A little bit belated, but here’s my reading list from the year just gone:

• The Line That Held Us – David Joy
• Bluebird, Bluebird – Attica Locke
• Riverside: Newcastle’s Legendary Alternative Music Venue – Hazel Plater and Carl Taylor
• The Mordbidly Obese Ninja – Carlton Mellick III
• Uzumaki – Junji Ito
• My Sister, The Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
• My Darkest Prayer – S A Cosby
• Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash – Eka Kurniawan
• The Punisher Omnibus Volume 2 – Garth Ennis
• The Season Ticket – Jonathan Tulloch
• Pig Iron – Ben Myers
• The Ice Monster – David Walliams
• Batman The Dark Knight: Master Race – Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello
• The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade – Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello
• The Border – Don Winslow
• Point Blank – Richard Stark
• Ellerbisms – Marc Ellerby
• Smoke – Nigel Bird
• Bloody January – Alan Parks
• The Witches – Roald Dahl
• Slow Horses – Mick Herron
• Be My Girl – Tony Hutchinson
• Rival Sons – Aidan Thorn
• How Kirsty Gets Her Kicks – Jennifer Lee Thomson
• All Things Violent – Nikki Dolson
• Comeback – Richard Stark
• Natchez Burning – Greg Iles
• Sleevenotes – Mark Lanegan
• Skin – Peter Milligan
• Hewligan’s Haircut – Peter Milligan
• The Chain – Adrian McKinty
• Foundation – Isaac Asimov
• The Postman Always Rings Twice – James M Cain
• I Spit On Your Graves – Boris Vian
• The Drive-In – Joe Lansdale
• The Great And Secret Show – Clive Barker
• Skellig – David Almond
• The Eye Of The World – Robert Jordan
• Six Stories – Mat Wesolowski
• Blood In, Blood Out – John Lee Brook
• The Criminal – Jim Thompson
• My Best Friend’s Exorcism – Grady Hendrix
• Doctor Sleep – Stephen King
• Batman: Gotham After Midnight – Steve Niles
• The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
• Batman: The Black Mirror – Scott Snyder
• Batman: Broken City – Brian Azzarello
• Batman: Zero Year Secret City – Scott Snyder
• Batman: Zero Year Dark City – Scott Snyder
• Batman: Gates Of Gotham – Scott Snyder and Kyle Higgins
• Happy – Grant Morrison
• Face It – Debbie Harry

If I had to pick my favourites of the year, I reckon I’d go with Face It – Debbie Harry, My Best Friend’s Exorcism – Grady Hendrix, My Sister The Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite, The Eye Of The World – Robert Jordan, and My Darkest Prayer – S A Cosby.