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There have been 85 books logged overall.

2026

29 books read:

• "Kingdom: 1" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Kingdom: 2" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Kingdom: 3" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Learn to Play Go, Vol. 2 The Way of the Moving Horse" by Janice Kim (3 dan) & Jeong Soo-hyun (9 dan) non-fiction

• "Kingdom: 4" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Kingdom: 5" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "This Was Funnier in China: An American Comedian's Cross-Cultural Journey" by Jesse Appell non-fiction

• "Kingdom: 6" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Kingdom: 7" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town" by Barbara Demick non-fiction

• "Three Tigers, One Mountain: A journey through the bitter history and current conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan" by Michael Booth non-fiction

• "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne novel

• "Beyond Life and Death: The Way of True Freedom" by Jet Li non-fiction

• "Kingdom: 8" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "American Paper Son: A Chinese Immigrant in the Midwest" by Wayne Hung Wong; ed. Benson Tong non-fiction

• "Kingdom: 9" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Dandadan: 1" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Kingdom: 10" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Dandadan: 2" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Dandadan: 3" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Dandadan: 4" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Dandadan: 5" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Yu-Gi-Oh! 3-in-1: 10, 11, 12" by Kazuki Takahashi manga

• "Dandadan: 6" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "Kingdom: 11" by Yasuhisa Hara manga

• "Dandadan: 7" by Yukinobu Tatsu manga

• "night vision: seeing ourselves through dark moods" by Mariana Alessandri non-fiction

• "1984" by George Orwell novel

• "Through the Woods" by Emily Carroll graphic novel

2025

20 books read:

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 16, 17, 18" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods" by Grace Lin non-fiction

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 19, 20, 21" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management" by Seneca (selected, translated, and introduced by James Romm) non-fiction

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 22, 23, 24" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "The Hyperpolyglot Handbook: A Gigachad's Guide to Language Learning" by Language Simp non-fiction

• "Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)" by Rebecca Yarros novel

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 25, 26, 27" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 28, 29, 30" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 31, 32, 33" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 34, 35, 36" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 37, 38, 39" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 40, 41, 42" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "The Hacienda" by Isabel Cañas novel

• "Kingdom of Dragons" by Jed Herne novel

• "Yu-Gi-Oh! 3-in-1: 1, 2, 3" by Kazuki Takahashi manga

• "Yu-Gi-Oh! 3-in-1: 4, 5, 6" by Kazuki Takahashi manga

• "Learn to Play Go, Vol. 1 A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game" by Janice Kim (3 dan) & Jeong Soo-hyun (9 dan) non-fiction

• "Yu-Gi-Oh! 3-in-1: 7, 8, 9" by Kazuki Takahashi manga

• "China in Ten Words" by Yu Hua non-fiction

2024

18 books read:

• "Seven Games: A Human History" by Oliver Roeder non-fiction

• "The Thunder Heist (The Twisted Seas, 1)" by Jed Herne novel

• "The Club: How the English Premier League became the wildest, richest, most disruptive force in sports" by Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg non-fiction

• "Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)" by Rebecca Yarros novel

• "For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History" by Sarah Rose non-fiction

• "All Hallows" by Christopher Golden novel

• "How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing" by Vincent Obsopoeus (edited & translated by Michael Fontaine) non-fiction

• "How to be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship" by Marcus Tullius Cicero (translated by Philip Freeman) non-fiction

• "Blackbeard's Cup and stories of the Outer Banks" by Charles Whedbee stories

• "Vampires of El Norte" by Isabel Cañas novel

• "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King stories

• "Across the Broken Stars" by Jed Herne novel

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 1, 2, 3" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution that made China Modern" by Jing Tsu non-fiction

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 4, 5, 6" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 7, 8, 9" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 10, 11, 12" by Akira Toriyama manga

• "Dragonball 3-in-1: 13, 14, 15" by Akira Toriyama manga

2023

18 books read:

• "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "The Testaments" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner non-fiction

• "Ariadne" by Jennifer Saint novel

• "Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 1)" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 2)" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "The Darkness Manifesto" by Johan Eklöf non-fiction

• "MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 3)" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "How to read literature like a professor" by Thomas Foster non-fiction

• "Alias Grace: A Novel" by Margaret Atwood novel

• "Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)" by Rebecca Yarros novel

• "Hallowe'en Party (A Hercule Poirot Mystery)" by Agatha Christie novel

• "Dracula" by Bram Stoker novel

• "Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim novel

• "Fires of the Dead" by Jed Herne novella

• "Soccer For Dummies" by Tom Dunmore, Scott Murray non-fiction

• "Misery" by Stephen King novel

• "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury novel