Yes, darlings, it is time for that annual project where I list all the books I read in the past year. This year was a record breaker, because I totaled out to 126 books read, surpassing the previous record of 124. I know it is only two books more, but gain is gain.
As for the books listed above, I have only read three. My list is different and eclectic. So, here wo go! Ready?
1. "The Witching Hour," by Anne Rice
2. "The Liar's Dictionary," by Eley Williams
3. "Autumn," by Ali Smith--The Seasonal Quartet
4. "Winter," by Ali Smith--The Seasonal Quartet
5. "Spring," by Ali Smith--The Seasonal Quartet-
6.. "Summer," by Ali Smith--The Seasonal Quartet
7. "The Tenant," by Katherine Engberg
8. "Abel And Cain," by Gregor Von Rezzori
9. "The Divorce Party," by Laura Dave
10. "All I Want," by Darcey Bell
11. "Ohio," by Stephen Markley
12. "Devil's House," by John Darnielle
13. "No One Is Talking About This," by Patricia Lockwood
14. "The Night Watchman," by Louise Erdrich
15. "When We Cease To Understand The World," by Benjamin Labatut
16. "The Great Mistake," by Jonathan Lee
17. "Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket," by Hilma Wolitzer
18. "All Her Little Secrets," by Wanda M. Morris
19. "Morningside Heights," by Joshua Henkin
20. "The Other Family," by Wendy Corsi Staub
21. "Doctor Dolittle In The Moon," by Hugh Lofting
22. "There Is Confusion," by Jessie Redman Fauset
23. "Burnt Sugar," by Avni Doshi
24. "Chemistry," by Weike Wang
25. "Them," by Joyce Carol Oates
26. The Night She Went Missing, by Kristen Bird
27. "Booth," by Karen Joy Fowler
28. "Checkout 19," by Claire-Louise Bennett
29. "The Fell," by Sarah Moss
30. "Small Things Like These," by Claire Keegan
31. "News Of The Week," by Paulette Jiles
32. "All My Puny Sorrows," by Miriam Toews
33. "Where The Dead Sit Talking," by Brandon Hobson
34. "Small World," by Laura Zigman
35. "Malibu Rising," by Taylor Jenkins Reid
36. "What Comes After," by Joanne Tompkins
37. "The Jane Austen Society," by Natalie Jenner
38. "Another Kind Of Eden," by James Lee Burke
39. "The Island Of Missing Trees," by Elif Shafak
40. "Young Mungo," by Douglas Stuart
41. "Honor," by Thrity Umrigar
42. "The Swimmers," by Julie Otsuka
43. "Lessons In Chemistry," by Bonnie Garmus
44. "West Of Eden," by Jean Stein
45. "The Love Songs Of W.E.B. Du Bois," by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
46. "School Days," by Jonathan Garassi
47. "The Wonder," by Emma Donoghue
48. "The Last Thing He Told Me,"by Laura Dave
49. "The Sound Of Thunder," by Taylor Caldwell
50. "To Look And Pass," by Taylor Caldwell
51. "Never Victorious, Never Defeated," by Taylor Caldwell
52. "This Time Tomorrow," by Emma Straub
53. "The Earth Is The Lord's," by Taylor Caldwell
54. "Trust," by Hernan Diaz
55. "Finlay Donovan Is Killing It," by Elle Cosimano
56. "Remarkably Bright Creatures," by Shelby Van Pelt
57. "Nightcrawling," by Leila Mottley
58. "Love Marriage," by Monica Ali
59. "Last Call--A True Story Of Love, Lust And Murder In Queer New York," by Elon Green
60. "The Ten Thousand Doors Of January," by Alix E. Harrow
61. "The Plot Against America," by Philip Roth
62. "Mercy Street," by Jennifer Haigh
63. "Marrying The Ketchups," by Jennifer Close
64. "Of Human Bondage," by W. Somerset Maugham
65. "Mexican Gothic," by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
66. "Three O' Clock In The Morning," by Gianrico Carofilglio
67. "The Removed," by Brandon Hobson
68. "Cold Enough For Snow," by Jessica Au
69. "All The Lovers In The Night," by Mieko Kawakami
70. "The Story Of Little Black Sambo," by Helen Bannerman
71. "True Biz," by Sara Novic
72. "Elektra," by Jennifer Saint
73. "The Glas Castle," by Jeannette Walls
74. "The Guncle," by Steven Rowley
75. "Educated," by Tara Westover
76. "Cult Classic," by Sloane Crosley
77. "Greetings From Asbury Park," by Daniel H. Turtel
78. "These Ghosts Are Family," by Maisy Card
79. "Fellowship Point," by Alice Elliott Dark
80. "Facing The Music, A Broadway Memoir," by David Loud
81. "Mercury Pictures Presents," by Anthony Marra
82. "Slenderman--Online Obsession, Mental Illness, And The Violent Crime Of Two Midwestern Girls," by Kathleen Hale
83. "Athem," by Noah Hawley
84. "Wolf In White Van," by John Darnielle
85. "Nevada," by Imogen Binnie
86. "One Of Us Is Lying," by Karen M. McManus
87. "The Vixen," by Francine Prose
88. "You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty," by Akwawke Emezi
89. "Painting Time," by Maylis De Kerangal, Translated by Jessica Moore
90. "Vigil Harbor," by Julia Glass
91. "Rogue Male," by Geoffrey Household
92. "Fox Creek," by William Kent Krueger
93. "Wayward," by Dana Spiotta
94. "The English Understand Wool," by Helen DeWitt
95. "The Marriage Portrait," by Maggie O'Farrell
96. "The Mothers," by Britt Bennett
97. "Cyclorama," by Adam Langer
98. "Mohawk," by Richard Russo
99. "Shrines Of Gaiety," by Kate Atkinson
100. "The Night Listener," by Armistead Maupin
101. "Oliver Twist," by Charles Dickens
102. "Case Study," by Graeme Macrae Burnet
103. "Our Missing Hearts," by Celeste Ng
104. "Early Light," by Osamu Dazai
105. "Demon Copperhead," by Barbara Kingsolver
106. "The Children On The Hill," by Jennifer McMahon
107. "The Whalebone Theatre," by Joanna Quinn
108. "The Drowning Kind," by Jennifer McMahon
109. "The Rabbit Hutch," by Tess Gunty
110. "They Wish They Were Us," by Jessica Goodman
111. "The Passenger," by Cormac McCarthy
112. "The IT Girl," by Ruth Ware
113. "Tomorrow And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow," by Gabrielle Zevin
114. "Into The Water," by Paula Hawkins
115. "The Return" Of Faraz Ali," by Aamina Ahmad
116. "The Retreat," by Sarah Pearse
117. "Trespasses," by Louise Kennedy
118. "Apartment In Athens," by Glenway Wescott
119. "The Latecomer," by Jean Hanff Korelitz
120. "The Candy House," by Jennifer Egan
121. "If I Survive You," by Jonathan Esoffery
122. "The Furrows," by Namwall Serpell
123. "Love In The Time Of Serial Killers," by Alicia Thompson
124. "Signal Fires," by Dani Shapiro
125. "Mrs. Dalloway," by Virginia Woolf
126. "The Hours," by Michael Cunningham
There you have it, girls--all the books read in 2022. It turns out I miscounted.
I thought I totaled out at 125, but I gave, somewhere along the line, two books the same number, so that it now evens out to 126.
No matter. This is for all of you to peruse, and I am just glad I got it in before the first half of the year. Now, maybe, I can return to some book reviewing on here, which I am sure you will enjoy, and some have requested.
Keep reading, girls, and I hope this list helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!