The 2016 Big Long List of the Books and Graphic Novels and Comics I Read This Year

Here, for the sake of posterity, as if anyone's remotely interested, is pretty much everything I read in 2016, in roughly the order in which I read it. Not many novels... lots of comics and graphic novels... lots of Guardians of the Galaxy and Marvel space opera (see here for why)... lots of Hickman: this was my 2016 (in reading, anyway). Happy New Year.

Novels, Graphic Novels, Comics
The Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch (Marvel, 2005) (reread)

The '44 Vintage by Anthony Price (Gollancz, 1978)

The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (Image, 2015)

Pilgrim on the Island by Desmond Cory (Frederick Muller, 1959)

Mills by Manning O'Brine (Herbert Jenkins, 1969)

The Little Prince by Joann Sfar (Walker, 2010)

Crambo by Manning O'Brine (Michael Joseph, 1970)

Copra Round Three by Michel Fiffe (Bergen Street, 2015)

Secret Warriors vols 1–6 by Jonathan Hickman, Stefano Caselli et al (Marvel, 2009–11)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects of Forever by Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver (Marvel, 2011)

The 6 ​Voyages of Lone Sloane by Phillippe Druillet (Titan, 2015)

​Secret Avengers: Run the Mission, Don't Get Seen, Save the World by Warren Ellis et al (Marvel, 2012)

No Earth for Foxes by Manning O'Brine (Barrie & Jenkins, 1974)

Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi (Marvel, 2009) (reread)

Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis by Warren Ellis and Kaare Andrews (Marvel, 2011)

​Fantastic Four: Dark Reign by Jonathan Hickman and Sean Chen (Marvel, 2009)

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman vols 1–3 (Marvel, 2015–16) (reread)
New Avengers by Jonathan Hickman vols 1–2 (Marvel, 2015–16) (reread)
Infinity by Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung and Jerome Opena (Marvel, 2014) (reread)
Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic (Marvel, 2011–12) (reread)
Avengers: Time Runs Out by Jonathan Hickman et al (Marvel, 2016) (reread)
Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic (Marvel, 2016) (reread)

​Revenger: Children of the Damned by Charles Forsman (Bergen Street, 2016)

Ultimate Comics Thor by Jonathan Hickman and Carlos Pacheco (Marvel, 2011)

Ultimate Comics Hawkeye by Jonathan Hickman and Rafa Sandoval (Marvel, 2012)

Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout by Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman et al (Marvel, 2011)

Patience by Daniel Clowes (Jonathan Cape, 2016)

Annihilation Conquest Omnibus by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning et al (Marvel, 2015)

Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett and Lanning Omnibus (Marvel, 2016)

Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash by Dave McKean (Artist's Edition, 2016)

Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics, 2016)

The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin (Orion, 2016)

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man vol 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli (Marvel, 2012)

Fantastic Four Omnibus vol 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting et al (Marvel, 2013)
Fantastic Four Omnibus vol 2 by Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting et al (Marvel, 2014) (reread)

​The Mighty Thor vol 1 by Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel (Marvel, 2011)

Mister Wonderful by Daniel Clowes (Jonathan Cape, 2011)

Nicolas by Pascal Girard (Drawn & Quarterly, 2016)

​"Cash on Delivery"/"Soft Drink"/"Bed and Breakfast": three short stories by P. M. Hubbard (Argosy, 1969–70)

Mooncop by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly, 2016)

​Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic by Warren Ellis and Phil Jiminez (Marvel, 2010)

Billy Hazlenuts and the Crazy Bird by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics, 2010)

Absolute Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross (DC, 2006) (reread)

Amazing Fantastic Incredible by Stan Lee, Peter David and Colleen Doran (Simon & Schuster, 2015)
The Demon by Matt Wagner (DC, 1987)
"Give Till It Hurts: A Christmas Story" by Donald E. Westlake (Mysterious Bookshop, 1993)
Various Guardians of the Galaxy and Marvel cosmic comics​, including: Marvel Presents #3–12 by Steve Gerber and Al Milgrom (Marvel, 1975–77) (part reread); Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino (Marvel, 1990); Annihilation by Keith Giffen et al (Marvel, 2006) (part reread)
Various Marvel comics – research for Marvel Fact Files articles, including: Spider-Verse: Warzones! by Mike Costa and Andre Araujo (Marvel, 2015); Secret Wars 2099 by Peter David and Will Sliney (Marvel, 2015); Civil War: Warzones! by Charles Soule and Leinil Yu (Marvel, 2015), The Ultimates: Omniversal by Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort (Marvel, 2016); Moon Knight: Dead will Rise by Brian Wood and Greg Smallwood (Marvel, 2015)

Ongoing Periodical Comics
Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Velvet by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Image)
Criminal 10th Anniversary Special by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
The Black Monday Murders by Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker (Image)
East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (Image)
Sex by Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski (Image)
Hellboy in Hell by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
Captain America: Steve Rogers by Nick Spencer and Jesus Diaz (Marvel)
Captain America: Sam Wilson by Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuna (Marvel)
Guardians of the Galaxy by Brian Michael Bendis and Valerio Schiti (Marvel)
Civil War II by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez (Marvel)
DC Universe: Rebirth by Geoff Johns et al (DC)
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp (DC)
Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Image)
Jupiter's Legacy by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely (Image)
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard)
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
Stray Bullets by David Lapham (Image)
James Bond by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters (Dynamite)
Injection by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey (Image)
Vile by Tyler Landry (Study Group)

Started but Nowhere Near Finished
Found in the Street by Patricia Highsmith (Heinemann, 1986)
A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (Heinemann, 1936)
War of Kings Omnibus by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning et al (Marvel, 2016)

Linked in this Friday's Forgotten Books round-up.