The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume Three: Century

Written by: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

First line: Fraters and Sorors...beloved Frater and Sorors...we are gathered in the profess-house.

Why you should read this book: A magician who definitely isn't Aleister Crowley has a very drawn out plot to create a moon child and usher in the end of the world, something like that, and Mina, Alan, and Lando have to stop this, probably. It will take them an entire century to get to the bottom of things but they all have immortal youth and their opponent can acquire new bodies whenever he feels like it. There's a rock star who definitely isn't Mick Jagger and a guy who travels through time but not space and gives almost perfectly useless advice, and there's sex and drugs and nudity and all kinds of weirdness and of course, since it's Moore, ten million references that will make you feel smart if you get them and confused if you don't.

Why you shouldn't read this book: Still trying to track down a copy of the Black Dossier. Plus this book is kind of a literary mess, padded stylistically but without a lot of story.