If I’m going to be very honest 2022 was a so-so reading year for me. Yes, I hit my goal of reading 52 books, but when I think about everything I read this year, I read a lot of books that I *liked* but not many I LOVED.
It’s got me thinking about what I want to read in 2023. I always joke that my ideal book is the writing style of a romance but with the plot of contemporary fiction — give me ALL the Rebecca Serle and Jill Santopolo. If you have any recommendations that fit into that description, please let me know 🙂
ANYWAY, here is a round-up of what I read in 2022 and the standouts from the year. You can also check out last year’s round-up here.
Some Book Stats:
In 2022 I read:
- 52 books — up from 43 last year.
- 32 romances. I am kind of shocked it’s that many!
- 12 books I’d categorize as contemporary fiction
- 12 YA books. I kept calling this summer my “summer of 16” because I read so many YA books
- 6 thrillers
- 5 books by Colleen Hoover
- 3 books by Jenny Han
- And 2 nonfiction books. Which is up from 1 last year 😂
My Hands Down, Absolute Favorite Books I Read in 2022:
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle – My Review
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin – My Review
- Every Summer After by Carley Fortune – My Review
- My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan – My Review
The Books I Really Loved:
- The Break Up Book Club by Wendy Wax – My Review
- Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman – My Review
- Gifts from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh – My Review
- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub – My Review
- Meant to be Mine by Hannah Orenstein – My Review
- The Counselors by Jessica Goodman – My Review
- Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino – My Review
- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan – My Review
- Can’t Look Away by Carola Lovering – My Review
Books I Liked A Lot:
- One Of Us is Lying by Karen McManus – My Review
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (Series) by Jenny Han – My Review
- The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand – My Review
- Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch – My Review
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart – My Review
- Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun – My Review
- Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan – My Review
- The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren – My Review
