The Year in Books and Graphic Novels 2022 and an analysis of 20 years of books and comics
January
1. Temple Alley Summer – Kashiwaba Sachiko, illustrated by Miho Satake, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
2. Dreams From My Father – Barack Obama, audiobook read by the author
3. X-Men Grand Design Vol. 1 – Ed Piskor
4. Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery – Rosalie Knecht
5. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team – Christina Soontornvat, illustrations by Karen Minot
6. X-Men Grand Design Volume 2: Second Genesis – Ed Piskor
7. Year of the Rabbit – Tian Veasna
February
1. Deadly Class Volume 1: 1987 Reagan Youth – Chris Remender, Wes Craig
2. The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan
3. Pattern Master – Octavia E. Butler
4. X-Men Grand Design Volume 3: X-Tinction – Ed Piskor
5. The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History – Margalit Fox
6. Deadly Class Volume 2: 1988 Kids of the Black Hole – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
March
1. Once and Future Volume 1: The King is Undead – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
2. Once and Future Volume 2: Old English – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
3. Dragon Hoops – Gene Luen Yang
4. Ringworld – Larry Niven
5. Once and Future Volume 3: A Parliament of Magpies – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
6. Princess Jellyfish Volume 8 – Akiko Higashimura
7. Princess Jellyfish Volume 9 – Akiko Higashimura
8. The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter – Elizabeth Moon
April
1. Planetes Volume 1 – Makoto Yurimura
2. The Library of the Unwritten – A.J. Hackwith
3. Doom Patrol Volume 1: Crawling From the Wreckage – Grant Morrison, Richard Case
4. ODY-C Volume 1: Off To Far Ithacaa – Matt Fraction, Christian Ward
5. Conan of Cimmeria – Robert E Howard, Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
6. Doom Patrol Volume 2: The Painting That Ate Paris – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, John Nyberg
7. Doom Patrol Volume 3: Down Paradise Way – Grant Morrison, Richard Case
May
1. Doom Patrol Volume 4: Musclebound – Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg
2. Eragon – Christopher Paolini
3. The Promised Neverland Vol 1 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu
4. Deadly Class Volume 3: 1988 Snake Pit – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
5. Once and Future Volume 4: Monarchies in the U.K. – Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora
6. The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper
7. The Forest – Thomas Ott
8. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin
June
1. Deadly Class Volume 4: 1988 Die For Me – Rick Remender, Wes Craig
2. Arthurian Legends – Wace and Layamon
3. Dune – Frank Herbert
4. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K LeGuin
5. The Lost Years of Merlin – T.A. Barron
July
1. The Secret To Super-Human Strength – Alison Bechdel
2. The Promised Neverland Volume 2 – Kaiu Shirai, Posaku Demizu
3. The New World – Ales Kot, Tradd Moore
4. Super Sentai Himitsu Sentai Gorenger – Shotaro Ishinomori
5. Spider-Gwen Volume 0: Most Wanted? – Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez
6. The Deed of Paksenarrion: Divided Allegiance – Elizabeth Moon
7. Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 1 – Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee
8. Giant Days Volume 1 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann
9. Giant Days Volume 2 – John Allison, Lisa Treimann, Max Sarin
August
1. Lockwood & Co. Volume 1: The Screaming Staircase – Jonathan Stroud
2. Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 2 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al
3. Ultimate Miles Morales Spider-Man Volume 3 – Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, et al
4. The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt – Robert Jordan
5. Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
6. A Study in Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle
7. French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie of France – Translated by Eugene Mason
September
1. Pyongyang – Guy Delisle
2. Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold – Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, et al
3. The Dead of Paksenarrion: Oath of Gold – Elizabeth Moon
4. Brave Chef Brianna – Sam Sykes, Selina Espiritu
5. Fledgling – Octavia E. Butler
6. At Death’s Door – Jill Thompson
October
1. We – Yevgeny Zamyatin, read by Toby Jones
2. The Witch Boy – Molly Knox Ostertag
3. 20th Century Boys Vol. 7: The Truth – Naoki Urasawa
4. 20th Century Boys Vol. 8: – Naoki Urasawa
5. Isaac the Pirate Vol. 1: To Exotic Lands – Christophe Blaine
6. Dungeon Zenith: Volume 4: Outside the Ramparts – Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Boulet
7. The Wheel of Time Book 3: The Dragon Reborn – Robert Jordan
8. 20th Century Boys Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov – Naoki Urasawa
9. The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
10. Isaac the Pirate Volume 2: The Capital – Christophe Blaine
11. 20th Century Boys Volume 10: The Faceless Boy - Naoki Urasawa
November
1. Gotham Central Book 1: In the Line of Duty – Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka
2. Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1 – Tomohito Oda
3. The Promised Neverland Volume 3 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
4. Sleepless Volume 1 – Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duch
5. R.U.R. – Karel Capek, translated by David Wyllie
6. 20th Century Boys Volume 11: List of Ingredients – Naoki Urasawa
7. 20th Century Boys Volume 12: Friend’s Face – Naoki Urasawa
8. 20th Century Boys Volume 13: Beginning of the End – Naoki Urasawa
9. 20th Century Boys Volume 14: The Boy and the Dream – Naoki Urasawa
10. The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Ketih, Malcolm Jones III
11. Dodger – Terry Pratchett
