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Books Read in 2022
See my top 20 reads. See stats in my year-end reading review.
This year’s reading priority was self-published sci-fi romance.
* indicates re-reads. 👍 = enjoyed a lot 👍👍 = loved
Presented in reverse order. Links go to my review / notes.
Read in December
Contagion*
by
(romance, sci-fi)
novella, self-pub
2022-12-18
Alien Mercenary’s Heart
by
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub
2022-12-17
Choosing Theo*
by
(romance, sci-fi)
2022-12-15
Alpha Night* 👍
by
(romance, paranormal)
Asian-Kiwi author
2022-12-14
Heated Rivalry
by
(romance, contemporary)
gay + bi rep, Asian rep
2022-12-06
Read in November
His at Night*
by
(romance, historical)
Asian-Am author
2022-11-28
Shards of Honor*
by
(sci-fi, space opera)
2022-11-22
Briarley*
by
(romance, fantasy)
gay + bi rep, novella
2022-11-20
Unlocked* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
novella, Chinese-Am author
2022-11-18
Alien Lord’s Captive
by
(romance, sci-fi)
2022-11-08
Her Rogue Mates
by
(romance, sci-fi)
2022-11-07
Do You Want to Start a Scandal*
by
(romance, historical)
2022-11-07
Beyond the Next Star*
by
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub
Read in October
Structuring Your Novel Workbook
by
(writing)
2022-10-30
Last Guard*
by
(romance, paranormal)
Indian + neurodivergent + disability rep, Kiwi-Asian author
2022-10-21
Unbuttoning the CEO
by
(romance, contemporary)
Hispanic rep
2022-10-17
Read in September
A Dance in Moonlight* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
novella
2022-09-20
2k to 10k* 👍
by
(non-fiction, writing)
self-pub
2022-09-18
How to Keep House While Drowning 👍👍
by
(non-fiction, organization)
neurodivergent author
2022-09-11
Unmasking Autism
by
(non-fiction, neurodiversity)
2022-09-07
Read in August
One Dance with a Duke*
by
(romance, historical)
2022-08-15
Read in July
Iron Widow 👍
by
(fantasy)
bi + disability rep, Asian-Canadian enby author
2022-07-10
Found by the Alien Lord
by
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub, novella
2022-07-10
The Black Tides of Heaven
by
(fantasy)
nonbinary + gay rep, nonbinary queer Singaporean author, novella
2022-07-07
Bella and Her Beast
by
(romance, paranormal)
Hispanic rep, author of color, novella, self-pub
2022-07-07
Finish
by
(non-fiction, productivity)
2022-07-06
The Arrangement
by
(romance, contemporary)
gay rep, self-pub, novella
2022-07-05
The Truth About Dukes
by
(romance, historical)
2022-07-05
Veiled Heat
by
(romance, sci-fi)
self-pub, novella
2022-07-05
Read in June 🌈
Story Fix
by
(non-fiction, writing)
Something to Talk About
by
(romance, contemporary)
lesbian + bi rep, Chinese + Jewish rep, queer author
The Duke Makes Me Feel…
by
(romance, historical)
Black + bi rep, Caribbean author, novella, self-pub
A Delicate Deception*
by
(romance, historical)
bi + gay + ace rep
Band Sinister*
by
(romance, historical)
gay rep, atheist rep, self-pub
Read in May
It Takes Two to Tumble*
by
(romance, historical)
gay rep
The Heiress Effect* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
self-pub, Asian-Am author
Stay*
by
&
(romance, contemporary)
self-pub
Good Boy*
by
&
(romance, contemporary)
self-pub
Us*
by
&
(romance, contemporary)
self-pub, gay+bi rep
Him*
by
&
(romance, contemporary)
self-pub, gay+bi rep
Duke of Midnight* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
The Duchess Deal* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
Read in April
Chasing Cassandra*
by
(romance, historical)
Season for Surrender*
by
(romance, historical)
It Takes a Scandal* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
disability rep
A Kiss for Midwinter* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
novella, self-pub, Asian-Am author
A Duke to Remember* 👍
by
(romance, historical)
Captive Desire*
by
(romance, sci-fi)
Read in March
Read in February
Secrets at Midnight* 👍
by
(romance, paranormal)
novella, Asian-Kiwi author
Read in January
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Did Not Finish
- Book Boyfriend
by Kris Ripper
(romance, contemporary)
Super voicey, MC annoyed me - The Worst Best Man
by Mia Sosa
(romance, contemporary)
Didn’t like the heroine’s attitude - Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke
(epistolary, art)
Wasn’t getting much out of it, bailed at 50% - Proper Scoundrels
by Allie Therin
(romance, paranormal)
Didn’t like the prologue - Gale Force
by Cara Bristol
(romance, sci-fi)
Not a big fan of second chance romance - Her Alien Spymaster
by Susan Hayes
(romance, sci-fi)
Didn’t like the main conflict - Metal Heart
by Michelle Frost
(romance, paranormal)
Dramatic start then pretty slow and low conflict - You Were Made to Be Mine
by Julie Anne Long
(romance, historical)
The secondary characters were annoying me - No One Returns from the Enchanted Forest
by Robin Robinson
(graphic novel, fantasy)
Wasn’t feeeling it - Husband Material
by Alexis Hall
(romance, contemporary)
Didn’t like the multiple wedding framework of the book, felt too old to relate — apparently it’s based on Four Weddings and a Funeral which I never saw — DNF at 56%
- A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
by Adriana Herrera
(romance, historical)
Slow start, quit at 14% when they decided to go watch a live sex show - Semicolon
by Cecelia Watson
(non-fiction, writing)
More literary than expected - Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s
by Tiffany Midge
(non-fiction, memoir)
Not my sense of humor - The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
(non-fiction, psychology)
Actually, I don’t want to read about atrocities committed by traumatized people thx; also much more academic than expected - Sad Janet
by Lucie Britsch
(fiction, literary)
Meh; strong focus on Christmas?
