Book Talk #5 - 2022
This year, I clocked in at 93 books read! Seven short of my goal of 100 but still the most I have ever read in a year (I think). It didn't feel like a great reading year, but looking back on it, I can safely say it really was. There were some real gems in the titles that caught my eye, were suggested in my book club, or were available right away at the library.
This year, I dove right in if I liked one book by an author and tried to read a few more by them. This really worked for me and I am looking forward to doing some more of it this year with titles by Fredrik Backman, Emily St. John Mandel, and Kristin Hannah.
I did pick a top 12 but there were so many more I would add to the 5 star list!
Please enjoy perusing my list and as always, I look forward to hearing what you read and loved in 2022!
Top Reads
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Maid by Nina Prose
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
My Life In France by Julia Child
What Comes From Spirit by Richard Wagamese
The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin
The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
Biography
The Codebreaker by Walter Isaacson
The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell
Contemporary Fiction
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologizes by Fredrick Backman
The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin
Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Bridgerton: The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
Bridgerton: It’s In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
The Maid by Nina Prose
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The Switch by Beth O’Leary
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Sex & Vanity by Kevin Kwan
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
De-transition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Lucy By the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Historical Fiction
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
Mystery
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Memoir
Will by Will Smith
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zeuner
Taste by Stanley Tucci
Do You Mind if I Cancel? By Gary Janetti
Office Ladies by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey
Mean Baby by Selma Blair
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Hello Molly! by Molly Shannon
Have I Told You This Already? Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham
Wintering: The Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
My Life In France by Julia Child
Non-Fiction
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington
Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists are taking over the internet and why we’re following by Gabrielle Bluestone
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Personal/Spiritual Growth
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Hallelujah Anyway by Anne Lamott
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair by Anne Lamott
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher L. Hertz
Are You Really Ok? By Debra Fileta
Now What? By Sarah Stewart Holland & Beth Silvers
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
The Way of Integrity by Martha N. Beck
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
BARE by Susan Hyatt
Poetry
What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
What Comes From Spirit by Richard Wagamese
