2022 Books

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Here are the books I read and reviewed in 2022.

★★★☆☆ The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee (Montague Siblings #3)
★★★☆☆ Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia (Tristan Strong #3)
★★★★☆ The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
★★★★☆ The Prophecy by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #34)
★★★☆☆ The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #4)
★★☆☆☆ White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
★★★★☆ A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (The Last Binding #1)
★★★☆☆ The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier
★★★☆☆ Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong (These Violent Delights #2)
★★★☆☆ The Proposal by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #35)
★★★★☆ The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #26)
★★★★☆ The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1)
★★★★☆ Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron (Kingdom of Souls #2)
★★★★★ The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
★★★☆☆ Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #7)
★★★★★ Visser by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs Chronicles #3)
★★★☆☆ Suicide Run: Three Harry Bosch Stories by Michael Connelly
★★★☆☆ Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Skin of the Sea #1)
★★★☆☆ How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
★★★★☆ The Boy Who Lost His Birthday: A Memoir of Loss, Survival, and Triumph by Laszlo Berkowits with Robert W. Kenny
★★★☆☆ Evershore by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Skyward Flight #3)
★★★☆☆ The Mutation by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #36)
★★★★☆ Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #2)
★★★☆☆ The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #27)
★★★☆☆ The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #1)
★★★★☆ Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
★★★☆☆ Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
★★☆☆☆ The Weakness by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #37)
★★★★☆ Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosch Stories by Michael Connelly
★★★★★ Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (Tess of the Road #1)
★★★☆☆ Stoner by John Williams
★★☆☆☆ The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
★★★☆☆ The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
★★★☆☆ The Arrival by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #38)
★★★★☆ Against All Things Ending by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #3)
★★☆☆☆ Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #29)
★★★☆☆ Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk
★★★★☆ Gwendy’s Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar (The Button Box #3)
★★★★☆ How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
★★★★☆ The Hidden by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #39)
★★★☆☆ In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman (Tess of the Road #2)
★★★☆☆ The Drop by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #15)
★★★☆☆ The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
★★★☆☆ Devil in the Device by Lora Beth Johnson (Goddess in the Machine #2)
★★★☆☆ My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (The Lake Witch Trilogy #1)
★★★☆☆ The Other by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #40)
★★★★☆ The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #4)
★★★★☆ The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott
★★☆☆☆ The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
★★★★☆ Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer #2)
★★★★☆ The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
★★★★★ Back to Before by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs Megamorphs #4)
★★★☆☆ The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
★★★☆☆ The Black Box by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #16)
★★★☆☆ Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
★★★★☆ How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
★★☆☆☆ The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
★★☆☆☆ The Next Passage by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs Alternamorphs #2)
★★★★☆ Crooked House by Agatha Christie
★★★★☆ Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
★★★☆☆ Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1)
★★★★☆ The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis
★★★☆☆ The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
★★★☆☆ The Familiar by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #41)
★★★☆☆ The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #5)
★★★☆☆ Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 by Harald Jähner
★★★★☆ O Beautiful by Jung Yun
★★★★☆ The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (The Outside #1)
★★★☆☆ Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire by Jonathan M. Katz
★★★☆☆ The Journey by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #42)
★★★☆☆ A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #4)
★★★☆☆ We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
★★★☆☆ The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross (The Laundry Files #1)
★★★★☆ Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
★★★☆☆ The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut #3)
★★★★☆ The Test by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #43)
★★★☆☆ The Burning Room by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #17)
★★★★☆ The Humans by Matt Haig
★★★★★ Archer’s Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
★★★☆☆ Book of Night by Holly Black
★★★☆☆ Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home by Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen
★★★☆☆ The Unexpected by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #44)
★★★★☆ Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
★★★☆☆ A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
★★★☆☆ I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
★★★★☆ Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao (Zachary Ying #1)
★★★☆☆ The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
★★★★☆ The Revelation by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #45)
★★★★☆ The Crossing by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #18)
★★★★☆ Wool by Hugh Howey (Silo #1)
★★★★☆ Shelter by Jung Yun
★★☆☆☆ The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
★★★☆☆ Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★★☆☆ The Deception by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #46)
★★☆☆☆ They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
★★★★☆ The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
