Another year of books under the belt, my friends. This year I visited some old favorites, discovered a love for translations, and learned the art of walking away when a book isn’t hitting like I need it to. I have monthly roundups on all these books here on thelavenderhours if you want to know my thoughts. & now without further adieu, here’s all the books I read in 2022! (Also, I starred my very favorites that will stay with me far beyond this year, the best of the best, cream of this year’s crop kinda thing.)
- Group by Christie Tate
- The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
- Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
- Film for Her by Orion Carloto
- My Body by Emily Ratajkowski
- Literary Witches by Taisia Kitalskatia & Katy Horan
- Postcards from a Dead Girl by Kirk Farber
- , said the shotgun to the head. by Saul Williams
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
- **Beautiful Boy by David Sheff**
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
- The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
- The Carrying by Ada Límon
- **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee**
- Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo
- Outline by Rachel Cusk
- The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
- **Second Place by Rachel Cusk**
- Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo
- Transit by Rachel Cusk
- Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
- **The Idiot by Elif Batuman**
- **Animal by Lisa Taddeo**
- The Mothers by Brit Bennett
- A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk
- Bad at Existing by Madisen Kuhn
- Kudos by Rachel Cusk
- **Heaven by Mieko Kawakami**
- More Than Words by Jill Santopolo
- Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
- An Archive of Brightness by Kelsey Socha
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- **The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri**
- Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
Twenty twenty-three will be the year of intuitive reading – reading what goes with my mood, peppering in some current reads everyone’s talking about, and continuing to return to past favorites when I need the comfort of familiarity. Thanks for skimming through my year in books, and let me know if there are any titles I absolutely have to add to my 2023 TBR list!
Thanks for being here, & happy reading!
-k
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