Summer 2023 Reading Plans
(June - August)
Novels & Novellas
finish reading Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo ✅
read His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle ✅
read The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle ✅
read Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✅
read Babel by R.F. Kuang ❌
read Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson ❌
read Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam by Kafka Asagiri ✅
read The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo ✅
read The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz ✅
read The Three Monarchs by Anthony Horowitz ✅
read Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz ✅
read Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg ✅
Manga
read Sachi-iro no One Room by Hakuri ✅
read Sachi-iro no One Room Gaiden: Seikai no Meitantei by Hakuri ✅
read Orange by Ichigo Takano ❌
read Holmes of Kyoto ch. 1-48 by Mai Mochizuki & Ichiha Akizuki ✅
finish reading Aoharu x Kikanjuu by NAOE ✅
read Bungo Stray Dogs vol. 23 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa ✅
read Moriarty the Patriot vol. 15 by Ryosuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi ✅
read The Summer Hikaru Died vol. 1-2 by Mokumokuren ✅
start reading The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki ✅
start reading The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao ✅
start reading Spy x Family by Tatsuyi Endo ✅
start reading My Happy Marriage by Akumi Agitogi & Rito Kohsaka ❌
start reading Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata ✅
start reading Gokurakugai by Yuto Sano ✅
read Summer Ghost by Otsuichi, Yoshi Inomi, Loundraw ✅
start reading Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest by Aki Irie ✅
start reading Horimiya by HERO & Daisuke Hagiwara ✅
Fanfiction
read I Was Screaming Your Name Through The Radio by ElectricSplatter ❌
re-read Reprise III by elfpen ✅
catch up with Reprise IV by elfpen ❌
Webtoons
keep reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe ✅
keep reading Return of the Mad Demon by JP & Ihy, Yu Jin ✅
Webnovels
keep reading The Snake and the Crane by Chichi ✅
read the Extras of MDZS ✅
read Stars of Chaos vol. 1 by priest ❌
read Heaven Official's Blessing vol. 6 by MXTX ✅
read Liu Yao by priest ▶️
read Thousand Autumns vol. 2 by Meng Xi Shi ✅
Other
read The Nature of Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien ❌
read Aiglos vol. 25 ❌
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names inspired by: lord of the rings
this list includes names inspired by tolkien’s epic high-fantasy, and the various people, places and things that inhabit it
disclaimer:
please don’t take this too seriously. it’s just a list of words from lotr that i think would make cool names. if i changed any spellings, i put “from [language]” in the meaning. i had fun with this, and i hope you will too!
Adan: the Elves’ name for those Men who first crossed the Blue Mountains
Aduiel: from Sindarin (an Elvish language), meaning “eventide, twilight, star-opening”
Adun: Adûnaic (an extinct Mannish language) meaning “west”
Aelin: Elvish, meaning “lake, pool”
Aiglos: Sindarin for “icicle”
Ainura: from Quenya (an Elvish language), meaning “holy ones”, refers to the angelic spirits created by Ilúvatar
Alda: Quenya, meaning “tree”
Aldaloma: from Quenya, meaning “tree-shadow”
Alqua: Sindarin, meaning “swan”
Amarië: a Fair Elf woman of ancient Valinor
Ambarona: Quenya, meaning “world’s birth”
Amila: from the Elvish for “mother”
Amon: Sindarin, meaning “mountain, hill”
Anarya: Quenya, meaning "day of the sun”, the second day of the Elvish week
Anna: Sindarin, meaning “gift”
Anodo: from Sindarin, meaning “Ent”, the ancient race of tree guardians
Anárion: a human who lived in the Second Age
Aragorn: the king who returns in Return of the King
Arda: Quenya, meaning “region, realm”, became the term for the world
Áre - Quenya word for ‘Sunlight’.