★★★☆☆ Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
★★★★☆ Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change by Danica Roem
★★★☆☆ This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
★★☆☆☆ The Resistance by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #47)
★★★☆☆ The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #19)
★★★☆☆ This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
★★★★★ Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
★★★☆☆ Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
★★★☆☆ The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are by David M. Henkin
★★★★☆ The Ellimist Chronicles by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs Chronicles #4)
★★☆☆☆ The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #31)
★★★☆☆ Defunctland: Guide to the Magic Kingdom by Kevin Perjurer
★★☆☆☆ A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
★★★★★ Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
★★☆☆☆ Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
★★★☆☆ The Return by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #48)
★★☆☆☆ The Late Show by Michael Connelly (Renée Ballard #1)
★★★★☆ The Jewish Book of Horror edited by Josh Schlossberg
★★★☆☆ The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles #2)
★★★☆☆ The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska
★★☆☆☆ The Verifiers by Jane Pek
★★★★☆ The Diversion by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #49)
★★☆☆☆ Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #32)
★★★★☆ The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
★★★★★ Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (Rats of NIMH #1)
★★★☆☆ Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
★★★☆☆ Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
★★★★☆ The Ultimate by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #50)
★★☆☆☆ Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #20)
★★★★☆ How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
★★★★☆ The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher
★★★☆☆ Upgrade by Blake Crouch
★★★★☆ The Absolute by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #51)
★★★☆☆ They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #6)
★★★★☆ Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
★★★★☆ The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
★★★★☆ The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
★★★☆☆ The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
★★★★★ The Sacrifice by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #52)
★★★☆☆ Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch #1)
★★★★☆ Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis
★★★★☆ What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
★★★☆☆ Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
★★★☆☆ Fairy Tale by Stephen King
★★★★★ The Answer by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #53)
★★★☆☆ A Daughter’s a Daughter by Mary Westmacott
★★★☆☆ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot #2)
★★☆☆☆ A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
★★★☆☆ Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #6)
★★★★★ Babel: an Arcane History by R. F. Kuang
★★★★☆ The Beginning by K. A. Applegate (Animorphs #54)
★★★☆☆ The Night Fire by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch #2)
★★★★★ I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
★★★☆☆ Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #3)
★★★★☆ Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw
★★★★★ Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
★★★☆☆ After the Funeral by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #26)
★★★★☆ The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance #3)
★★☆☆☆ Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
★★★☆☆ The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos #1)
★★★☆☆ The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #2)
★★★★☆ The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson (Wax and Wayne #1 / Mistborn #4)
★★★★☆ Fair Warning by Michael Connelly (Jack McEvoy #3)
★★★☆☆ A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (Fractured Fables #2)
★★★★☆ Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
★★★★☆ Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston (Supernatural Investigations #2)
★★☆☆☆ Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (The Dreamer Trilogy #3)
★★★★☆ Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
★★★☆☆ A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #7)
★★★★☆ A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #1)
★★★★☆ Dracula by Bram Stoker
★★☆☆☆ Long Division by Kiese Laymon
★★★☆☆ Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
★★★☆☆ Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Wax and Wayne #2 / Mistborn #5)
★★★★☆ The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #6)
★★★☆☆ The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy by Ann Rule
★★☆☆☆ The Measure by Nikki Erlick
★★★★☆ A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (The Last Binding #2)
★★★☆☆ The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert
★★★☆☆ Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie
★★★★★ The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #2)
★★★☆☆ Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle #3)
★★★★☆ Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Origin Stories by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Sophie Aldred, Jasbinder Bilan, Nikita Gill, Mark Griffiths, Katy Manning, Emma Norry, Temi Oh, and Dave Rudden
★★★☆☆ The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Wax and Wayne #3 / Mistborn #6)
★★★★☆ The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch #3)
★★★☆☆ Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky #2)
★★★★☆ Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm #5)
★★★☆☆ Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk
★★★★★ The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #1)
★★☆☆☆ Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #27)
★★★☆☆ The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea #3)
★★★☆☆ Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen
★★★☆☆ Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
★★★☆☆ The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (Wax and Wayne #4 / Mistborn #7)
★★★★☆ Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch #4)
★★☆☆☆ Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds
★★★★☆ Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes
★★★☆☆ The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
★★★★★ When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
★★★★☆ The Night-Bird’s Feather by Jenna Katerin Moran
★★★☆☆ Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #28)

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