316 ratings | 256 reviews | avg rating:3.93

Christopher’s Year In Books

Christopher’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Christopher’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Christopher’s 2025 Year in Books

Christopher Stanton’s Followers (14)

Christopher’s Bookshelves

to-read (1)
currently-reading (1)
read (324)
did-not-finish (0)
i-wrote-these (5)

Christopher’s Friends (41)

Dane

1,121 books | 492 friends

Daniel Archer

1,092 books | 228 friends

Erika Clarke

287 books | 129 friends

Michelle Reynoso

374 books | 377 friends

Eric Baber

161 books | 35 friends

Jamie

1,291 books | 591 friends

zara

1,874 books | 400 friends

Tim Lapetino

1,490 books | 188 friends

More friends…

Christopher Stanton

Goodreads Author

Website

https://www.christopher-stanton.com

Genre

Fiction, Graphic Novels, Horror

Influences

Raymond Carver, Larry Brown and Willy Vlautin.

Member Since

August 2013

edit data

Christopher Stanton is a creative writer and artist from Columbus, OH who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He was a teenager throughout the 1980s and thrives on exploring how the popular culture of the decade affects the lives of his characters.

Stanton created the graphic novel Nick Pope, illustrated by the late Christopher Darling. It's the illustrated diary of a high school sophomore in 1987 who struggles with depression, bullying and low self-esteem. Nick draws to try to make sense of his chaotic world.

The book is on the shelves at more than forty libraries across the United States, both public and colleg Christopher Stanton is a creative writer and artist from Columbus, OH who lives and works in Los Angeles. He received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He was a teenager throughout the 1980s and thrives on exploring how the popular culture of the decade affects the lives of his characters.

Stanton created the graphic novel Nick Pope, illustrated by the late Christopher Darling. It's the illustrated diary of a high school sophomore in 1987 who struggles with depression, bullying and low self-esteem. Nick draws to try to make sense of his chaotic world.

The book is on the shelves at more than forty libraries across the United States, both public and college, including Harvard, UCLA and Berkeley.

Its sequel - Nick Pope: Summer of '88 - was published in March 2026. It features drawings by Raymond Klecker and is a BookLife Editor's Pick, a Staff Pick from Independent Book Review, and it received a starred review from Kirkus.

His book Dandelion Crossing is about the first week of a controversial, brand-new suburban shopping mall in 1983, told through stories of fourteen characters who work and visit there. Kirkus said: "In Stanton's capable hands, the sterile mall quickly transforms into an unlikely town square: a place where people not only search for goods and services, but for connection in all its forms. A heartfelt and deeply human collective portrait set in a palace of consumerism."

Stanton's horror thriller Kings of the Earth, about a haunted surfing town on Lake Michigan, was nominated for the 2020 TopShelf Book Award. He published a second book: The Underachiever: Collected Stories in 2021. Both books are widely available.

Stanton has also completed his second novel Neon Muscle, about a huge fitness center in Los Angeles in 1983. Centering on five characters connected to the gym, the book explores the 80s fitness craze, the emergence of AIDS, the LA art scene and the world of male strip clubs.
...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Christopher Stanton questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Christopher Stanton’s books

Average rating: 4.45 · 31 ratings · 15 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kings of the Earth 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick Pope by Christopher Stanton (Goodreads Author), Christopher Darling (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Underachiever: Collected Stories 2000-2010 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dandelion Crossing 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick Pope: Summer of '88 by Christopher Stanton (Goodreads Author), Raymond Klecker (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Christopher Stanton…

8 posts
Christopher Stanton's Blog

Adding my books to lists

If you feel like adding any of my books to Goodreads lists that seem appropriate, I'd be most grateful!

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on June 04, 2026 13:16

View all 8 posts »

Christopher is Currently Reading

Christopher is currently reading

The Amityville Horror (DieDieBooks)

by Daniel Cubias (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jun 06, 2026 02:41PM

rss
Christopher’s Recent Updates

Christopher is now following Daniel Cubias Author of Barrio Imbroglio
Jun 06, 2026 02:49PM · like
Christopher is currently reading The Amityville Horror (DieDieBooks) by Daniel Cubias (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 06, 2026 02:41PM · like
Christopher rated a book liked it Touch and Go: A Story of Suspense by Josephine Poole	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My beef with this one is that the authorial voice felt very cynical, very adult -- which you could argue is the sign of a late-teenage protagonist -- but the events of the story led me to believe that Emily could be as young as 13. Off-putting and co ...more
May 31, 2026 03:17PM · like · see review
Christopher rated a book really liked it Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 23, 2026 01:52PM · like
Christopher is now following Brad Listi Author of Attention. Deficit. Disorder.
May 18, 2026 08:40AM · like
Christopher Stanton is accepting questions on their profile page.
May 18, 2026 08:08AM · Be the first to ask Christopher Stanton a question
Christopher is now following Toni Ann Johnson Author of Light Skin Gone to Waste
May 14, 2026 04:45PM · like
Christopher is on page 142 of 304 of Monsters in the Archives Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 10, 2026 05:18PM · like · see status
Christopher is currently reading Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 02, 2026 01:38PM · like
Christopher rated a book it was amazing Poltergeist by Jacob Trussell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A smoothly written exploration of my all-time favorite film, as well as the parallel careers of Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg as they intersected to create it. Highly recommended.
Apr 27, 2026 01:28PM · like · see review

More of Christopher's books…

Christopher’s Quotes

“Couldn't get no closer and couldn't get no further away.”
― Larry Brown

tags: connection

0 likes

Christopher’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Christopher

Sep 04, 2025 02:52PM

If you read and enjoyed Nick Pope, I'd be most grateful if you added it to these lists via Listopia:

+ Graphic Novels Set in the 1980s
+ Graphic Novels About Artists
+ Best Graphic Novels Set in the Past

Thanks!!

reply | flag

Christopher Stanton’s Followers (14)

Christopher Stanton

Goodreads Author

rssChristopher’s Recent Updates

rss
Christopher’s Recent Updates