This year I read 48 books, the most I’ve read since 2018 and the second most since I started tracking in 2010! My focus for 2022 was to read more books and get beyond the lower counts of the post-COVID years, and I’m happy I did. I have to be honest, though—the title count feels a little inflated due to some shorter books and coffee table reads. But a book is a book is a book!

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I listened to more audiobooks than ever this year, and I also splurged on a Kindle Oasis, which spurred me on to read more and more through my 27 library rentals.

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Here's a quick look at the numbers:

  • Total Books: 48
  • Total Pages: 13,795
  • Format: 14 Print / 34 Digital
  • Genre: 20 Fiction / 28 Non-Fiction
  • Author Gender: 13 Female / 35 Male
  • Library Use: 27 books were from the library

Unlike last year, I skewed heavily male/nonfiction in 2022, somehow reading slightly fewer female authors yet more than double the number of male authors. That’s something I’ll look to balance out better next year, as my favorite genre is typically female-authored fiction. Continuing my recent trends, I again read mostly new (frontlist) books published over the last few years. There are so many amazing new books that I’m just trying to keep up with.

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One of the last books I read in 2022 was also my favorite: Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I haven't felt this jazzed about a book for awhile and have not held back in telling others about it with wonderful results.

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If any book ever catches your interest, I hope you follow through and check out my reviews—I write one for every book I read! Let me know what you're reading these days.

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My Top Reads from 2022

Favorite Fiction:

  1. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
  3. The Parade by Dave Eggers

Favorite Non-Fiction:

  1. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
  2. In the Land of Men by Adrienne Miller
  3. Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
  • Blood, Sweat, & Chrome by Kyle Buchanan
  • Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

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