The Books I Read in 2022
An incomplete list
I’m a reader. Of all things, truthfully. Fiction and non-fiction alike. I read to learn, to be entertained, and to find solidarity and hope. Here is the list of the books I read this year, for the most part ( I honestly can’t remember all of them)- the ones I loved are in bold.
Contemplative:
This Here Flesh- Cole Arthur Riley
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet- Shauna Niequist
Do Walk- Libbey Delana
How We Heal- Alex Elle
In The Shelter- Padraig O’Tuoma
Start With Hello- Shannan Martin
Next Right Thing- Emily P. Freeman
Sacred Rhythms- Ruth Haley Barton
Faith After Doubt-Brian McLaren
To Bless The Space Between Us- John O’Donohue
Non-Fiction:
How To Do Nothing-Jenny Odell
I Will Teach You To Be Rich-Ramit Sethi
I Take My Coffee Black- Tyler Merritt
All Of This- Rebecca Woolf
The Lazy Genius Way- Kendra Adachi
The Book of Hope- Jane Goodall
Beginner’s Mind- Yo Yo Ma
The War of Art- Steven Pressfield
Becoming- Michelle Obama
How To Do The Work- Dr. Nicole LePera
Atomic Habits- James Clear
Try Softer- Aundi Kolber
We Should All Be Millionaires- Rachel Rodgers
The Body Keeps The Score- Bessel van der Kolk
Braiding Sweetgrass- Robin Wall Kimmerer
Fiction:
Clearly, it was a Sarah Maas year. I’m seriously lacking in my fiction offerings and I’ve felt that hole deeply. Got any suggestions?
The Throne of Glass Series Books 1-7 - Sarah Maas
House of Earth and Blood- Sarah Maas
The Red Tent- Anita Diamant ( yearly re-read)
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane- Neil Gaiman
It Ends With Us- Colleen Hover
The Book Of Longings- Sue Monk Kidd
This Time Tomorrow- Emma Straub
Food:
Feed These People- Jen Hatmaker
Weekday Vegetarians- Jenny Rosenstrach
The Barbuto Cookbook- Jonathan Waxman
Crying in H-Mart- Michelle Zauner ( it’s a memoir, but it was so food-focused I wanted to include it here.)
It’s one of my favorite year-end practices to take a look at what I read. In my next newsletter, I’m going to refer to my favorite digital literature haunts, podcasts, and social accounts :).