Ari: from Adûnaic, meaning “royal”
Arnu: Adûnaic, meaning “king”
Arwen: half-elven daughter of Elrond and Celebrían, and wife of Aragorn
Avallone: the name of a city on the eastern coast of the Elven island realm
Avari: Quenya, meaning “unwilling”
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit
Barliman: the owner of The Prancing Pony Inn in Bree
Beleriand: a vast region located in north-western Middle-earth during the First Age
Benadar: another name for the enigmatic Tom Bombadil, a nature spirit who lived in the depths of the Old Forest
Beren: a hero whose romance with the Elf Lúthien was one of the great stories of the Elder Days
Bilbo: the hobbit from The Hobbit who discovered the One Ring
Boromir: warrior of Gondor and member of the Company of the Ring
Bowman: Bard the Bowman was a Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon
Brethil: Elvish, meaning “silver birch”
Calaquendi: the Elves of the Light
Calen: Sindarin, meaning “green”
Calma: Quenya, meaning ‘lamp”
Coirë: Elvish, meaning “stirring”, the last of the six Elven Seasons
Corana: from Quenya, meaning “sun-round” (aka, a year)
Cormallen: Sindarin, meaning “ring bearers”
Cuivie: Elvish, meaning “awaking”
Círdan: Elf leader. Shipwright and bearer of a Ring of Power.
Dae: Elvish, meaning “shadow”
Dagor: Sindarin, meaning 'battle’
Denethor: the name of at least three rulers
Dina: Elvish, meaning “be silent”
Drego: Sindarin, meaning “flee”
Drúedain: a strange race of wild Men that lived in the Drúadan Forest
Duin: Elvish, meaning “long river”
Echor: Elvish, meaning 'encircling mountains’
Edhel: Sindarin, meaning “elf”
Edhellen: Sindarin, meaning “of the Elves”
Elbereth: the Vala Varda, goddess of light
Eldaliéva: Quenya, meaning “elven spirituality”
Eldar: Quenya, meaning “people of the stars”, the Elves’ name for themselves
Eldarin - Quenya word for the languages spoken by the Elves
Elear: Sindarin, meaning “visionary”
Eleni: Quenya, meaning “star”
Elenya: Sindarin, “day of the stars”, the first day of the elvish week
Elessar: another name for Aragorn II
Elrond: powerful leader of the elves, and ruler of Rivendell
Emyn: Sindarin, meaning “hills”
Endari: the middle of the year in the Elvish calendar
Endóre: Quenya word for 'Middle-earth’
Éomer: the eighteenth King of Rohan, and first of the Third Line of their kings
Éowyn: female member of the royal house of Rohan who kills the Witch King of Angmar
Eriador: a region of Middle-earth located between the Blue Mountains and the Misty Mountains
Eryn: Sindarin, meaning “forest, wood”
Esse: Quenya, meaning “name”
Estel: Sindarin, meaning “hope”
Estellio: Sindarin, meaning “trust”
Ethuil: the first season of the Elvish year, equivalent to spring
Eärendil: First Age half-elf who eventually became a legendary figure. He and his wife Elwing are key to the victory of good in the Silmarillion.
Falas: Elvish, meaning “shore, line of surf”
Faramir: the Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien
Faroth: Elvish, meaning “hunt, pursue”
Finwë: First king of the Noldor
Firith: Sindarin, meaning “fading”, the fourth season of the Elvish year
Formen: Quenya, meaning “north”
Frodo: the nephew of Bilbo Baggins who bore the One Ring to its destruction in Mount Doom
Fëa: Elvish, meaning “spirit”
Fëanor: one of the Elves that first departed from Valinor
Galad: Elvish, meaning “light”
Galadriel: Queen of the Elves
Gandalf: ancient wizard badass. a member of the Fellowship of the Ring
Gildor: Elf of Rivendell in the Third Age
Gilthoniel: Varda, the Vala responsible for the outlining of the stars
Gimli: Dwarf and member of the Fellowship of the Ring
Gondolin: a hidden city of the Elves
Gríma: an ally of Saruman who gave false advice to the King of Rohan
Haleth: Haleth was the daughter of Haldad, leader of the Haladin
Húrin: a hero of Men during the First Age
Iarwain: another name for the enigmatic Tom Bombadil, a nature spirit who lived in the depths of the Old Forest
Ilúvatar: the supreme deity of Arda
Incánus: another name for the badass wizard demigod Gandalf
Indis: a female Vanyar Elf of Valinor
Istari: five Maiar spirits sent to Middle-earth as human forms to aid the Free Peoples against the threat of Sauron
Kaliondi: the Elves of Darkness
Khôr: Adûnaic, meaning “lord”
Laira: from Quenya, meaning “summer”
Lalaith: an Edain child, named Urwen at birth, but renamed after the stream running by her house
Legolas: beautiful elf warrior, member of the Fellowship of the Ring
Lindon: an important Elvish realm, known for its harbors and Elven Ships that would sail for the West.
