Best book of 2022: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Overall favorite fiction book of 2022: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2022: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Overall favorite romance of 2022: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Quick stats:
- # of books read: 124
- format breakdown: 40% print, 37% e-book, 23% audiobook
- most-read genre: romance (33%)
- average star rating: 3.9
my favorite reads • reading stats
FIVE-STAR READS
- All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
- Columbine by Dave Cullen
- Miss Moriatry, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas
- The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger
- A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy
- Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope by Megan Phelps-Roper
- Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
- The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
- Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
- Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
- When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
- Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
- Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
- Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- To The Brink by Cindy Gerard
- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
- Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
- A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
- You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union
- Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
- The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
- The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
FOUR-STAR READS
- Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
- My Cone and Only by Susannah Nix
- The Bastard’s Betrayal by Katee Robert
- When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
- The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
- Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
- Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
- Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
- Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
- The Switch by Beth O’Leary
- Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
- Yours in Scandal by Lauren Layne
- All the Feels by Olivia Dade
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Cream and Punishment by Susannah Nix
- Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
- Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett
- The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
- Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis
- Pony by RJ Palacio
- The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland
- Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare
- The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas
- You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
- The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
- How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love by Logan Ury
- Yours to Keep by Lauren Layne
- Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
- The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
- The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
- Pint of Contention by Susannah Nix
- The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
- Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
- The Wife Before Me by Laura Elliot
- Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
- What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
- Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare
- Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
THREE-STAR READS
- While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
- The English Wife by Lauren Willig
- The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
- Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian
- Wordslut: The Feminist Guide to Take Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber
- Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu
- One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare
- The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
- The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis
- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
- Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
- The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
- Outlawed by Anna North
- A Beastly Kind of Earl by Mia Vincy
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
- A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
- Everything’s Trash But It’s Okay by Phoebe Robinson
- To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
- The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Verifiers by Jane Pek
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
- A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting
TWO-STAR READS
- A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
- Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
- The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- The Hellion’s Death by Olivia Waite
- Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
- Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
- The Smart One by Jennifer Close
- Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin
- The No-Show by Beth O’Leary