by Agatha Christie
46. A Pocket Full of Rye, by Agatha Christie
47. Miss Marple’s Final Cases, by Agatha Christie
48. By the Pricking of My Thumbs, by Agatha Christie
49. Cyclops, by Euripides
50. Electra, by Euripides
51. Helen, by Euripides
52. Hecuba, by Euripides
53. Andromache, by Euripides
54. Orestes, by Euripides
55. Ajax, by Sophocles
56. Electra, by Sophocles
57. The Frogs, by Aristophanes
58. The Wasps, by Aristophanes
59. The Birds, by Aristophanes
60. The Clouds, by Aristophanes
61. Lysistrata, by Aristophanes
62. The Acharnians, by Aristophanes
63. The Knights, by Aristophanes
64. Wealth, by Aristophanes
65. Peace, by Aristophanes
66. Women at the Festival, by Aristophanes
67. Women in Parliament, by Aristophanes
68. The Grouch, by Menander
69. War in Heaven, by Charles Williams
70. The Place of the Lion, by Charles Williams
71. The Girl from Samos, by Menander
72. The Arbitration, by Menander (and Gilbert Murray)
73. The Rape of the Locks, by Menander (and Gilbert Murray)
74. Poetics, by Aristotle
75. The Life of Plato, by Olympiodorus
76. Murder in the Mews, by Agatha Christie
77. Sad Cypress, by Agatha Christie
78. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, by Agatha Christie
79. The Shield, by Menander (fragments)
80. The Hero, by Menander (fragments)
81. The Farmer, by Menander (fragments)
82. The Sicyonians, by Menander (fragments)
83. The Characters, by Theophrastus
84. The Lover of Lies, by Lucian of Samosata
85. Parker Pyne Investigates, by Agatha Christie
86. The Mysterious Mr Quin, by Agatha Christie
87. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
88. Partners in Crime, by Agatha Christie
89. All Hallows’ Eve, by Charles Williams
90. The Sittaford Mystery, by Agatha Christie
91. 4.50 from Paddington, by Agatha Christie
92. Narrations, by Conon
93. The Vampire (poem), by Rudyard Kipling
94. Progress and Poverty, by Henry George
95. A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift
96. The Horla, by Guy de Maupassant
97. Supernatural Horror in Literature, by H.P. Lovecraft
98. Towards Zero, by Agatha Christie
99. Hickory Dickory Death, by Agatha Christie
100. The Lady of the Barge (collection), by W.W. Jacobs
101. Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus, by St Patrick
102. Confession, by St Patrick
103. The Ruin (poem), by Anonymous
104. The Wanderer (poem), by Anonymous
105. The Seafarer (poem), by Anonymous
106. The Wife’s Lament (poem), by Anonymous
107. The Husband’s Message (poem), by Anonymous
108. Wulf and Eadwacer (poem), by Anonymous
109. The Panther (poem), by Anonymous
110. The Whale (poem), by Anonymous
111. Widsith (poem), by Anonymous
112. Deor (poem), by Anonymous
113. Dream of the Rood (poem), by Anonymous
114. Durham (poem), by Anonymous
115. Exeter Book Riddles
116. The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
117. The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli
118. Faust, Part I, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
119. Faust, Part II, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
120. Paradise Lost, by John Milton
121. Paradise Regained, by John Milton
122. The Nibelungenlied
123. Agricola, by Tacitus
124. Germania, by Tacitus
125. Dialogue on Orators, by Tacitus
126. The Gods of Pegana, by Lord Dunsany
127. Time and the Gods, by Lord Dunsany
128. The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, by Lord Dunsany
129. The Romance of Tristan by Beroul
130. The Tale of Tristan’s Madness, by Anonymous
131. Parallel Chapters from the 1st and 2nd editions of An Essay on the Principle of Population, by Thomas Malthus
132. The Labours of Hercules, by Agatha Christie
133. The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie
134. They Do It With Mirrors, by Agatha Christie
135. Sleeping Murder, by Agatha Christie
136. Curtain, by Agatha Christie
137. The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
138. Kingship in Heaven
139. Song of Ullikummi
140. Greek Lyric Poetry, trs. M.L. West
141. Andreas (poem), by Anonymous
142. Azarias (poem), by Anonymous
143. Caedmon’s Hymn (poem), by Caedmon
144. The Fates of the Apostles (poem), by Cynewulf
145. Elene (poem), by Cynewulf