Luin: Sindarin, meaning “blue”
Lórien: a magic forest and Elven realm into which evil could not enter without difficulty
Lúthien: An ancient elf, predating the First Age
Maedhros: one of the princes of the Ñoldor, the eldest of the seven Sons of Fëanor
Maia: near-primordial spirits that descended into Arda to help the Valar first shape the World
Melkor: the original evil being in Tolkien’s legendarium, succeeded by Sauron
Mellon: Elvish, meaning “friend”
Meriadoc: a hobbit and companion of Frodo Baggins, and member of the Company of the Ring
Merry: Meriadoc’s nickname
Minas: Elvish, meaning “tower”
Minelle: from Adûnaic, meaning “sky”
Mithrin: Sindarin, meaning “grey”
Mordor: the Land of Shadow, a dark volcanic plain that Sauron used as his military base
Moria: an underground kingdom beneath the Misty Mountains
Moriquendi: the Elves of Darkness
Morwen: Wife of Húrin. one of very few female characters in this series
Muindor: Sindarin, meaning “brother”
Muinthel: Sindarin, meaning “sister”
Namárië: Quenya, meaning “farewell”
Narya: one of the three Elvish Rings of Power, described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination and despair
Navaer: Sindarin, meaning “farewell”
Nelya: the largest of the three houses of the Elves
Nenya: one of the three Elvish Rings of Power, wielded by Galadriel, normally invisible
Nikerym: Elvish, meaning “captain”
Nilu: Adûnaic, meaning “moon”
Nimir: Adûnaic, meaning “elf”
Nimrais: Sindarin, meaning “white peaks”
Nin: Elvish, meaning “my” (example: ‘mellon nin’ means ‘my friend’)
Olórin: Gandalf’s original name
Orod: Sindarin, meaning “mountain”
Palantíri: Quenyan, meaning “far-seeing”
Parma: Quenya, meaning “book”
Peredhel: Sindarin, meaning “half elvish”
Peregrin: a hobbit companion of Frodo Baggins, and a member of the Fellowship of the Ring
Pharaz: Adûnaic, meaning “gold”
Phelle: from Adûnaic, meaning “daughter”
Pippin: Peregrin’s nickname
Quelre: Sindarin, meaning “good day”
Quenya: one of the Elvish languages, along with Sindarin
Rivendell: a peaceful, sheltered Elven town, located at the edge of a narrow gorge of the river Bruinen
Rohan: a great kingdom of Men, located in the great vale between the Misty Mountains to the north and the White Mountains to the south
Samwise: loyal companion of Frodo Baggins who accompanies him to Mordor
Sarati: an alphabet and writing system invented in Valinor by Rúmil of Tirion
Saruman: A wizard. Once a leader for good, he formed his own empire as a rival of Sauron and was defeated at the Battle of the Hornburg.
Sauron: The primary antagonist of The Lord of the Rings. He crafted the One Ring, and was destroyed upon its destruction at the end of the The Return of the King.
Shire: the homeland of the majority of the Hobbits in Middle-earth, located in the northern region of Eriador
Silma: from Quenya, meaning “starlight”
Silvan: the name given to the woodland Elves
Sindarin: one of the Elvish languages, along with Quenya
Strider: one of Aragorn’s nicknames
Taliska: the language of the Bëorian and Hadorian Houses of the Atanatári
Tauriel: Elvish, meaning “daughter of the forest”
Tavrobel: a town in the northwestern part of the island of Tol Eressëa
Teleri: the third of the Elf clans who came to Aman
Thalia: from Elvish, meaning “bravery”
Thalin: Elvish, meaning “dauntless”
Thorin: Dwarf that led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon
Théoden: King of Rohan
Tuilë: Quenya, meaning “spring”
Túrin: A First Age man who later became the subject of legends
Undómiel: another name for Arwen
Ûrî: Adûnaic, meaning “sun”
Urulóki: Quenya, meaning “hot, heat”, also used as a name for Fire-Drakes
Vala: Elvish, meaning “mighty”
Valar: the Powers of Arda who shaped and rule the world.
Valdra: Elvish, meaning “inferno”
Valinor: Quenya, meaning “land of the Valar”
Vanya: one of the Fair Elves, or Light Elves
Vilya: one of the three Elvish Rings of Power, may have provided the ability to heal and to preserve
Zadna: Adûnaic, meaning “house”
Zimra: Adûnaic, meaning “jewel”
Zîra: from Adûnaic, meaning “friend”
Zôr: Adûnaic, meaning “flame”
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