Monday, January 9, 2023

2022 Read Books

 Here’ my annual report on books read.

In 2022, I set out to read 50 books and I read 70 books all told, though some were repeats. One book,Woke Racism, really grabbed my interest and since it was timely, available and the perfect length for long drives drives, I listened to five times. A couple others are re-reads to, because they were favorites and I was at ends. I discovered Harlan Coben and ran through many of his. I finally got around to Jonathan Franzen and didn’t hate him as much as I thought I would, I liked it in fact. Cixin Liu’s now classic trilogy lived up to the hype and Graeme Samson’s lovely Rosie books are delightful. My own work appears on the list and I must say I am very fond of my writing. Highly recommended. I read classics and bleeding edge, young adult, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, literary, non-ficiton—all kinds of things.


A good year all told for my book consumption.



The List:


Turn of the Screw, Henry James

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos, Dominic Smith

Ramayana, Valmiki

Of Civilized, Saved and Savages, Johnny Worthen

Blood Grove, Walter Mosley

5


Mermaid Confidential, Tim Dorsey

Animal Farm, George Orwell

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan

The Maid, Nita Prose

10


The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner

Hermit of Big Horn County, Johnny Worthen

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin

Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake

15


The Farthest Shore, Ursula K. Le Guin

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque

The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion

Nine Lives, Peter Swanson

Tehanu, Ursula D. Le Guin

20


The Rosie Effect, Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Result, Graeme Simsion

The Midnight Library, Matt Haig

Tales from Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Hunting Party, Lucy Foley

25


Corrections, Jonathan Franzen

The Doors of Perceptions, Aldous Huxley

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo

The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz

Woke Racism, John McWhorter

30


Silverview, John le Carré

Woke Racism, John McWhorter

The Haunting of Maddy Clare, Simone St. James

The Devil and the Dark Water, Stuart Turton

Start Where You Are, Pema Chödrön

35


Woke Racism, John McWhorter

Teachings on Love, Thich That Hanh

Eleanor Script, Blake Casselman

When the Bough Breaks, Jonathan Kellerman

The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah

40


The Hermit of Big Horn County, Johnny Worthen

Deal Breaker, Harlan Coben

Mindfulness for Beginners, Jon Bat-Zinn

Meditation for Optimum Health, Andrew Weil & Jon Bat-Zinn

Drop Shot, Harlan Coben

45


Fade Away, Harlan Coben

Rotters, Daniel Krauss

Back Spin, Harlan Coben

Of Heroes, Homes and Honey, Johnny Worthen

The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu

50


One False Move, Harlan Coben

Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles

The Final Detail, Harlan Coben

Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury

Darkest Fear, Harlan Coben

55


Plato and Aristotle, Aryeh Kosman

Promise Me, Harlan Coben

Long Lost, Harlan Coben

Food of the Gods, Terence McKenna

Chakras for Beginners, Brown Kadmon

60


The Issue at Hand, Gil Fronsdal

The Dark Forest, Cixin Liu

Death’s End, Cixin Liu

Stolen Focus, Johann Hari

Still Life, Louise Penny

65


Fairy Tale, Stephen King

Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens

Never Let Me Go, Kazua Ishiguro

Coconut Cowboy, Tim Dorsey

70


Next year, the goal is again fifty.


—J