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New thread for a new year.

Let us know what books were your favorite reads, and if you would recommend them.

I'll put my list here... 😀 (My 5 -star reads as of 3 Dec)

- Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
- The Players and The Game by Julian Symons
- A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
- Bad Debts by Peter Temple
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Hobberdy Dick by Katharine M. Briggs
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- Tucker Peak by Archer Mayor
- White Bird by R.J. Palacio
- Boy's Life by Robert McCammon

I revised my list. It can be found here.
https://bill-booksbooksbooks.blogspot...

Bill wrote: "I'll put my list here... 😀"

LOL; i just bet!

Get's notepad ready.. :)

Ohhhhh that's a hard question. Need to give it some thought

Can I do a top 5?

Project Hail Mary - It was my only 5 star read of the year.

is this for books we read in 22 or books that were published in 22 that we read and loved.

Here are favorite of my 5 star reads this year.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie Marie Benedict
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

How could I choose anything else? Not that it was always "fun". As a matter of fact, I had to do a bit of side reading about the Napoleonic Wars to make sense of things.

Tolstoy's work was on a grand scale and was nearly 100% accurate. (One footnote in the edition I read said that the "fact" mentioned by Tolstoy in the footnoted sentence was the only historical inaccuracy Tolstoy made).

Tolstoy's description of the ravages of war and its impact on individual characters made me cry a couple of times. His character development and tracing of so many lives during tumultuous times as well as more carefree days was completely engaging.

It is an experience that left me exhilarated and awestruck at the genius and artistry of this work. I'll never forget it.

The 5 star books I added to my favorites board were Remarkably Bright Creatures The Maid Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (memoir) The People We Keep and Mad Honey I would recommend them all

The Long Ships is adventure on a grand scale. I loved it.

The Moonstone one of the oldest crime novels with a wonderful cast of characters.

The Winter Sea for some awesome scenery, romance and history.

The Age of Innocence which remains my favourite New York novel of all time.

The Island of Missing Trees - Cyprus, a fig tree as narrator and beautiful writing.

Tess of the D’Urbervilles for beautiful writing and flawed characters.

Top fiction for 2022: The Grapes of Wrath

Honorable mentions: Anxious People and American Dirt

Top non-fiction: The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Okay; I have a few!

. Excellent sci-fi. Concepts that are not hard to grasp, and good universe building.

. The first 1/3 of the book is just daily living, some background and introductions... and I loved it. It was just so interesting. Then, we get to go "someplace else" and that is just the icing on the cake!

Short story/Novella about folks who become part of a research project. We never find out what that is and who everyone is. Everything is crazy and no one is reliable. Highly Recommended. It was a freebie off of Amazon.

. Horror with plenty of violence from "things" or just from everything. All of a sudden a guy got attacked and was gutted or something. It ramped up from there. Don't judge me

Honorable mention:

. Cthulhu? Where are you??

Carolien wrote: "The Long Ships is adventure on a grand scale. I loved it.

The Moonstone one of the oldest crime novels with a wonderful cast of characters.

The Winter Sea..."

The Moonstone is sitting in my kindle. I need to read it asap

Laurel wrote: "Top fiction for 2022: The Grapes of Wrath

Honorable mentions: Anxious People and American Dirt

Top non-fiction: [book:The Warmth of Other Suns: the..."

The Grapes of Wrath is probably my all time favorite book. At least in my all time top 10

Amber wrote: "Can I do a top 5?"

yes and please :)

Made my list (see #2). So far, as of 3 Dec, I've had 12 5* reads in 2022. I'll update if there are any more by year end.

Bill wrote: "Made my list (see #2). So far, as of 3 Dec, I've had 12 5* reads in 2022. I'll update if there are any more by year end."

That's awesome, Bill!!! What a great reading year.

Alondra wrote: "Laurel wrote: "Top fiction for 2022: The Grapes of Wrath

Honorable mentions: Anxious People and American Dirt

Top non-fiction: [book:The Warmth of ..."

one of my favorite classics for sure

Alondra wrote: "Laurel wrote: "Top fiction for 2022: The Grapes of Wrath

Honorable mentions: Anxious People and American Dirt

Top non-fiction: [book:The Warmth of ..."

I really liked American Dirt, too- but last year.

Bill wrote: "Made my list (see #2). So far, as of 3 Dec, I've had 12 5* reads in 2022. I'll update if there are any more by year end."

The Farthest Shore is next on my list in the Earthsea series, so need to get to it.

And I was a big fan of the other Peter Temple's that I read, but I haven't got to the Jack Irish series yet (I think I have all the books though). Need to move it up, I suppose.

Thanks, Bill!

Here's my list of 5 star books that was published and read in 2022:

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Lessons by Ian McEwan
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Hidden Depths by Araminta Hall
French Braid by Anne Tyler
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

The one that made the deepest impression on me this year was Foster by Claire Keegan, published in 2010
I also enjoyed the classic noir Laura by Vera Caspary

I'm glad others aren't just doing one, because I wouldn't be able to do that. Here are my favorites read in 2022.

Fiction
Girl Gone Missing (and the one before and after)
Winter Counts




Nonfiction
Know My Name
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Carolien wrote: "Bill wrote: "Made my list (see #2). So far, as of 3 Dec, I've had 12 5* reads in 2022. I'll update if there are any more by year end."

The Farthest Shore is next on my list in the Earthsea series,..."

I hope to read more of Le Guin's books in 2023. She is fantastic.

Alondra wrote: "Bill wrote: "Made my list (see #2). So far, as of 3 Dec, I've had 12 5* reads in 2022. I'll update if there are any more by year end."

That's awesome, Bill!!! What a great reading year."

Thanks, Alondra.

Tone wrote: "Here's my list of 5 star books that was published and read in 2022:

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Lessons by Ian McEwan
[book:The..."

I enjoyed Laura as well. Excellent story and movie.

Amy wrote: "I'm glad others aren't just doing one, because I wouldn't be able to do that. Here are my favorites read in 2022.

Fiction
Girl Gone Missing (and the one before and after)
[book:Win..."

It's impossible to pick just one. :)