Adult Book Lists
Graphic Novels for Adults
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Grapic novel adaption of the novel of the same name. Harriet Vanger, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they unravel the mystery.
Plastic - Retired serial killer Edwyn Stoffgruppen is in love with Virginia, a girl he "met online." Her affection quiets his vile urges. Together, they tour the back roads of America in their LTD Crown Vic, eating doughnuts and enjoying their insatiable appetites for each other. Life is good...until a Louisiana billionaire kidnaps Virginia, forcing Edwyn to kill again in exchange for her freedom. And the twist to all of this? Virginia is a sex doll.
Saga: Volume 1 - When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.
Sherlock: A Study in Pink - Adapting the episodes of the smash-hit BBC America/Hartswood Films TV show that sees Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) tackling brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London, this stunning manga is presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialised
The Undertaking of Lily Chen - In Northern China, custom demands that every man have a wife to keep him company in the afterlife. Deshi Li's brother is dead—and unmarried. Deshi must find him an eligible body before the week is up. Lily Chen, sweet as a snakebite, needs money and a ride out of town. Deshi and Lily then embark on a journey with two very different destinations in mind. Marriage can be murder.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo + Me - Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers.
Rat Queens - Who are the Rat Queens? They're a pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire and they're in the business of killing all the god's creatures for profit. Meet Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief.
Sex Criminals - Suzie’s just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we’d ALL do: rob a couple banks. A bawdy and brazen sex comedy for comics begins here!
Beauty - When the repulsively ugly Coddie unintentionally saves a fairy from a spell, she does not understand the poisonous nature of the wish granted her by the fairy. The village folk no longer see her as repulsive and stinking of fish—they now perceive her as magnetically beautiful— and want to possess her. A young local lord saves her, but it soon becomes apparent that Coddie’s destiny may be far greater than anyone ever imagined.
The Wicked + The Divine Volume 1 - Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. This is a world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.
For the Love of God, Marie - Marie is misunderstood, both at home and in her Catholic school. She confounds her fellow pupils and teachers as she tries to understand love. Marie soon realizes that having faith and living in 1960's Britain doesn’t leave much room for those who are different. They only leave room for shame and prejudice. As we follow Marie from the sixties to the nineties, we find out what it means to be a spirited young woman from a religious household.
Chew: Taster's Choice - Tony Chu is a detective and... cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, and most bizarre cases.
Blankets - Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith.
Sexcastle - The Former World's Greatest Assassin leaves the world of killing to a small town only to be pulled back in. An exciting action romp in the style of classic '80s Action Film.
A Game of Thrones: Volume 1 - You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series. Winter is coming.
Jane - A reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre set in present day, written by acclaimed screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and Eisner Award-winning illustrator Ramón K. Pérez.
6-30-18
Mysteries & Thrillers
6-26-18
History Books all about Women
6-18-18
Non-Fiction Books
you might be embarrassed
to be seen reading
(Or maybe not)
6-8-18
If you liked the Handmaid's Tale...
Here are some more Dystopian reads
5-31-18
Characters we love to hate
1) Griffith
Berserk
5) Humbert Humbert
Lolita
3) Holden Caulfield
Catcher in the Rye
7) Abigail Williams
The Crucible
2) Joffery
Song of Ice and Fire
6) Bella + Edward
Twilight
4) Dolores Umbridge
Harry Potter
8) Patrick Bateman
American Psycho
5-28-18
Books where...
the CHARACTERS are kidnapped
(Some YA included)
5-23-18
Addictive "Mature" Manga Series
BERSERK (by Kentaro Miura)
-Grim-dark fantasy tale of revenge quest with epic monster slaying
INUYASHKI (by Hiroya Oku)
-Sci-fi about kindly old man and homicidal teenager becoming an androids
GANGSTA (by Kohske)
-Criminal activity in lawless city with contracted super soldiers
VAGABOND (by Takehiko Inoue)
-Historical fiction about life of Japanese swordsman
PARASYTE (by Hitoshi Iwaaki)
-Sci-fi/Horor about hyper-intelligent alien possessing a boy's hand
KAKEGURUI (by Homura Kawamoto)
-About a prestigious High school where students gamble for power
TOKYO GHOUL (by Sui Ishida)
-Urban Fantasy/Horror about monster cannibals
BATTLE ROYALE (by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi)
-Fight to the death game amongst classmates
CLOVER (by Tetsuhiro Hirakawa)
- High school Japanese delinquents getting in fights
THE BREAKER (by Jeon Geuk-Jin)
-Martial arts battles ensue in modern day Japan
5-22-18
Slow Burn Romances
The Hating Game - Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. They display their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head… But Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either.
Until it Fades - 24-year-old truck stop waitress and single mother Catherine Wright just wants to give her 5-year-old daughter a happy life and to never again be the talk of the town in Balsam, Pennsylvania. Then one foggy night Catherine saves a man’s life: Brett Madden, hockey icon. The last thing she wants is to have her past dragged back into the spotlight. So she hides her identity. But then she finds the man she saved standing on her doorstep, desperate to thank her.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Vanessa Mazur knows she shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was a temporary gig. But then Aiden Graves shows up at her door wanting her to come back. For two years, the man known as The Wall of Winnipeg wasn't the least bit friendly to her. Now he needs to get married or be deported to Canada.
A Different Blue - Blue Echohawk doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, she is just a senior in high school. With no mother, no father, no faith, and no future, Blue Echohawk is a difficult student. She is the complete opposite of the young British teacher who decides he is up for the challenge, and takes the troublemaker under his wing.
Me Before You - Louisa Clark takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected.
And One Last Thing - Lacey Terwilliger’s husband has been cheating on her. After a scathing mass e-mail to her husband's family, friends, and clients blows up in her face, Lacey becomes the pariah of her small Kentucky town and faces a defamation lawsuit. Lacey then retreats to her family’s lakeside cabin, only to meet aggravating neighbor, Monroe. A hunky crime novelist with a low tolerance for drama, Monroe is not thrilled about a newly divorced woman moving in next door. But with time, a cautious friendship develops into something more.
5-19-18
Beauty and the Beast
Retellings
historical fiction with a snarky beauty and beast >
< modern, magical tale told by a teenage beast
Fairy tale where Beauty kicks ass to save beast >
< fantasy where beauty plots the death of Beast
5-18-18
Literary Characters
with the most tragic backstory
1. Guts (Berserk)
2. Professor Severous Snape
(Harry Potter)
3. Lisbeth Slander (MILLENNIUM trilogy)
4. The Hound - Sandor Clegane
(a Song of Ice and Fire)
5. Batman
5-17-18