12. The Promised Neverland Volume 4 – Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
13. 20th Century Boys Volume 15: Expo Hurray – Naoki Urasawa
14. 20th Century Boys Volume 16: Beyond the Looking Glass – Naoki Urasawa
15. 20th Century Boys Volume 17: Cross-Counter – Naoki Urasawa
16. 20th Century Boys Volume 18: Everybody’s Song – Naoki Urasawa
17. 20th Century Boys Volume 19: The Man Who Came Back – Naoki Urasawa
18. 20th Century Boys Volume 20: Humanity in the Balance – Naoki Urasawa
19. Thursday Next book 2: Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde
20. 20th Century Boys Volume 21: Arrival of the Space Aliens – Naoki Urasawa
21. 20th Century Boys Volume 22: The Beginning of Justice
22. The Promised Neverland Volume 5 – Kaiu Shira, Posuka Demizu
December
1. Thrawn Ascension: Book 1: Chaos Rising – Timothy Zahn
2. Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high - Kerry Patterson,
Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
3. Sandman Volume 2: The Doll’s House – Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III
4. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters – Emil Ferris
5. Please Don’t Step On My JNCO Jeans – Noah Van Sciver
6. The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country – Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Charles Vess
7. Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold
8. Sandman Book 4: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman, Matt Wagner, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, Kelley Jones, P. Craig Russell
9. Sandman Book 5: A Game of You – Neil Gaiman, Sean McManus, Bryan Talbot, Colleen Doran
105 books and graphic novels in 2022! 34 novels (and 1 novella) and 70/71 graphic novels. I read one book twice for a book club. That’s 13 more than I read last year.
Now for totals from 2002 to 2022.
Totals:
2002 20
2003 86 – 7.16/month
2004 9
2005 84 – 7/month
2006 79 – 6.58/month
2007 58 – 4.83/month
2008 49 – 4.083/month
2009 51 – 4.25
2010 72 - 6
2011 60 - 5
2012 80 – 6.66
2013 50 – 4.16
2014 144 - 12
2015 92 – 7.66
2016 151 – 12.58
2017 138 – 11.5
2018 116 – 9.66
2019 96 - 8
2020 102 – 8.5
2021 92 – 7.66
2022 105 – 8.75
Including the years that I have incomplete data for (2002 and 2004 I only have 3 months of data), I read 1734 books and graphic novels from 2002 to 2022, 86.7 per year. If we leave off 2002, and 2004, I read 85.25 per year and an average of 7.89 books per month. I’ll post the graphic novels and regular books break down shortly.
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all the books I read this year!!
one of my new year’s resolutions was to read more nonfiction, and I did a pretty good job of it. I didn’t track the books I read the year before, but I know i only read a few nonfiction so I’m proud of myself. my other NYR was to shower more which I also accomplished! anyways, my list of books is under the cut if you want to check it out.
NF is for nonfiction, F is for fiction, A is for audiobook and P is for paperback. any spelling errors on the author’s names is from my horrible handwriting. maybe next year I’ll keep track electronically so I don’t have to struggle through reading my own handwriting lmao
January
1. Maude by Donna Maybry – NF - A
2. Revival by Stephen King – F - A
3. Watership Down by Richard Adams – F - A
4. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Acherman – NF - A
5. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman- F – P
6. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin – F – A
7. Girl on a Train by AJ Waines – F – A
8. 1984 by George Orwell – F – A
9. Bought and Sold by Morgan Stephens – NF – A
10. Forrest Gump – Winston Groom – F – A
3 Nonfiction, 7 Fiction. 9 audiobooks, 1 paperback
February
11. White Trash by Nancy Isenberg – NF – A
12. Sachiko by Caren Stenson – NF – A
13. 3,026 Days in Captivity by Natascha Kampush – NF – A
14. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson – F – A
15. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – F – A
16. The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas – F – A
17. The Shining by Stephen King – F – A
18. The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson – NF – A
4 nonfiction, 4 fiction. 8 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks
March
19. What She Knew by Gilly MacMillian – F – A
20. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver – F – A
21. The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter – F – A
22. Fallen by Karin Slaughter – F – A
23. Criminal by Karin Slaughter – F – A
24. Unseen by Karin Salughter – F – A
25. Blindsided by Karin Slaughter – F – A
26. Kisscut by Karin Slaughter – F – A
27. Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan – F – P
0 nonfiction, 9 fiction. 8 audiobooks, 1 paperback
April
28. A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter – F – A
29. Indelible by Karin Slaughter – F – A
30. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – F – A
31. Cop Town by Karin Slaughter – F – A
32. Elizabeth and Michael by Donald Boyle – NF – A
33. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty – F- A
1 nonfiction, 5 fiction. 6 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks
May
34. Snatched by Karin Slaughter – F – A
35. Don’t Breath a Word by Jennifer McMahon – F – A
36. Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty – F – A
37. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty – F – A
38. When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank Vertosich Jr, MD – NF – A
39. The Lies We Tell by Meg Carter – F – A
40. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – F – A
41. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore – NF – A
42. Nailbiter series by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson – F – P
43. Triptych by Karin Slaughter – F – A
44. Glass House by Brian Alexander – NF – A
45. The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle – F – A
46. Busted by Karin Slaughter – F – A
47. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth – NF – A
