Another year, another reading list? I don’t mind if I do!
I’ve read at least 100 books a year for the past eight years, so it’s fair to say I’m an avid reader. As such, I love giving and receiving book recommendations.
I document all of the books I read each year on my annual reading list. This 2022 reading list is where I will track my monthly reading and give each book I read a grade. An “A” book is one that I consider excellent. It’s a game-changer — something I would recommend to anyone. But please don’t ignore books I give “B” grades. These are really great books, but they just aren’t excellent life-changing books.
I’m not creating a reading challenge this year. But after several years of reading about 125 books or so, I really want to hit 150 books again. We’ll see if I can make it happen. Either way, I’ll read a lot.
Want to see reviews of my favorite books through the years? Visit my bookstore to view and purchase books I’ve given perfect grades.
I hope you find something on my 2022 reading list to read and love. As always, happy reading!
December (14 books read)
1. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – C
2. Are You Sara? – A
3. Wrong Place, Wrong Time – D
4. Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Wellbeing – B
5. The Child Finder – A
6. My Oxford Year – B
7. Doing Life with Your Adult Children – A
8. Nothing More to Tell – B
9. The Book of Boundaries – A
10. She’s Gone – B
11. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing – B
12. The Light We Lost – B
13. It Starts With Us – A
14. Have at It, Sister – D
November (16 books read)
1. Next of Kin – C
2. Beneath Devil’s Bridge – C
3. All That’s Left Unsaid – B
4. Mad Honey – A
5. Thank You For Listening – C
6. The Widow – C
7. Do Not Disturb – C
8. One By One – C
9. Dinners with Ruth – A
10. I’m Glad My Mom Died – D
11. What Happened That Night – C
12. Run on Red – A
13. The Light We Carry – A
14. Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Closed Cases – A
15. No One Can Hear You Scream – A
16. Finding Me – A
October (15 books read)
1. You Did This – C
2. The Last Move – C
3. The Butcher and the Wren – C
4. The Confidence of Wildflowers – B
5. The Wife Upstairs – B
6. The Passenger – D
7. Saving Meghan – C
8. Uncharted Waters – C
9. Slenderman – C
10. No One Crosses the Wolf – D
11. Ask for Andrea – A
12. The Family Outing – A
13. You’d Be Home Now – A
14. The Turn of the Key – B
15. Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature – C
September (13 books read)
1. Love and Other Words – A
2. A Stranger on the Beach – B
3. Cold Truth – B
4. All Good People Here – A
5. Look Closer – C
6. The Housemaid – B
7. It Ends With Us – A
8. We Carry Their Bones – C
9. The Secrets of Us – C
10. The Inmate – A
11. Never Lie – A
12. How Are You, Really? – A
13. Phantom Limb – C
August (10 books read)
1. Beach Read – B
2. Like Wind Against Rock – D
3. One True Loves – C
4. One of the Girls – B
5. Saving Noah – A
6. If He Had Been with Me – B
7. Crazy Love – B
8. Every Summer After – A
9. High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict’s Double Life – B
10. Things We Do in the Dark – A
July (10 books read)
1. The Memory Watcher – B
2. Book Lovers – A
3. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive – A
4. The Locked Door – B
5. Sisters of Mercy – D
6. The Wife Before – C
7. Still Beating – D
8. Any Man – C
9. Unmissing – A
10. The Girl Upstairs – C
June (9 books read)
1. The Family Across the Street – B
2. Find Me – B
3. Just Between Us – B
4. Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance – D
5. High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out – C
6. The Cipher – C
7. Things We Never Got Over – A
8. My Perfect Daugther – C
9. Girl Gone Mad – B
11. Girl Gone Mad – B
May (8 books read)
1. Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World – C
2. Reminders of Him – A
3. One Year Gone – C
4. Scorched Ground – B
5. The Rain – C
6. The Vacation – C
7. The Family Plot – C
8. Like a Sister – B
April (9 books read)
1. The Body Keeps the Score – A
2. Survive the Night – D
3. Final Girls – A
4. 1,000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently – C
5. The Overnight Guest – A
6. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, and So Much More – A
7. The Book of Cold Cases – A
8. Notes on an Execution – B
9. Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy – C
March (8 books read)
1. The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again – C
3. Open House – D
4. Sadie – A
5. The Night Shift – A
6. Believe Me – B
7. The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage – B
8. Good Comes First: How Today’s Leaders Create an Uncompromising Company Culture That Doesn’t Suck – B
February (8 books read)
1. The Perfect Son – C
2. Circling the Drain – C
3. The Watcher Girl – C
5. A Flicker in the Dark – C
6. The Maid – A
7. The Collective – A
8. American Daughter – D
January (12 books read)
1. Her Perfect Family – D
2. Going There – B
3. No One Will Miss Her – A
4. Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home – C
5. My Darling Husband – A
6. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music – A
7. We Are Not Like Them – A
8. Home Before Dark – A
9. Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self Talk for Good and Discover the Life You Always Wanted – C
10. November 9 – A
11. Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back – B
12. The Perfect Roommate – C
