Happy New Year, dear friends!
I have kept a record of every book I read since I was a teenager. (Read more about that HERE) Sometimes I have scribbled down the titles and author names in notebooks, sometimes I have kept a digital note in my phone and added a book every time I’ve finished. The only consistent thing is that I have consistently kept the list going.
Below is my list for 2022.
I read a lot. I haunt my local library.
Whenever a see an interesting book mentioned online or one is recommended to me, I check if my library has it, and if not, I order it in via the interlibrary loan service. I also use the Libby library app to read ebooks.
This means that I have a book to read any time, either in paper copy or on my phone.
When looking through this list, I realized that I read a lot of non-fiction this year. I think it is because I read non-fiction quite quickly. I get to the point, I learn something new, and then I move to the next book. Whereas, I read fiction very slowly; I savour the plot and characters; I reread portions when I want to figure out how the author constructed a chapter, or a plot twist, or just wrote something particularly beautiful.
I sip fiction. I gulp non-fiction.
And also, we still read every evening to our daughter. I have read loads of classic chapter books to her, and I don’t include those in my list. Though perhaps I should?
This list also doesn’t include the multitude of books I’ve read as reference or research for various writing projects.
Maybe I should include sub-lists?
In 2023, I am resolving to read more poetry.
Please comment with your favourite books of 2022. Are there any that I should read?
“Please comment with your favourite books of 2022. Are there any I should read? ”
Here is the list….
Devotion. Patti Smith
The almost zero waste guide. Melanie Mannario
This is Marketing. Seth Godin.
Why I write. George Orwell
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Jeanne Birdsall.
Paris Match. John von Sothen.
Once upon a wardrobe. Patti Callahan.
Intimations. Zadie Smith.
The zero-waste lifestyle. Amy Korst
I didn’t do the thing today. Madeleine Dore.
Utterly Dark. Philip Reeve.
Down and out in London and Paris. George Orwell.
Hashtag Authentic. Sarah Tasker
God’s Joyful Surprise. Sue Monk Kidd.
War of Art. Steven Pressfield.
The rose garden. Susanna Kearsley.
The visual MBA. Jason Barron.
100 selected poems. E. E. Cummings.
State of Terror. Hilary Clinton and Louise Penny.
Write it all down. Cathy Rentzenbrink.
How we got to now. Steven Johnson.
Anything you want. Derek Sivers.
Practising Simplicity. Jodi Wilson.
My money my way. Kumiko Love
Better than before. Gretchen Rubin.
Love in an English garden. Victoria Connelly.
Dear reader. Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Make Time. Jake knapp and John Zeratzky.
Outer order inner calm. Gretchen Rubin.
The four tendencies. Gretchen Rubin.
Orcadia. Mark Edmonds
The girl who talked to trees. Natasha Farrant.
The search for wondla. Tony Diterlizzi
A hero for wondla. Tony Diterlizzi
When the war came home. Lesley Parr.
Kid gloves. Lucy Knisley.
How to raise successful people. Esther Wojcicki
The universe has your back. Gabrielle Bernstein.
Everything I learned about life I learned in dance class. Abby Lee Miller
Nevertell. Katharine Orton
Think like an artist. Will Gompertz.
Crusade. Elizabeth Laird.
Why we get fat. Gary Taubs.
Practising simplicity. Jodi Wilson
How to break up with your phone. Catherine Price.
Super attractor. Gabrielle Bernstein.
Apricots on the Nile. Colette Rossant.
Wanderland. Jini Reddy.
Light over London. Julia Kelly.
The divine matrix. Gregg Braden.
The field. Lynn Mctaggart.
The intention experiment. Lynne Mctaggart.
The great circle. Maggie Shipstead.
Flow. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
Pages and Co. Tilly and the book wanderers. Anna James.
Walking to the end of the world. Beth Jusino.
The Embroidered Book. Kate Heartfield.
Free. Lea Ypi.
Rich Dad Poor Dad. Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter.
Stolen Focus. Johann Hari
The Matrix. Lauren Groff.
The Vanished Days. Susannah Kearsley.
Ducks. Kate Beaton.
The Tea dragon society. K O’neill.
The tea dragon festival. K O’neill.
The russlander. Sandra Birdsell.
Writing as a way of healing. Louise de salvo.
Herself. Madeleine L’engle.
Every good boy does fine. Jeremy Denk.
Productivity Project. Chis Bailey.
Hyperfocus. Chris Bailey.
Je Ne Sais Quoi. Lucie Arnoux.