My Favorite Reads of 2022

Hey guys, it’s been a although! Doing the job in consulting has taken a toll on my running a blog — when I have absolutely free time, the last point I want to do is stare at a monitor.

But I required to pop in to share some examining tips. I examine 32 books in 2022 which is about common for me — I typically examine 30-35 textbooks a yr. Which is flawlessly good with me. I read through for enjoyment, and I’m not a enthusiast of studying worries.

In 2022, I examine way additional fiction than usual, which is something I want to continue this 12 months as very well.

With out additional ado, here are my favorite reads of 2022:

Eleanor Oliphant is Absolutely Wonderful by Gail Honeyman (2017)

Eleanor Oliphant is quirky, reclusive, and painfully socially awkward. But in spite of her social difficulties, what she craves over all else is relationship with other men and women.

I liked this book. At turns heartbreaking and giggle-out-loud funny, I appreciated just about every second I expended with Eleanor, who is one particular of the most memorable and likable people I’ve come throughout in a long time.

The Storied Everyday living of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (2014)

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry follows the tale of widower, curmudgeon bookstore owner, A.J. Fikry, as he grapples with grief and, in an unforeseen twist of destiny, one fatherhood. At its heart, this novel is an ode to books and guide lovers.

This e-book is my very first read by Gabrielle Zevin but it will not be my very last. Zevin also wrote Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, which is now sitting on my shelf. I’m fired up to delve into it shortly.

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2022)

As a lifelong tennis player, I genuinely relished Carrie Soto is Back. Carrie Soto is a environment-well-known tennis winner in her late thirties. But 6 many years after her retirement, she watches her environment history be taken to her at the US Open, and vows to get it back.

Though Carrie Soto Again of course centers around tennis, you really don’t have to be a tennis participant in buy to value this: it also capabilities a complex father-daughter connection, which I loved, as properly as a really like tale.

If you haven’t read Taylor Jenkins Reid nevertheless, I really propose her operate: The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the 6 are fun and effortless reads. (I even now need to browse Malibu Increasing!)

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Harris (2021)

I binged this at my cottage above the span of a tasty summer weekend, and it was truly the ideal summer months read. Established in Cape Cod, The Paper Palace will take position in excess of a single summer months working day in which Elle, 50, must confront her past and all its tricks. Actually a web site-turner, I was dying to obtain out what occurred between Elle and her childhood like, Jonas, all all those a long time in the past.

The only downside – the reserve functions a chilling kid abuse scene that I want had been omitted.

Beowulf by Unidentified (975 Ad?)

So this is a little bit out of remaining subject, but in 2022, I at last read through Beowulf. As a diehard Tolkien admirer, I experienced meant to read through this Beowulf for yrs, as it considerably influenced The Lord of the Rings.

Beowulf is an epic poem that tells the story of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who rids the kingdom of Grendel, a monster that has been terrorizing the land for 50 decades.

As the ebook was created in Old English, I naturally read through a translation, and I’m so happy I read Seamus Heaney’s translation. As a Nobel-prize-profitable poet, Heaney brought Beowulf to existence in such a powerful and in no way-dull way.

The Straightforward Route to Prosperity by J.L. Collins (2016)

In 2022, I had a goal to study a lot more about personalized finance and investing. I browse a lot of individual finance textbooks: The psychology of Income, Total dollars makeover, I will make you wealthy, and much more. But the most effective of the good deal was The Easy Route to Wealth.

The Basic Route to Wealth is a personal finance ebook for folks who have no interest in discovering about finance and who want to hold investing easy. Due to its simplicity and brevity, this is the most effective particular finance e book I have at any time go through.

The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory (2012)

In 2022, I went on a big Philippa Gregory kick, studying seven of her guides. The Kingmaker’s Daughter is my most loved of hers I have browse so far.

The Kingmaker’s Daughter follows the tale of Anne Neville, one particular-time Queen of England and spouse of the notorious Richard III. Anne started her existence as the daughter of Richard Neville, so-named “the kingmaker” for his capability to make (and unmake English) kings.

I enjoy Philippa Gregory’s books simply because they aim on females in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. So typically, historical texts and novels gloss in excess of girls and their achievements during these time intervals. But clearly, as in the scenario of Anne, women of this time time period have earned a closer look.

What was your favorite e book of 2022?