It’s that time when I pull together my list of what movies, books, and (when applicable) live performances I’ve seen over the last year. Everything went way up from last year, which isn’t a surprise. The last few years had a bit of a loss of focus, so it’s nice to get back into the saddle.

Movies:

1. Postcards from the Edge
2. Kokomo City
3. Fair Play
4. Bad Behaviour
5. L’Immensita
6. The Quiet Girl
7. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.
8. Polite Society
9. Joyland
10. Asteroid City
11. Wham!
12. Call Me Kate
13. No Hard Feelings
14. Oppenheimer
15. Barbie
16. Valley of the Dolls
17. Passages
18. Theater Camp
19. Red, White & Royal Blue
20. Act of Violence
21. Hud
22. Bottoms
23. Cassandro
24. Strange Way of Life with The Human Voice
25. Love at First Sight
26. Marry My Dead Body
27. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
28. Dicks: The Musical
29. Anatomy of a Fall
30. The Holdovers
31. The Killer
32. Rustin
33. The Taste of Things
34. Fallen Leaves
35. She-Hero
36. The Summer with Carmen

Plays/Performances:

1. Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner
2. Ride the Cyclone
3. Wintergreen Music Festival: Wintergreen Swings, Big Band Style!
4. Wintergreen Music Festival: Barber Violin Concerto with Elisabeth Adkins
5. Wintergreen Music Festival: Motown with Masters of Soul
6. The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

Books and Graphic Novels:

1. Adventuregame Comics Vol. 1: Leviathan by Jason Shiga
2. What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 18 by Fumi Yoshinaga
3. Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Secret of Hondorica by Carl Barks
4. The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno
5. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
6. Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera
7. Something is Killing the Children Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera
8. Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Lost Peg Leg Mine by Carl Barks
9. Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber
10. Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang
11. Something is Killing the Children Vol. 3 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera
12. Follow Me Down: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
13. Something is Killing the Children Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera
14. Something is Killing the Children Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera
15. Once & Future Vol. 1: The King is Undead by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora
16. Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby
17. Once & Future Vol. 2: Old English by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora
18. Total Amnesia: The Complete Text and Programming Notes of the World’s Most Famous Lost Computer Game by Thomas M. Disch
19. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
20. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
21. House of Slaughter Vol. 1: The Butcher’s Mark by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, and Chris Shehan
22. Liebestrasse by Greg Lockard and Tim Fish
23. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
24. What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 19 by Fumi Yoshinaga
25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, and Luis Antonio Delgado
26. Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame
27. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
28. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
29. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott
30. Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler and Travis Moore
31. The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston
32. The Adventure Zone Vol. 3: Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy, and Cary Pietsch
33. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 by Hitoshi Ashinano
34. Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner
35. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
36. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
37. Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
38. Kowloon Generic Romance Vol. 1 by Jun Mayuzuki
39. House of Slaughter Vol. 2: Scarlet by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, and Letizia Cadonici
40. Kowloon Generic Romance Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki
41. Kowloon Generic Romance Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki
42. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link
43. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
44. Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni
45. My Travels in Japan: A Comic Book Artist’s Amazing Journey by Audry Nicklin
46. Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
47. Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni
48. The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy, and Cary Pietsch
49. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
50. Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willis
51. Bad Mormon: A Memoir by Heather Gay
52. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
53. The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill
54. The Human Target Vol. 1 by Tom King and Greg Smallwood
55. The Human Target Vol. 2 by Tom King and Greg Smallwood
56. Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson
57. Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
58. A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand
59. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition Vol. 3 by Hitoshi Ashinano
60. Kowloon Generic Romance Vol. 4 by Jun Mayuzuki

Previous Years’ Tallies:

• 2006 (movies only)
• 2007 (movies only)
• 2008 (movies only)
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022