2022's Books Completed
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eve_primeLink to last year's list: https://eve-prime.livejournal.com/1779884.html
FANTASY
The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London #6), Ben Aaronovitch
The Furthest Station (Rivers of London #5.5), Ben Aaronovitch
Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7), Ben Aaronovitch
The October Man (Rivers of London #7.5), Ben Aaronovitch
False Value (Rivers of London #8), Ben Aaronovitch
Maia, by Richard Adams
Mage-Guard of Hamor, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Councilor (Grand Illusion #2), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Signal to Noise, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3), by Naomi Novik
The Bees: A Novel, by Laline Paull
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn Era 2, #1), by Brandon Sanderson
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab
Made Things, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Edge of Worlds (Raksura #4), Martha Wells (twice)
The Harbors of the Sun (Raksura #5), by Martha Wells (twice)
The Cloud Roads (Raksura #1), by Martha Wells
The Serpent Sea (Raksura #2), by Martha Wells
The Siren Depths (Raksura #3), by Martha Wells
Stories of the Raksura, Vol. 1, by Martha Wells
Stories of the Raksura, Vol 2, by Martha Wells
SCIENCE FICTION
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1), by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot #2), by Becky Chambers
The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan
In a Dog's World, by Mary E. Lowd
Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency, by Garrett Marco and Mary E. Lowd
Ocean's Echo, by Everina Maxwell
Prime Meridian, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
MYSTERY
Paganini's Ghost, by Paul Adam
The Rainaldi Quartet, by Paul Adam
The Darling Dahlias and the Red-Hot Poker (Darling Dahlias #10), by Susan Wittig Albert
A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia #9), by Lindsey Davis
Desperate Undertaking (Flavia Albia #10), by Lindsey Davis
Finding Nouf, by Zoë Ferraris
City of Veils, by Zoë Ferraris
Kingdom of Strangers, by Zoë Ferraris
The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray
An Expert in Murder, by Nicola Upson
The Crowded Grave (Bruno #4), by Martin Walker
The Devil's Cave (Bruno #5), by Martin Walker
Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs #4), by Jacqueline Winspear
An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs #5), by Jacqueline Winspear
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6), by Jacqueline Winspear
The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs #7), by Jacqueline Winspear
A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8), by Jacqueline Winspear
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9), by Jacqueline Winspear
Aunty Lee's Delights (Aunty Lee #1), by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials (Aunty Lee #2), by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge (Aunty Lee #3), by Ovidia Yu
HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FICION
The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman
The Wet-Nurse's Tale, by Erica Eisdorfer
Matrix, by Lauren Groff
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
★ Circe, by Madeline Miller (twice)
Outlaws of the Marsh, vol.1 by Shi Nai'an
The Ship in the Hill, by William L. Sullivan
Hard Like Water, by Yan Lianke
GENERAL FICTION
Counterfeit, by Kirstin Chen
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
While We Were Dating, by Jasmine Guillory
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, by E.L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Latinist, by Mark Prins
Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell
PLAYS
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
NONFICTION: MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ESSAYS AND BIOGRAPHY
★ Orwell's Roses, by Rebecca Solnit
NON-FICTION: NATURE AND HUMANITY
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things, by Jane Bennett
♥ The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth, by Joe Brewer
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, by Katharine Hayhoe
★ Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Learning to Live with Climate Change: From Anxiety to Transformation, by Blanche Verlie
NON-FICTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AND POLITICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY
Contagious: Why Things Catch On, by Jonah Berger
Stolen Focus - Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hari
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, by Sally Hogshead
Metamodernism: The Future of Theory, by Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Ill Fares the Land, by Tony Judt
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee
★ How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others, by Tali Sharot
Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology, by Eviatar Zerubavel
NON-FICTION: LIFE SCIENCES (AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY)
Proust and the Squid: The Story and the Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf
NON-FICTION: CLASSICAL MUSIC (OREGON BACH FESTIVAL BOOK CLUB READINGS)
Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music, by Anna Beer
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment, by James R. Gaines
The Little Bach Book, by David Gordon
Planet Beethoven: Classical Music at the Turn of the Millennium, by Mina Yang
In 2022, I read 100 books: 33 by men, 15 rereads, 14 by people who may self-identify as persons of color (Black American, Asian American, Mexican-Canadian, Potawatomie, British Indian, etc.), 6 by Asians (in Asia)
FANTASY
