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!
City of Girls- Elizabeth Gilbert
Winter in Paradise (Paradise #1)- Elin Hilderbrand
You're So Dead- Ash Parsons
If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be #1)- Julie Murphy
Party of Two (The Wedding Date #5)- Jasmine Guillory
Luck of the Titanic- Stacey Lee
Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds- Huma Abedin
Incense and Sensibility (The Rajes #3)- Sonali Dev
A Million Junes- Emily Henry
What Happens in Paradise (Paradise #2)- Elin Hilderbrand
Verity- Colleen Hoover
Troubles in Paradise (Paradise #3)- Elin Hilderbrand
Sparks Likes Stars- Nadia Hashimi
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This Is How It Always Is- Laurie Frankel
Arsenic and Adobo- Mia P. Manansala
Crying in H Mart- Michelle Zauner
In the Dream House- Carmen Maria Machado
Wish You Were Here- Renee Carlino
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3)- Holly Jackson
Empire of Paine: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty- Patrick Radden Keefe
The Surgeon's Daughter - Audrey Blake
Will- Will Smith
A Year Without a Name: A Memoir- Cyrus Grace Dunham
Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead
The Henna Artist- Alka Joshi
Just Kids- Patti Smith
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty- Anderson Cooper
Taste: My Life Through Food- Stanley Tucci
The Once and Future Witches- Alix E Harrow
Firekeeper's Daughter- Angeline Boulley
The Chiffon Trenches- Andre Leon Talley
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Mee Too Movement- Tarana Burke
Greenlights- Matthew McConaughey
One Italian Summer- Rebecca Serle
The Unsinkable Greta James- Jennifer E. Smith
We Were Never Here- Andrea Bartz
Shopping for Love- Renee Carlino
Little Secrets- Jennifer Hillier
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler
My Body- Emily ratajkowski
One True Loves- Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Black Kids- Christina Hammonds Reed
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss- Amy Bloom
Anna: The Biography- Amy Odell
Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work- Chrishelle Stause
The Night Shift- Alex Finlay
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress- Rachel DeLoache Williams
Dava Shastri's Last Day- Kithana Ramisetti
Every Summer After- Carley Fortune
One of Us Is Dead- Jeneva Rose
Textbook- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Winemaker's Wife- Kristin Harmel
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music- Dave Grohl
Memphis- Tara M. Stringfellow
The Cousins- Karen M. McManus
Sam's Letters to Jennifer- James Patterson
The Mad Girls of New York- Maya Rodale
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having-- Or Being Denied-- An Abortion - Diana Greene Foster
The Maidens- Alex Michaelides
Where Am I Now- Mara Wilson
Now that I've Found You- Kristina Forest
Cloud Cuckoo Land- Anthony Doerr
I'm Glad My Mom Died- Jennette McCurdy
Here is the Beehive- Sarah Crossan
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters- Balli Kaur Jaswal
The Rumor- Elin Hilderbrand
Notes on your Sudden Disappearance- Alison Espach
Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro
The House Across the Lake- Riley Sager
Book Lovers- Emily Henry
Lessons in Chemistry- Bonnie Garmus
A Court of Thorns and Roses (#1)- Sarah J. Maas
The Herd- Andrea Bartz
See You Yesterday- Rachel Lynn Solomon
With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War- James Lincoln Collier
Carrie Soto is Back- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Before I Go to Sleep: S. J. Watson
Uncultured- Daniella Mestyanek Young
Funny You Should Ask- Elissa Sussman
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up- Selma Blair
Tanqueray- Stephanie Johnson
The Dictionary of Lost Words- Pip Williams
Milk and Honey- Rupi Kaur
Three Pianos- Andrew McMahon
Sandy Hook- Elizabeth Williamson
Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)- TJ Klune
Home Body- Rupi Kaur
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife- Ashley Winstead
Can't Look Away- Carola Lovering
The Sun and Her Flowers- Rupi Kaur
The Emma Project- Sonali Dev
Hooked: How Crafting Saved my Life- Sutton Foster
Verses: Lessons Learned From Foster Care- Sharrica Miller
A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Bookclub #5) - Lyssa Kay Adams
A Court of Mist and Fury (#2)- Sarah J. Maas
Mad Honey- Jodi Picoult
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me- Mariko Tamaki
Nora Goes Off Script- Anabel Monaghan
A Holly Jolly Diwali- Sonya Lalli
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow- Gabrielle Zevin
Best Celeb Memoir(s)
Just Kids
The Chiffon Trenches
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds
Crying in H Mart
Best Thriller/ Mystery
The House Across the Lake
Before I Go to Sleep
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Can't Look Away
Best Romance
Every Summer After
Book Lovers
A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Bookclub #5)
A Holly Jolly Diwali
Best Philosophical/Thinking
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
See You Yesterday
Best Historical
City of Girls
Sparks Likes Stars
Best Nonfiction
Empire of Paine: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Best Cry
The Winemaker's Wife
Best YA
Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)
Best Prose
The Sun and Her Flowers
Best Audio Performance
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Three Pianos
Heat Wave (Extraordinaries #3)
Best Overall
Just Kids
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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