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Gabrielle Benoit

I Read 101 Books in 2022. Here's the list, with reading stats and superlatives!

I was laser-focused on meeting my reading goal this year; 100 books! It books felt super ambitious at many points during the year, but that's when I learned to diversify my reading. I read books in various formats (poetry, prose, etc.). I upped my nonfiction. Book club, audiobooks, and reading alongside friends kept me going this year.


My GoodReads stats are as follows:


Average Rating in 2021: 3.6 Stars


Averages Book Length: 334 pages


Most Popular: Verity by Colleen Hoover


Here they are, in order of completion! My 101 books of 2022!

  1. City of Girls- Elizabeth Gilbert

  2. Winter in Paradise (Paradise #1)- Elin Hilderbrand

  3. You're So Dead- Ash Parsons

  4. If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be #1)- Julie Murphy

  5. Party of Two (The Wedding Date #5)- Jasmine Guillory

  6. Luck of the Titanic- Stacey Lee

  7. Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds- Huma Abedin

  8. Incense and Sensibility (The Rajes #3)- Sonali Dev

  9. A Million Junes- Emily Henry

  10. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise #2)- Elin Hilderbrand

  11. Verity- Colleen Hoover

  12. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise #3)- Elin Hilderbrand

  13. Sparks Likes Stars- Nadia Hashimi

  14. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life- Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  15. This Is How It Always Is- Laurie Frankel

  16. Arsenic and Adobo- Mia P. Manansala

  17. Crying in H Mart- Michelle Zauner

  18. In the Dream House- Carmen Maria Machado

  19. Wish You Were Here- Renee Carlino

  20. As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3)- Holly Jackson

  21. Empire of Paine: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty- Patrick Radden Keefe

  22. The Surgeon's Daughter - Audrey Blake

  23. Will- Will Smith

  24. A Year Without a Name: A Memoir- Cyrus Grace Dunham

  25. Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead

  26. The Henna Artist- Alka Joshi

  27. Just Kids- Patti Smith

  28. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty- Anderson Cooper

  29. Taste: My Life Through Food- Stanley Tucci

  30. The Once and Future Witches- Alix E Harrow

  31. Firekeeper's Daughter- Angeline Boulley

  32. The Chiffon Trenches- Andre Leon Talley

  33. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Mee Too Movement- Tarana Burke

  34. Greenlights- Matthew McConaughey

  35. One Italian Summer- Rebecca Serle

  36. The Unsinkable Greta James- Jennifer E. Smith

  37. We Were Never Here- Andrea Bartz

  38. Shopping for Love- Renee Carlino

  39. Little Secrets- Jennifer Hillier

  40. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler

  41. My Body- Emily ratajkowski

  42. One True Loves- Taylor Jenkins Reid

  43. The Black Kids- Christina Hammonds Reed

  44. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss- Amy Bloom

  45. Anna: The Biography- Amy Odell

  46. Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work- Chrishelle Stause

  47. The Night Shift- Alex Finlay

  48. My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress- Rachel DeLoache Williams

  49. Dava Shastri's Last Day- Kithana Ramisetti

  50. Every Summer After- Carley Fortune

  51. One of Us Is Dead- Jeneva Rose

  52. Textbook- Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  53. The Winemaker's Wife- Kristin Harmel

  54. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music- Dave Grohl

  55. Memphis- Tara M. Stringfellow

  56. The Cousins- Karen M. McManus

  57. Sam's Letters to Jennifer- James Patterson

  58. The Mad Girls of New York- Maya Rodale

  59. The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having-- Or Being Denied-- An Abortion - Diana Greene Foster

  60. The Maidens- Alex Michaelides

  61. Where Am I Now- Mara Wilson

  62. Now that I've Found You- Kristina Forest

  63. Cloud Cuckoo Land- Anthony Doerr

  64. I'm Glad My Mom Died- Jennette McCurdy

  65. Here is the Beehive- Sarah Crossan

  66. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters- Balli Kaur Jaswal

  67. The Rumor- Elin Hilderbrand

  68. Notes on your Sudden Disappearance- Alison Espach

  69. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro

  70. The House Across the Lake- Riley Sager

  71. Book Lovers- Emily Henry

  72. Lessons in Chemistry- Bonnie Garmus

  73. A Court of Thorns and Roses (#1)- Sarah J. Maas

  74. The Herd- Andrea Bartz

  75. See You Yesterday- Rachel Lynn Solomon

  76. With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War- James Lincoln Collier

  77. Carrie Soto is Back- Taylor Jenkins Reid

  78. Before I Go to Sleep: S. J. Watson

  79. Uncultured- Daniella Mestyanek Young

  80. Funny You Should Ask- Elissa Sussman

  81. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up- Selma Blair

  82. Tanqueray- Stephanie Johnson

  83. The Dictionary of Lost Words- Pip Williams

  84. Milk and Honey- Rupi Kaur

  85. Three Pianos- Andrew McMahon

  86. Sandy Hook- Elizabeth Williamson

  87. Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)- TJ Klune

  88. Home Body- Rupi Kaur

  89. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife- Ashley Winstead

  90. Can't Look Away- Carola Lovering

  91. The Sun and Her Flowers- Rupi Kaur

  92. The Emma Project- Sonali Dev

  93. Hooked: How Crafting Saved my Life- Sutton Foster

  94. Verses: Lessons Learned From Foster Care- Sharrica Miller

  95. A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Bookclub #5) - Lyssa Kay Adams

  96. A Court of Mist and Fury (#2)- Sarah J. Maas

  97. Mad Honey- Jodi Picoult

  98. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me- Mariko Tamaki

  99. Nora Goes Off Script- Anabel Monaghan

  100. A Holly Jolly Diwali- Sonya Lalli

  101. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow- Gabrielle Zevin


Best Celeb Memoir(s)

  1. Just Kids

  2. The Chiffon Trenches

  3. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

  4. Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up

  5. Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds

  6. Crying in H Mart

Best Thriller/ Mystery

  1. The House Across the Lake

  2. Before I Go to Sleep

  3. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

  4. Can't Look Away

Best Romance

  1. Every Summer After

  2. Book Lovers

  3. A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Bookclub #5)

  4. A Holly Jolly Diwali

Best Philosophical/Thinking

  1. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

  2. See You Yesterday

Best Historical

  1. City of Girls

  2. Sparks Likes Stars

Best Nonfiction

  1. Empire of Paine: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

  2. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty


Best Cry

  1. The Winemaker's Wife

Best YA

  1. Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)

Best Prose

  1. The Sun and Her Flowers

Best Audio Performance

  1. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

  2. Three Pianos

  3. Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)

Best Overall

  1. Just Kids

  2. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music


My Highest Ratings (5 Stars)

* See this post for the complete list of 4-5 star books

  • The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir

  • Sparks Like Stars

  • The Storyteller

  • One True Loves

  • Verses: Lessons Learned From Foster Care

  • Just Kids

  • Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Mee Too Movement


My Lowest Ratings (1-2 Stars)

  • Arsenic and Adobo

  • A Court of Mist and Fury

  • The Emma Project

  • Memphis

  • A Million Junes

  • Party of Two


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