Books of 2022

Hey everyone! I finally put this post together. XD Anyway 2022 was a big book year. I read 202 books – 36 more than last year!

Stats

Total Pages: 50,901

Longest Book: Count of Monte Cristo – 1,462 pages

Shortest Book: Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain – 28 pages

Worst Book: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Most Read Genre: Memoirs & Autobiographies

Most Read Author: LM Montgomery. Which is…I don’t even like her books so I’m not sure how that happened…

Books in bold are re-reads and those in plain text are new ones. 🙂

Christian Living

Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey

Saving Truth by Abdu Murray

Stand Up, Stand Strong by Sara Barratt

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl S. Truman

Crazy Love by Francis Chan

What If Jesus Was Serious by Skye Jethani

The Politically Incorrect Jesus by Joe Battaglia

Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

When Is It Right to Die by Joni Eareckson Tada

When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steve Estes

I Stand At the Door and Knock by Corrie Ten Boom

The Case for Hope by Lee Strobel

The New Testament

Marx and Satan by Richard Wurmbrand

God and the Pandemic by N.T. Wright

I Love Mormons by David L. Rowe

Get Real by John S. Leonard

Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung

Made To Crave by Lisa Turkeurst

Finding God in Lord of the Rings by Kurt Bruner and Jim Wade

Let’s All Be Brave by Annie F Downs

Welcome to Adulting by Jonathan pollute

Backwards Beauty by Jessie Minassian

Love Does by Bob Goff

Everybody Always by Bob Goff

Undistracted by Bob Goff

Dream Big by Bob Goff

Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately by David Wilkerson

On The Reading Life by C.S. Lewis

Best Book: I Stand At The Door And Knock

Worst: Just Do Something

Fiction

In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson

More Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson

Still More Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson

Treasures from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson

Away from Home by Arleta Richardson

A School of Her Own by Arleta Richardson

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

A Sidekick’s Tail by Elisabeth Foley

The Lost Medallion

A Robertson Family Christmas by Miss Kay Robertson

Letters to God by Patrick Doughtie

The Note through the Wire by Doug Gold

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Peace Like A River by Leif Enger

Best: Peace Like A River 😍😍

Worst: Song Of Achilles

Historical Fiction

The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson

Voyage with the Vikings (Imagination Station Series 1)

Attack at the Arena (Imagination Station Series 2)

Peril in the Palace (Imagination Station Series 3)

Glendall’s Betrayal by Paul McCusker

Best: Star That Always Stays

Worst: Voyage With The Vikings

Fairytales, Fantasy, Retellings

Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Dust by Kara Swanson

Coral by Sara Ella

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Best: The Hobbit

Worst: Romanov

Classics

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Ben Hur by Lew Wallace

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

Animal Farm by George Orwell

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Cort by Mark Twain

Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain

The Diary of Adam & Eve by Mark Twain

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

The Wide Wide World by Susan Warner

The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Me and Nobbles by Amy Le Fuevre

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery

Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

The Light Princess by George McDonald

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott

Best: AHHH SO HARD!!! Count of Monte Cristo has to be the best.

Worst: Diary of Adam & Eve, but Around the World in Eighty Days was a close follower.

Memoirs, Autobiographies & Biographies

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

In My Father’s House by Corrie Ten Boom

Tramp for the Lord by Corrie Ten Boom

Amazing Love by Corrie Ten Boom

Prison Letters by Corrie Ten Boom

The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

Displaced by Linda Schwab

Jack and Rochelle by Jack Sutin

The Waiting by Cathy LaGrow

The Tank Man’s Son by Mark Bouman

Hope Heals by Jay & Katherine Wolf

Unashamed by Lecrae

The Mystery by Lacy Sturm

Life, In Spite of Me by Kristen Jane Anderson

Need You Now by Plumb

Angel in the Rubble by Genelle Guzman‑McMillan

The Girl In The Green Sweater by Krystyna Chiger

The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister

The Stone Crusher by Jeremy Donfield

Irena’s Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo

The Hidden Girl by Lois Metzger

Dressed for a Dance in the Snow Monika Zgustová

Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Rose

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp

Ten P’s In A Pod by Arnold Pent III

Misconception

Inconceivable

The Duggars: 20 & Counting

Bringing Elizabeth Home by Ed & Lois Smart

My Story by Elizabeth Smart

You Carried Me by Melissa Ohden

Through Eyes of Hope Lacey Buchanan

Clouds by Laura Sobiech

Defying Jihad by Esther

Hiding in the Light

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

Captive in Iran

Which None Can Shut

Left To Tell

God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew

God’s Double Agent by Bob Fu

The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken

Scars & Stilettos by Harmony Dust

Even In Our Darkness by Jack Deere

Life, Loss and Love

Almost Gone

Autism in Heels by Jennifer O’Toole

One Light Still Shines

Forgiven by Terri Roberts

Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry

Passport Through Darkness by Kimberly L Smith

End of the Spear by Steve Saint

God’s Hostage

Rescue the Captors

In the Presents of my Enemies by Gracia Burnham

We Died Before We Came Here

Kisses From Katie by Katie Davis

Passport To Heaven by Micah Wilder

Joni & Ken

Sparkly Green Earrings by Melanie Shankle

The Antelope in the Living Room by Melanie Shankle

Nobody’s Cuter Than You by Melanie Shankle

It’s All About the Small Things by Melanie Shankle

On the Bright Side by Melanie Shankle

Home Is Where My People Are by Sophie Hudson

So Close to Amazing by KariAnne Wood

One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fuller

The Grumble Free Year by Tricia Goyer

Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Bem Montgomery

Hiking Through by Paul Stutzman

Biking Across America by Paul Stutzman

3 Sisters, 3 Countries, 3 Weeks by Elizabeth Moore Kraus

Joey by Jennifer Marshall Bleakly

Flash by Rachel Anne Ridge

Walking with Henry by Rachel Anne Ridge

Breaking Cover by Michele Assad

In Winter’s Kitchen by Beth Dooley

God Goes to Murderer’s Row by M Raymond

Miracle for Jen by Linda Barik

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

Best:nope too hard. So many of these stories were incredible. 😍

Worst: In Winter’s Kitchen. It just was boring to me, lol

Mysteries

The Innocents of Father Brown by G.K Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Canyon Echoes by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Instant Menace by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Hollywood Holdup by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Windy City Danger by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Hidden Riches by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Dead End by Jerry B Jenkins and Chris Fabry

Best: Murder on the Orient Express

Worst: Dead End

Mental, Physical, etc. Health Books (+miscalanious)

The Divergent Mind

What To Say Next by Sarah Nannery

The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D Davis

Enneagram Type Four by Beth McCord

Your Bodies Many Cries for Water

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlyn Doughty

Best: Your Bodies Many Cries for water. It was so eye opening and ahhh!

Worst: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs. It was a crude, cold and unsensitive look at what happens to the body after death. I read it at the wrong time like a month after a friend died, so I was extra sensitive.

Poetry & Plays

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

The Refiner’s Fire by Rue Morganson

Kids

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Human Body Detectives

Ye Olde Weird but True

Gross Weird but True

Country Jumpers Croatia

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*wipes forehead* That was a lot of books, guys. Which ones have you read? What is your favorite genre? Most read genre of the year? Best book of 2022? Worst? I’d love to chat in the comments!

~Hattush