Sunday, January 8, 2023

2022 Countdown of Favorite Books

I read 60 books in 2022. Not as many as I would have liked, but life got in the way! 3 were non-fiction, again, not as many as I would have liked. There are 19 books that I rated as either very good or excellent that I read in 2022:

Northernmost-Peter Geye

Tell the Bees that I Am Gone-Diane Gabaldon

Lost Boy Found-Kirsten Alexander

The Secret Scripture-Sebastian Barry

The Sweetness of Water-Nathan Harris

Florence Adler Swims Forever-Rachel Beanland

The Yellow Wife-Sadeqa Johnson               

Grace-t. Greenwood

The Personal Librarian

Remarkably Bright Creatures-Shelby Van Pelt

Once There Were Wolves-Charlotte McConaghy

The Lost Girls of Willowbrook-Ellen Marie Wiseman

The Hour of the Witch-Chris Bohjalian

The Tide Between Us-Olive Collins

Lucy By The Sea-Elizabeth Strout

A Thousand Moons-Sebastian Barry

The Winners-Fredrik Backman


These were all good books! I would recommend any of them!

However, moving on to my top 12 of the list:


Northernmost-Peter Geye

Tell the Bees that I Am Gone-Diane Gabaldon

Lost Boy Found-Kirsten Alexander

The Secret Scripture-Sebastian Barry

The Sweetness of Water-Nathan Harris

Remarkably Bright Creatures-Shelby Van Pelt

The Hour of the Witch-Chris Bohjalian

Lucy By The Sea-Elizabeth Strout

A Thousand Moons-Sebastian Barry

The Haven-Emma Donoghue


And now it starts getting hard. Narrowing the list down to my top 5 meant taking off The Winners, which I really loved! But here's what's left:


Northernmost-Peter Geye

The Secret Scripture-Sebastian Barry

The Sweetness of Water-Nathan Harris

Remarkably Bright Creatures-Shelby Van Pelt

Lucy By The Sea-Elizabeth Strout


Now it's easy though! Even though I loved each of the above books, one stands out for me as my very favorite:


Lucy By The Sea-Elizabeth Strout


I hope to read more in 2023 and hope that I have as many good reads as 2022! Happy reading in the New Year!




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