146. Juliana (poem), by Cynewulf
147. Advent Lyrics: Christ I (poem), by Anonymous
148. The Ascension: Christ II (poem), by Cynewulf
149. The Final Judgement: Christ III (poem), by Anonymous
150. The Descent into Hell (poem), by Anonymous
151. Bede’s Death Song (poem), by Bede
152. The Fortunes of Men (poem), by Anonymous
153. The Gifts of Men (poem), by Anonymous
154. Simple on a Soapbox, by John A. Lee
155. The Finnsburh Fragment (poem)
156. Vainglory (poem), by Anonymous
157. Soul and Body (poem) (2 versions), by Anonymous
158. Solomon and Saturn (poem), by Anonymous
159. The Partridge (poem), by Anonymous
160. Almsgiving (poem), by Anonymous
161. Pharaoh (poem), by Anonymous
162. The Lord’s Prayer [Exeter Book] (poem), by Anonymous
163. Descent into Hell, by Charles Williams
164. Many Dimensions, by Charles Williams
165. The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
166. The Greater Trumps, by Charles Williams
167. The Kalevala, ed. Elias Lönnrot
168. Shadows of Ecstasy, by Charles Williams
169. Haita the Shepherd, by Ambrose Bierce
170. An Inhabitant of Carcosa, by Ambrose Bierce
171. The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (collection), by H.P. Lovecraft
172. The Emperor of Dreams (collection), by Clark Ashton Smith
173. A Voyage to Sfanomoë, by Clark Ashton Smith
174. A Vintage from Atlantis, by Clark Ashton Smith
175. The Master of the Crabs, by Clark Ashton Smith
176. The Witchcraft of Ulua, by Clark Ashton Smith
177. The Last Hieroglyph, by Clark Ashton Smith
178. The Voyage of King Euvoran, by Clark Ashton Smith
179. The Testament of Athammaus, by Clark Ashton Smith
180. The Ice-Demon, by Clark Ashton Smith
181. The White Sybil, by Clark Ashton Smith
182. A Night in Malnéant, by Clark Ashton Smith
183. Sadastor, by Clark Ashton Smith
184. The Complete Chronicles of Conan (collection), by Robert E. Howard
185. Tales of Terror and Darkness (collection), by Algernon Blackwood
186. The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood
187. The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood
188. The White People and Other Weird Stories (collection), by Arthur Machen
189. Not So Barren Or Uncultivated: British Travellers in Finland 1760-1830, by Tony Lurcock
190. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, by Humphrey Carpenter
191. The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
192. Legends of Aotearoa (collection), edited by Sir George Grey
193. The Genealogy of Morals, by Friedrich Nietzsche
194. Vathek, by William Beckford
195. Folktales of the Maori (collection), edited by Alfred Grace
196. Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville
197. The Enchantress of Sylaire, by Clark Ashton Smith
198. The Demon of the Flower, by Clark Ashton Smith
199. The Devotee of Evil, by Clark Ashton Smith
200. The Disinterment of Venus, by Clark Ashton Smith
201. The Satyr (2 versions), by Clark Ashton Smith
202. The Mandrakes, by Clark Ashton Smith
203. The Maker of Gargoyles, by Clark Ashton Smith
204. The End of the Story, by Clark Ashton Smith
205. The Holiness of Azédarac, by Clark Ashton Smith
206. The Colossus of Ylourgne, by Clark Ashton Smith
207. The Planet of the Dead, by Clark Ashton Smith
208. The Plutonian Drug, by Clark Ashton Smith
209. The Light from Beyond, by Clark Ashton Smith
210. The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis, by Clark Ashton Smith
211. The City of the Singing Flame, by Clark Ashton Smith
212. The Maze of Maal Dweb, by Clark Ashton Smith
213. The Chain of Aforgomon, by Clark Ashton Smith
214. The Dweller in the Gulf, by Clark Ashton Smith
215. Master of the Asteroid, by Clark Ashton Smith
216. Double Cosmos, by Clark Ashton Smith
217. The Supernumerary Corpse, by Clark Ashton Smith
218. The Stairs in the Crypt, by Clark Ashton Smith
219. The Dimension of Chance, by Clark Ashton Smith
220. The Dark Age, by Clark Ashton Smith
221. Phoenix, by Clark Ashton Smith
222. The Second Interment, by Clark Ashton Smith
223. The Uncharted Isle, by Clark Ashton Smith
224. Schizoid Creator, by Clark Ashton Smith
225. The Necromantic Tale, by Clark Ashton Smith
226. In the Book of Vergama (fragment), by Clark Ashton Smith
