2022: Year in Books

Happy New Year! As previous posts have shown, I have found that summarizing the year's reading in a post allows me to reflect, while also giving me a place to store the details. This post will summarize statistics, and also touch on a few of my favourite standalone reads and series' of 2022. Golden underlined titles are linked to my review for that book.

Stats:

# of books read in 2022: 173 books

# of pages read in 2022: 57,685 pages

2022 Goodreads Reading Challenge: 165 books (exceeded by 8 books)

If you are planning to read a few of the recommendations, I would strongly suggest to pay attention to the age ratings or genre groupings provided. If you would like specific ages, you will be able to find that out with a quick Google search. Most books recommended below are for young adults.

Young Adult: these books and their plots are generally targeted towards readers who are around 12 or 13 years old through 17 years old

Middle Grade: usually directed for children between the ages of 8 to 12 years old

To learn more about these age classifications, this article proves to be very useful and concise.

Top Standalone Books of 2022 (not in order)

1. Suggested Reading by Dave Connis (YA)

2. Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed (YA

3. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (YA)

4. The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner (YA)

5. When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord (YA)

6. The Gravity of Missing Things by Marisa Urgo (YA)

7. Places We've Never Been by Kasie West (YA)

8. The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord (YA)

9. You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins (YA)

Top Series' of 2022 (not in order)

1. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)

2. The Selection by Kiera Cass (YA)

3. American Royals by Katharine McGee (YA)

4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery (MG / YA)

5. The Lady Janies / Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows (YA)