The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London #6), Ben Aaronovitch
The Furthest Station (Rivers of London #5.5), Ben Aaronovitch
Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7), Ben Aaronovitch
The October Man (Rivers of London #7.5), Ben Aaronovitch
False Value (Rivers of London #8), Ben Aaronovitch
Maia, by Richard Adams
Mage-Guard of Hamor, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Councilor (Grand Illusion #2), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Signal to Noise, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Natsukawa
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3), by Naomi Novik
The Bees: A Novel, by Laline Paull
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn Era 2, #1), by Brandon Sanderson
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab
Made Things, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Edge of Worlds (Raksura #4), Martha Wells (twice)
The Harbors of the Sun (Raksura #5), by Martha Wells (twice)
The Cloud Roads (Raksura #1), by Martha Wells
The Serpent Sea (Raksura #2), by Martha Wells
The Siren Depths (Raksura #3), by Martha Wells
Stories of the Raksura, Vol. 1, by Martha Wells
Stories of the Raksura, Vol 2, by Martha Wells
SCIENCE FICTION
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1), by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot #2), by Becky Chambers
The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan
In a Dog's World, by Mary E. Lowd
Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency, by Garrett Marco and Mary E. Lowd
Ocean's Echo, by Everina Maxwell
Prime Meridian, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
MYSTERY
Paganini's Ghost, by Paul Adam
The Rainaldi Quartet, by Paul Adam
The Darling Dahlias and the Red-Hot Poker (Darling Dahlias #10), by Susan Wittig Albert
A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia #9), by Lindsey Davis
Desperate Undertaking (Flavia Albia #10), by Lindsey Davis
Finding Nouf, by Zoë Ferraris
City of Veils, by Zoë Ferraris
Kingdom of Strangers, by Zoë Ferraris
The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray
An Expert in Murder, by Nicola Upson
The Crowded Grave (Bruno #4), by Martin Walker
The Devil's Cave (Bruno #5), by Martin Walker
Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs #4), by Jacqueline Winspear
An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs #5), by Jacqueline Winspear
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6), by Jacqueline Winspear
The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs #7), by Jacqueline Winspear
A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8), by Jacqueline Winspear
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9), by Jacqueline Winspear
Aunty Lee's Delights (Aunty Lee #1), by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials (Aunty Lee #2), by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge (Aunty Lee #3), by Ovidia Yu
HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FICION
The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman
The Wet-Nurse's Tale, by Erica Eisdorfer
Matrix, by Lauren Groff
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
★ Circe, by Madeline Miller (twice)
Outlaws of the Marsh, vol.1 by Shi Nai'an
The Ship in the Hill, by William L. Sullivan
Hard Like Water, by Yan Lianke
GENERAL FICTION
Counterfeit, by Kirstin Chen
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
While We Were Dating, by Jasmine Guillory
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, by E.L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Latinist, by Mark Prins
Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell
PLAYS
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
NONFICTION: MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ESSAYS AND BIOGRAPHY
★ Orwell's Roses, by Rebecca Solnit
NON-FICTION: NATURE AND HUMANITY
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things, by Jane Bennett
♥ The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth, by Joe Brewer
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, by Katharine Hayhoe
★ Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Learning to Live with Climate Change: From Anxiety to Transformation, by Blanche Verlie
NON-FICTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AND POLITICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY
Contagious: Why Things Catch On, by Jonah Berger
Stolen Focus - Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again, by Johann Hari
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, by Sally Hogshead
Metamodernism: The Future of Theory, by Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Ill Fares the Land, by Tony Judt
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee
★ How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others, by Tali Sharot
Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology, by Eviatar Zerubavel
NON-FICTION: LIFE SCIENCES (AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY)
Proust and the Squid: The Story and the Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf
NON-FICTION: CLASSICAL MUSIC (OREGON BACH FESTIVAL BOOK CLUB READINGS)
Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music, by Anna Beer
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment, by James R. Gaines
The Little Bach Book, by David Gordon
Planet Beethoven: Classical Music at the Turn of the Millennium, by Mina Yang
In 2022, I read 100 books: 33 by men, 15 rereads, 14 by people who may self-identify as persons of color (Black American, Asian American, Mexican-Canadian, Potawatomie, British Indian, etc.), 6 by Asians (in Asia)
★ = books I especially enjoyed
♥ = books by friends, which I generally especially enjoyed too