227. The Great God Awto, by Clark Ashton Smith
228. The Bronze Image, by Clark Ashton Smith
229. The Emir’s Captive, by Clark Ashton Smith
230. The Letter from Mohaun Los, by Clark Ashton Smith
231. Thirteen Phantasms, by Clark Ashton Smith
232. The Epiphany of Death, by Clark Ashton Smith
233. The Fulfilled Prophecy, by Clark Ashton Smith
234. The Justice of the Elephant, by Clark Ashton Smith
235. Monsters in the Night, by Clark Ashton Smith
236. The Willow Landscape, by Clark Ashton Smith
237. The Raja and the Tiger, by Clark Ashton Smith
238. The Phantoms of the Fire, by Clark Ashton Smith
239. A Copy of Burns, by Clark Ashton Smith
240. The Venus of Azombeii, by Clark Ashton Smith
241. The Jewel in the Skull, by Michael Moorcock
242. Vulthoom, by Clark Ashton Smith
243. The Haunted Chamber, by Clark Ashton Smith
244. The Haunted Gong, by Clark Ashton Smith
245. The Mahout, by Clark Ashton Smith
246. The Malay Krise (2 versions), by Clark Ashton Smith
247. The Mad God’s Amulet, by Michael Moorcock
248. The Sword of the Dawn, by Michael Moorcock
249. The Runestaff, by Michael Moorcock
250. The Shadow Kingdom, by Robert E. Howard
251. The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, by Robert E. Howard
252. The Eternal World, by Clark Ashton Smith
253. The Monster of the Prophecy, by Clark Ashton Smith
254. The Tale of Sir John Maundeville, by Clark Ashton Smith
255. The Parrot, by Clark Ashton Smith
256. Checkmate, by Clark Ashton Smith
257. The Shah’s Messenger, by Clark Ashton Smith
258. The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake, by Clark Ashton Smith
259. Something New, by Clark Ashton Smith
260. A Platonic Entanglement, by Clark Ashton Smith
261. Fakhreddin, by Clark Ashton Smith
262. The Ghost of Mohammed Din, by Clark Ashton Smith
263. The Immeasurable Horror, by Clark Ashton Smith
264. Murder in the Fourth Dimension, by Clark Ashton Smith
265. The Perfect Woman, by Clark Ashton Smith
266. The Primal City, by Clark Ashton Smith
267. Phantastes, by George MacDonald
268. The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
269. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
270. The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
271. Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis
272. The Voyage of the Dawntreader, by C.S. Lewis
273. The Unrepentant Necrophile: An Interview with Karen Greenlee (Jim Morton)
274. The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis
275. The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis
276. Gossip (fragment), by Clark Ashton Smith
277. The Flirt, by Clark Ashton Smith
278. The Expert Lover, by Clark Ashton Smith
279. The Metamorphosis of Earth, by Clark Ashton Smith
280. The Immortals of Mercury, by Clark Ashton Smith
281. The Invisible City, by Clark Ashton Smith
282. The Dart of Rasafa, by Clark Ashton Smith
283. An Adventure in Futurity, by Clark Ashton
284. Marooned in Andromeda, by Clark Ashton Smith
285. A Star-Change, by Clark Ashton Smith
286. Seedling of Mars, by Clark Ashton Smith
287. Nemesis of the Unfinished, by Clark Ashton Smith and Don Carter
288. The Light from the Pole, by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
289. The Third Episode of Vathek, by William Beckford and Clark Ashton Smith
290. The Brahmin’s Wisdom, by Gustav Meyrink

As ever, the list’s appearance is distorted by having to list short stories read individually online, rather than as part of a collection (the Smith stories being real villains here).

2022 was a notable reading year, in that for the first time in a while, I really launched into re-reads – coming back to stuff I hadn’t read in ten, or twenty, or even twenty-five years. But I also got through copious material I had never read before. I managed the complete surviving corpus of Ancient Greek drama, and a decent slice of the surviving Old English literary corpus, while Agatha Christie (fifty books) is now my second most-read author in terms of quantity, behind Michael Moorcock (fifty-six). I re-read the complete Narnia, while also working my way through the seven Charles Williams novels.

• January 2, 2023
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