- Full House
by Susan Hayes
(romance, sci-fi)
Not feeling it, heroine acts pretty dumb - Barista and the Bear
by Rebel Carter
(romance, paranormal)
Writing seemed rushed, needed more revision - Making Our Way Home
by Blair Imani
(non-fiction, historical)
Survey level info, a lot of which I don’t know well — read two-thirds and needed to give back to the library
- The Once and Future Witches
by Alix E. Harrow
(fantasy, alternate history)
Read the first ten percent and wasn’t hooked by the big “happening” - Natural Enemies
by Roan Parrish
(romance, contemporary)
Concept sounded great but in practice couldn’t see why the nice guy would be attracted to the mean one - Work for It
by Talia Hibbert
(romance, contemporary)
Not up for reading about someone super depressed right now - Lord of Night
by Erica Ridley
(romance, historical)
Not digging the writing, quit after a couple chapters, I’m probably being ungenerous - The Word for World is Forest
by Ursula Le Guin
(sci-fi)
Surprisingly on the nose? Not feeling the unsympathetic POV character - Everything’s Trash, But It’s OK
by Phoebe Robinson
(essays, humor)
Not my sense of humor slash too close to home slash already outdated somehow - Homebound
by Lydia Hope
(romance, sci-fi)
Heroine acts as a jailer (even though she’s nice), don’t love it - Antibody
by R.A. Steffan
(romance, sci-fi)
Couldn’t get into it, DNF 11% - Warleader
by Susan Grant
(romance, sci-fi)
Both leads put me off and a weird start for a romance - Acquired Tastes
ed. by Cohen, Kideckel & Zeide
(non-fiction, history)
Every essay I read was interesting and I learned a bunch! But I had it out from the library for three months so it seemed only fair to return it. - Chi’s Sweet Home
by Kanata Konami
(manga, fiction)
It’s written for kids and just too young and slow for me - I Didn’t Do the Thing Today
by Madeleine Dore
(non-fiction, anti-productivity)
This felt like a newsletter that just kept going - Gentrifier
by Anne Elizabeth Moore
(memoir)
The way she talked about her Bengali neighbors was uncomfortable and othering - Diablo Lake: Awakened
by Lauren Dane
(romance, paranormal)
Not enough tension, conflict or story - Matrix
by Lauren Groff
(fiction)
Liked it fine but decided life’s too short to slog plus it got weird - Where the Drowned Girls Go
by Seanan McGuire
(fantasy, portal)
Wasn’t feeling it - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
by Saad Hossain
(fantasy)
I like the writing but wasn’t into the story - Heart of the Fae
by Emma Hamm
(romance, fantasy)
Wasn’t digging the first chapter
- Upstream
by Mary Oliver
(essays)
I had read some quotes from this online and I think those were the only good part, I kinda hated the four essays I tried to read - Playing with Fire
by Scott Riekens
(personal finance)
I got a vibe from the first chapter, and the reviews confirmed my suspicions so I’m bailing
- Hearth and Home
by Rebel Carter
(romance, historical)
First third was great, then got boring, dnf at 75% - A Psalm for the Wild-Built
by Becky Chambers
(sci-fi)
Quiet and slow – not in the mood - This Poison Heart
by Kalynn Bayron
(fantasy, paranormal)
I think this would be a good book that I’d enjoy, except I’m too squeamish to read about poisonous plants that much - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
(non-fiction, memoir)
Petered out after checking it out from the library twice. The author does not paint herself in a sympathetic light - Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon
by Matt Fraction and David Aja
(comic, superheroes)
Read the first two chapters — some interesting storytelling approach and skilled comics writing — but I really just don’t care about superhero stories - Breaking Things at Work
by Gavin Mueller
(non-fiction, social theory)
Got bogged down in explanations of Marxism, giving up after having it from the library for 3 months
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