4 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 13 audiobooks, 1 paperback
June
48. Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson – NF – A
49. Lost Girls by Robert Kolker – NF – A
50. Drink by Ann Dursett Johnston – NF – A
51. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – F- A
52. The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn – F – P
53. The Salt Fix by Dr. James Dinicolantonio, MD – NF – A
54. Broken River by J. Robert Lennin – F - A
55. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie – F – A
56. American Gods by Neil Gaiman – F – A
57. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – F - A
58. My Story by Elizabeth Smart – NF – A
5 nonfiction, 6 fiction. 10 audiobooks, 1 paperback
July
59. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta – F – A
60. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – F – A
61. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance – NF – A
62. Under Your Skin by Sabine Durant – F – A
63. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari – NF - A
64. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty – F – A
2 nonfiction, 4 fiction. 6 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks
August
65. You Have No Fucking Idea: The Story About My Life by Matt Baier – NF – P
66. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman – F – P
67. Carol (The Price of Salt) by Patricia Highsmith – F – A
68. Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox – NF – A
69. The Miracle of Dunkirk by Walter Lord – NF – A
70. Replay by Ken Grimwood – F- A
71. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware – F – A
72. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher – F – A
73. Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa F. Smith – NF – A
74. The Polygamist’s Daughter by Anna Lebaron - NF – A
75. The Dinner by Herman Koch – F – A
76. American Fire by Monica Hesse – NF – A
77. The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell – F – A
78. Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene Wilder – NF – A
79. The Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison – NF – A
80. I Found You by Lisa Jewell – F – A
81. Dark Place to Hide by AJ Waines – F – A
82. The Silver Lining’s Playbook by Matthew Quick – F – A
8 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 16 audiobooks, 2 paperbacks
September
83. The Lost Girls by Heather Young – F – A
84. Dead Wake by Erik Larson – NF – A
85. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie – F – A
86. Lie to Me by JT Ellison – F – A
87. The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr – F - A
88. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins – F – A
89. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King – F – A
90. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie – F – A
91. Commonwealth by Ann Patchett – F – A
92. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – F – P
93. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett – F – A
94. Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane – F – A
95. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – F – A
1 nonfiction, 12 fiction. 12 audiobooks, 1 paperback
October
96. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – F – A
97. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben – NF – A
98. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett – F – A
99. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – F – P
100. Stardust by Neil Gaiman – F – A
101. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin – F - A
102. The Monogram Murders by Sophia Turner – F – A
103. My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix – F – A
104. The Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C. Davis – NF – A
105. The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty – F – P
106. A Pocket Full of Rye – Agatha Christie – F – A
107. The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprex Sweeny – F - A
108. The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty – F – A
109. Catching the Wolf On Wall Street by Jordan Belfort – NF – A
110. Hell House by Richard Matheson – F – A
3 nonfiction, 12 fiction. 13 audiobooks, 2 paperbacks
November
111. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable – NF – A
112. The Secret Life of Introverts by Jenn Granneman – NF – A
113. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout – F- A
114. The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst – F – A
115. The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter – f – A
116. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – F – P
117. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty – F – A
2 nonfiction, 5 fiction. 1 paperback, 6 audiobooks
December
118. Last Breath by Karin Slaughter – F – A
119. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – F – A
120. The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Barron – NF – A
121. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch – F – A
122. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng – F – A
123. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman – F – A
124. 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup – NF – A
125. The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fairgrove – NF – A
126. The Magician’s Apprentice by Ann Patchett – F – A
127. Rabbit by Patricia Willams – NF – A
128. Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings – NF – A
129. The Secret Life of the Mind by Marianao Segman, MD – NF – A
130. Black Chalk by Christopher B. Yates – F – A
131. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – F – A
132. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie – F – A
133. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie – F -A
134. Money, A Memoir by Liz Perle – NF - A
7 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 17 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks.
Total:
134 total books!!
40 nonfiction, 94 fiction. 9 paperbacks, 126 audiobooks.
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