Series Update:
Completed:
Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
First Law by Joe Abercrombie
Shattered Sea by Joe Abercrombie
The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (except short stories)
Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy by Diana Wynne Jones
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
The Greenhollow Duology by Emily Tesh
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Xenogenesis/Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler
Earthseed by Octavia E. Butler
Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
Wildwood by Juliet Marillier
O Ceptro de Aerzis by Inês Botelho
St. Clare’s by Enid Blyton
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Petshop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino
Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo by Matsuri Akino
Goodnight Punpun by Asano Inio
Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma
Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani
Demon Diary by Kara
Life by Suenobu Keiko
Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki
Kaze to Ki no Uta (The Poem of Wind and Trees) by Keiko Takemiya
Pluto by Naoki Urasawa
Monster by Naoki Urasawa
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
Yuureitou by Taro Nogizaka
Ibitsu by Haruto Ryo
Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Butsu Zone by Hiroyuki Takei
Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei
Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa
Doubt by Yoshiki Tonogai
Locke & Key by Joe Hill
Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch (waiting)
The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (waiting)
Iron Widow by Ziran Jay Zhao (waiting)
In progress:
Nightrunner by Lynn Flewelling
Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
The Chronicles of Tornor by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin
Graceling Realm by Kristin Cashore
Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnet
Alexander the Great by Mary Renault
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple by Agatha Christie
Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
Riverside by Ellen Kushner
The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee
Montague Siblings by Mackenzi Lee
Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip
The Winnowing Flame by Jen Williams
Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Tensorate by Neon Yang
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma
The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki
DNF:
The Cemeteries of Amalo by Katherine Addison
Eagle and Jaguar by Isabel Allende
The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen
Fairy Oak by Elisabetta Gnone
New Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Sophie Hannah
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
The Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence
Kenzie & Gennaro by Denis Lehane
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
London Highwaymen by Cat Sebastian
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The Lion Hunters by Elizabeth Wein
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
Monster by Marjorie Liu
Fables by Bill Willingham
The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai
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Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020)
Dame Diana Rigg played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017).
She also enjoyed a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Dame Diana Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 production of Abelard & Heloise.
Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968); Lady Holiday in The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and Arlena Marshall in Evil Under the Sun (1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries Mother Love (1989), and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers in an adaptation of Rebecca (1997). Her other television credits include You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Detectorists (2015), and the Doctor Who episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter, Rachael Stirling.
Diana Rigg was a patron of International Care & Relief and was for many years the public face of the charity's child sponsorship scheme.
She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.
Rest in Peace
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