Well! According to Goodreads, I did it! As of yesterday, my official read count for the year of 2022 is sitting right at seventy five books. (And honestly, there’s every chance I’m going to finish at least one more before the year’s completely out, if only so that I feel less like I’ve cheated by including one that’s technically a short story.)
And now, because I’m a sucker for this sort of thing, a few statistics.
Of those seventy five:
- 21 were rereads
- 9 were non-fiction
- 48 were SF/F (surprise, surprise)
- 7 were audiobooks/read out loud
- 51 were ebooks*
- 9 were library books
Now, for my favorite part. Or rather, my favorite books from the year in several categories because overall favorites are for people who, unlike me, can make that kind of decision. New read just means new to me. No reviews this time, but I’m more than happy to get into discussions about them in the comments. Ha!
Favorite New Reads (Fantasy):
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Favorite New Read (Science Fiction):
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Favorite New Read (Classic)
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Favorite New Read (Bonus!)
A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling
Favorite Re-read:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite Non-fiction:
The Puma Years by Laura Coleman
What about the rest of you? Any books you particularly enjoyed reading this past year? Any you’re looking forward to next year? Me, the next book of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series is due out later this year, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. If the last one is any indication, it’s going to absolutely wreck me, but that’s the price we pay, no?
Keep an eye out for another blog post in the next few days– now that my real life schedule is settling down into something fairly stable I’m looking forward to putting a bit more time an attention into writing. Details to come! Until then, I hope you’ve all been having a wonderful holiday season.
* Ebooks are convenient. I have never denied this. And despite the fact that more than two thirds of my reading this year was done in that format, that should in no way be taken to mean that I think they’re “better” than their physical counterparts. And no, moving halfway across the country with more than a dozen boxes of the aforementioned physical books stuffed into my car did nothing to change my mind. Harrumph.
F.A. Hakimian 