Reading Roundup Wrapup: September 2026

Pick of the month: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold. Do I always pick a Bujold novel as my best book in the months where I read one? I bet I do. More on this sooner or later—but I think this might be my favorite Vorkosigan novel thus far.

All books read:

1. The Living House of Oz by Edward Einhorn, illustrated by Eric Shanower
2. The Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume Four: Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
3. Star Trek Classics #2: Enemy Unseen by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Scott Ciencin, Andrew Currie, Peter Pachoumis, Lucian Rizzo, et al.
4. From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich by Peter Hayes
5. Tongues of Serpents: Book Six of Temeraire by Naomi Novik
6. The Monster Makers: Collected Comic Strips from the Pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Alan Barnes, Lee Sullivan, and Mike Collins
7. Mirror Dance: A Vorkosigan Adventure by Lois McMaster Bujold
8. Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 1 (part 1) by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
9. Oz-story Magazine, Number One edited by David Maxine
10. Ms. Marvel Team-Up by Eve L. Ewing, Clint McElroy, Joey Vazquez, Ig Guara, et al.

All books acquired:

1. Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 1 by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
2. Ms. Marvel Team-Up by Eve L. Ewing, Clint McElroy, Joey Vazquez, Ig Guara, et al.
3. Legion Lost, Volume 1: Run from Tomorrow by Fabian Nicieza, Pete Woods, Tom DeFalco, et al.
4. Legion Lost, Volume 2: The Culling by Tom DeFalco, Pete Woods, et al.
5. Black Canary: Best of the Best by Tom King and Ryan Sook
6. Oz-story Magazine, Number One edited by David Maxine
7. Tongues of Serpents: Book Six of Temeraire by Naomi Novik
8. The Monster Makers: Collected Comic Strips from the Pages of Doctor Who Magazine by Alan Barnes, Lee Sullivan, and Mike Collins
9. Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 3 by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
10. Mirror Dance: A Vorkosigan Adventure by Lois McMaster Bujold

Currently reading:

• Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 3 by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
• Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
• Black Panther Adventures by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, et al.

 Up next in my rotations:

1. Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles; Or, Pirates of the Second Aether!! by Michael Moorcock
2. Formerly Known as the Justice League by Keith Giffen & J. M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Joe Rubinstein
3. Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton 
4. Wait, Wait…I’m Not Done Yet! by Carl Kasell 

 Books remaining on "To be read" list: 683 (up 1)