2022 Bookshelf

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In 2022, my goal is to read at least 50 books. When I finish one, I’ll add it here and provide a rating to help fellow readers decide which book to read next.

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For additional book recommendations, check out 20 Books That Changed My Life and my 2021 Bookshelf.

1. Sunflower Sisters — Martha Hall Kelly (4.75/5 stars)

2. The Lost and Found Bookshop — Susan Wiggs (2.5/5 stars)

3. The Midnight Library — Matt Haig (4.5/5 stars)

4. The Maidens — Alex Michaelides (5/5 stars)

5. Finding Chika — Mitch Albom (3.5/5 stars)

6. Outlawed — Anna North (3/5 stars)

7. Winter Garden — Kristin Hannah (5/5 stars)

8. The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor — Eddie Jaku (4.75/5 stars)

9. Golden Girl — Elin Hilderbrand (5/5 stars)

10. Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications — Jay Black and Chris Roberts (3/5 stars)

11. The Book of Lost Names — Kristin Harmel (4.5/5 stars)

12. The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication — Susan Dente Ross, Amy Reynolds, and Robert Trager (3/5 stars)

13. Just Haven’t Met You Yet — Sophie Cousens (3/5 stars)

14. The Winemaker’s Wife —Kristin Harmel (4.5/5 stars)

15. Is This Anything? — Jerry Seinfeld (5/5 stars)

16. Business Minded — Carly Riordan (5/5 stars)

17. The Lost Daughter — Elena Ferrante (2/5 stars)

18. The Paris Apartment — Lucy Foley (4.75/5 stars)

19. If The Shoe Fits — Julie Murphy (2.5/5 stars)

20. We Are the Brennans — Tracey Lange (3.5/5 stars)

21. The Guest List — Lucy Foley (4/5 stars)

22. Where the Grass is Green and the Girls Are Pretty — Lauren Weisberger (3/5 stars)

23. Weather Girl — Rachel Lynn Solomon (2/5 stars)

24. The Love Hypothesis — Ali Hazelwood (2/5 stars)

25. The Screwtape Letters — C.S. Lewis (5/5 stars)

26. Book Lovers — Emily Henry (5/5 stars)

27. Whisper Network — Chandler Baker (4.5/5 stars)

28. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide — Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark (3/5 stars)

29. The Jetsetters — Amanda Eyre Ward (3.5/5 stars)

30. The Lazy Genius Way — Kendra Adachi (5/5 stars)

31. Essentialism — Greg McKeown (3.5/5 stars)

32. The Hotel Nantucket — Elin Hilderbrand (5/5 stars)

33. One Italian Summer — Rebecca Serle (4/5 stars)

34. Finding Me — Viola Davis (5/5 stars)

35. Naturally Tan — Tan France (3/5 stars)

36. The Lazy Genius Kitchen — Kendra Adachi (5/5 stars)

37. The Blue Bistro — Elin Hilderbrand (4.5/5 stars)

38. The Sweetest Connection — Denise Williams (3/5 stars)

39. The Flight Girls — Noelle Salazar (4/5 stars)

40. Every Summer After — Carly Fortune (5/5 stars)

41. Inseparable — Simone de Beauvoir (1.5/5 stars)

42. Summer People — Elin Hilderbrand (4/5 stars)

43. I'm Glad My Mom Died — Jennette McCurdy (5/5 stars)

44. Love on Lexington Avenue — Lauren Layne (3.5/5 stars)

45. The Princess Bride (The “Good Parts” Version)— William Goldman (4/5 stars)

46. Know Yourself, Know Your Money — Rachel Cruze (4.5/5 stars)

47. Carrie Soto is Back — Taylor Jenkins Reid (5/5 stars)

48. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 — Cho Nam-Joo (3/5 stars)

49. In the Lord I Take Refuge — Dane C. Ortlund (5+/5 stars)

50. The Codebreaker’s Secret — Sara Ackerman (3.5/5 stars)

51. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear — Elizabeth Gilbert (2.5/5 stars)

52. The Last Mrs. Parrish — Liv Constantine (5/5 stars)

53. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool — Emily Oster (4.5/5 stars)

54. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter — Margareta Magnusson (2/5 stars)

55. The Mistletoe Secret: A Novel — Richard Paul Evans (2.5/5 stars)

56. The School for German Brides — Aimie K. Runyan (4/5 stars)

57. Generation Friends — Saul Austerlitz (4.5/5 stars)

58. Merry and Bright — Debbie Macomber (2.5/5 stars)

59. Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home — Marie Kondo (4.5/5 stars)

60. Ellie’s Story — W. Bruce Cameron (3/5 stars)