Here’s a monthly breakdown of all of the books I read in 2022, plus a list at the end of books I loved that you should definitely read!

January

• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
• The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
• Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
• Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
• The Second Season by Emily Adrian
• Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
• Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
• Falling by T.J. Newman

February

• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
• In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
• King Richard: Nixon and Watergate–An American Tragedy by Michael Dobbs
• The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams
• Ola Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
• Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

March

• Yinka, Where Is Your Husband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
• Vladimir by Julia May Jones
• Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen
• Please Don’t Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
• We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
• The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
• Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (audiobook)
• Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

April

• A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch
• In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
• My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
• Fake by Emma Katz

May

• Watergate: A New History by Garrett Graff

June

• State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny
• Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
• Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
• Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
• Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

July

• True Biz by Sara Novic
• Let’s Not Do That Again by Grant Ginder
• Meant to Be Mine by Hanna Orenstein
• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
• Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
• In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
• Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson
• The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall
• 100,00 First Bosses: My Unlikely Path as a 22-Year-Old Lawmaker by Will Haskel
• Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

August

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
• On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
• Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
• The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz
• Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
• A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia

September

• NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
• Husband Material by Alexis Hall
• Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• The Bright Side Running Club by Josie Lloyd
• Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
• The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

October

• The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
• Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
• A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
• Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
• The Catch by Alison Fairbrother

November

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
• My Summer Darlings by May Cobb
• Set on You by Amy Lea

December

• Dog Friendly by Victoria Schade
• The Winners by Fredrik Backman
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
• Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

My favorites from the year!

• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
• Yinka, Where Is Your Husband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
• A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch
• In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
• Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
• Watergate: A New History by Garrett Graff
• Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
• Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
• Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
• The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall
• Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
• Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• The Bright Side Running Club by Josie Lloyd
• Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
• The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain