First, I'll share some stats and fun facts about my reading year, then my Top Picks in different categories, and finally my Top 10 (or whatever) lists in each category. It was an outstanding reading year, so I had some tough choices to make.
You can see a complete list, with links to reviews, of all the books I've read since 2015 at the Book Reviews tab.
Stats and Facts
Total Books Read in 2022 = 75 (a few less than the previous year)
Adult Fiction = 45 (60%)
Adult Nonfiction = 13 (17%) – 6 were memoir
Teen/YA = 6 (8%)
Middle-Grade = 13 (17%)
Of Those:
Audiobooks = 29
Graphic Novel/nonfiction = 6
Short Story Collections = 1
Classics = 7
Fun Facts:
Women Authors = 38 (51%)
Diverse books = 45 (60%)
From my own shelves = 33 (44%)
Re-reads = 0
Authors read more than once in 2022: Matty Dalrymple (2) and Emily St. John Mandel (2)
Shortest book: History Comics: The National Parks by Falynn Koch
Longest book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Average book length: 347 pages
Pages read: 26,380
Top Picks - Best of the Best
Best Adult Fiction
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Nonfiction
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Best Memoir
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Best Audio
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Best Teen/YA
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
Best Middle-Grade
Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott
Best Graphic Novel/Nonfiction
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Best Classic
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Top 10 (or Whatever) Lists
Lists are alphabetical, except for the Fiction list (the first 4 are those I liked best). Some books appear on more than one list.
Top 10 Adult Fiction
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Lucky Turtle by Bill Roorbach
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Top 7 Nonfiction/Memoir
Black Boy by Richard Wright
History Comics: The National Parks by Falynn Koch
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Top 3 Teen/YA
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
A Lite Too Bright by Sam Miller
Top 7 Middle-Grade
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Candicat
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott
History Comics: The National Parks by Falynn Koch
Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Secret Letters by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ruby Lee and Me by Shannon Hitchcock
Set Me Free by Ann Clare LeZotte
Top 3 Graphic Novel/Memoir
Booked by Kwame Alexander
The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: The Tangled Web by Drew Weing
History Comics: The National Parks by Falynn Koch
Top 10 Audiobooks
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Candicat
Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Kent State by Deborah Wiles
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
A Lite Too Bright by Sam Miller
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
What were YOUR favorite books read last year?
Congratulations on a great year of reading!
ReplyDeleteI just love seeing people's top lists/end of year wrap ups. I keep looking for Kent State, but my local indie doesn't have it. I think I need to check the library now.
ReplyDeleteSee if you can download it from your library system on audio - really outstanding on audio!
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