I read more in 2022 than I did in 2021. Here’s the full list in chronological order, and an emoji key with very little context, if you’re interested…
πΈ Fiction
βοΈ Non-Fiction
π§ Audiobook (via the library through Borrowbox)
π¦ Library Book
π Via Oxfam / a friend / did not buy new
π Not sure why I battled to the end tbh / really pissed me off
β²οΈ I have no opinion / generally a bit annoying / maybe I didn’t get it / hmm
π© Would recommend in the right circumstances
π Will recommend obnoxiously to anyone who’ll listen
Dave Eggers | The Every
πΈπ
Hiro Arikawa | Thee Travelling Cat Chronicles
πΈπβ²οΈ
Robert Macfarlane | Landmarks
βοΈπ¦π©
Stacey Halls | The Familiars
πΈππ©
Aleks Krotoski | Untangling the Web
βοΈβ²οΈ
Zaina Arafat | You Exist Too Much
πΈπ©
Stephen Fry | Heroes
πΈπ§π©
Kim Stanley Robinson | The Ministry for the Future
πΈπ©
Alan Hollinghurst | The Line of Beauty
πΈπ§π©
Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give
πΈππ©
Emma Stonex – The Lamplighters
πΈπ§β²οΈ
Oyinkan Braithwaite | My Sister, The Serial Killer
πΈπβ²οΈ
Jay Griffiths | Wild – An Elemental Journey
βοΈπ
James Clear | Atomic Habits
βοΈπβ²οΈ
Lewis Caroll | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
πΈπ§π
Isaac Asimov | Foundation
πΈπ§π©
Tom Bullough | Addlands
πΈπ©
Jay Griffiths | Why Rebel
βοΈπ
Erin Morgernstern | The Starless Sea
πΈπ§π©
Nick Hayes | The Book of Trespass
βοΈπ¦π
Candice Braithwaite | I Am Not Your Baby Mother
βοΈπ¦β²οΈ
Ruth Ozeki | The Book of Form and Emptiness
πΈπ§π
Jasper Fforde | The Constant Rabbit
πΈππ
Torrey Peters | Detransition, Baby
πΈπ©
Raven Leilani | Luster
πΈπ§π©
Sylvian Neuvel | Sleeping Giants
πΈππ
Patrick Ness | And the Ocean Was Our Sky
πΈπ§π
Sally Magnusson | The Seal Woman’s Gift
πΈπβ²οΈ
Ben Rawlence | The Treeline
βοΈπ©
Cho Nam-Joo | Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
πΈπ¦β²οΈ
Daisy Johnson | Everything Under
πΈπ§π©
Esther Rutter | This Golden Fleece
βοΈππ
Rob Cowen | Common Ground
βοΈπ
Garth Nix | The Left-handed Booksellers of London
πΈπ¦π©
Deirdre Sullivan | Savage Her Reply
πΈπ§π©
Sally Rooney | Beautiful World, Where Are You
πΈπ§π
Dan Richards | Outpost
βοΈππ
Natalie Haynes | Stoneblind
πΈπ©
Rebecca Solnit | A Field Guide to Getting Lost
βοΈπ©
Charlotte BrontΓ« | Jane Eyre
πΈπ§π©
Ali Smith | How To Be Both
πΈπ¦π©
Grayson Perry | The Descent of Man
βοΈπ¦β²οΈ
Candice Carty-Williams | Queenie
πΈπβ²οΈ
Robert Macfarlane | Underland – a deep time journey
βοΈπ¦π
Sally Rooney | Normal People
πΈπβ²οΈ
Kathleen Jamie – Findings
βοΈπ