{"id":6297,"date":"2023-01-04T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2023-01-04T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:35:05","slug":"books-read-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/6297","title":{"rendered":"Books read in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is my book list for 2022. After three years of pandemic and other personal challenges, I finally managed to turn the year into more reading (albeit with a large dose of Michael Connelly, which I found easy to read amidst other chaos). As usual, my favorites are shown in bold. <\/p>\n

Notable for this year….more fiction than usual (though the majority of my favorites seem to have been nonfiction); a good selection of western\/environmental reads; and the first time I’ve been able to get into Ursual LeGuin (the Hainish cycle, which I’ll continue in 2023).<\/p>\n

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  1. Bewilderment<\/i> by Richard Powers<\/li>\n
  2. Operation Wandering Soul<\/i> by Richard Powers<\/li>\n
  3. The Midnight Library<\/i> by Matt Haig<\/li>\n
  4. With or Without You<\/i> by Domenica Ruta<\/li>\n
  5. Leaving Before the Rains Come<\/i> by Alexandra Fuller<\/li>\n
  6. Shelter<\/i> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\n
  7. Blue Nights<\/i> by Joan Didion<\/li>\n
  8. Desert Heat<\/i> by J.A. Jance<\/li>\n
  9. Tombstone Courage<\/i> by J.A. Jance<\/li>\n
  10. Crying in H Mart<\/i> by Michele Zauner<\/li>\n
  11. The Last Thing He Wanted<\/i> by Joan Didion<\/li>\n
  12. Reasons She Goes to the Woods<\/i> by Deborah Kay Davies<\/li>\n
  13. The Book Doctor<\/i> by Esther Cohen<\/li>\n
  14. Life From Scratch<\/i> by Sasha Martin<\/li>\n
  15. Off the Road<\/i> by Jack Hitt<\/li>\n
  16. Good Husbandry<\/i> by Kristin Kimball<\/li>\n
  17. Letters to a Young Chef<\/i> by Daniel Boulud<\/li>\n
  18. 52 Loaves<\/i> by William Alexander<\/li>\n
  19. The Salt Path<\/i> by Raynor Winn<\/b><\/li>\n
  20. The Seed Keeper<\/i> by Diane Wilson<\/b><\/li>\n
  21. Miraculous Abundance<\/i> by Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer<\/li>\n
  22. The Wild Silence<\/i> by Raynor Winn<\/b><\/li>\n
  23. Angela Davis: An Autobiography<\/i> by Angela Davis<\/li>\n
  24. Lives on the Line<\/i> by Miriam Davidson<\/li>\n
  25. The Hummingbird’s Daughter<\/i> by Luis Alberto Urrea<\/li>\n
  26. The Desert Year<\/i> by Joseph Wood Krutch<\/b><\/li>\n
  27. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse<\/i> by Peter Matthiessen<\/b><\/li>\n
  28. Bird Cloud<\/i> by Annie Poulx<\/li>\n
  29. Desert Oracle<\/i> by Ken Layne<\/li>\n
  30. Long Lost<\/i> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\n
  31. South and West<\/i> by Joan Didion<\/li>\n
  32. Knots and Crosses<\/i> by Ian Rankin<\/li>\n
  33. Hide and Seek<\/i> by Ian Rankin<\/li>\n
  34. Recapitulation<\/i> by Wallace Stegner<\/li>\n
  35. Cannery Row<\/i> by John Steinbeck<\/li>\n
  36. Fight Night<\/i> by Miriam Toews<\/li>\n
  37. Existence<\/i> by David Brin<\/li>\n
  38. Sweet Thursday<\/i> by John Steinbeck<\/li>\n
  39. Elevation<\/i> by Stephen King<\/li>\n
  40. The Judge’s List<\/i> by John Grisham<\/li>\n
  41. High Sierra: A Love Story<\/i> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/b><\/li>\n
  42. Slow Horses<\/i> by Mick Herron<\/li>\n
  43. The House of Broken Angels<\/i> by Luis Alberto Urrea<\/li>\n
  44. The Etiquette of Freedom<\/i> by Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and Paul Ebenkamp<\/li>\n
  45. The Dharma Bums<\/i> by Jack Kerouac<\/li>\n
  46. Dalva<\/i> by Jim Harrison<\/li>\n
  47. Dead Lions<\/i> by Mick Herron<\/li>\n
  48. Practice of the Wild<\/i> by Gary Snyder<\/b><\/li>\n
  49. The Brass Verdict<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  50. Strip Jack<\/i> by Ian Rankin<\/li>\n
  51. The Reversal<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  52. Echo Park<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  53. The Overlook<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  54. Nine Dragons<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  55. The Drop<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  56. The Scarecrow<\/i>  by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  57. The Fifth Witness<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  58. The Black Box<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  59. The Gods of Guilt<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  60. The Burning Room<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  61. The Buddha in the Attic<\/i> by Julie Otsuka<\/li>\n
  62. Autobiography of a Yogi<\/i> by Paramahansa Yogananda<\/li>\n
  63. French Braid<\/i> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\n
  64. Redhead by the Side of the Road<\/i> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\n
  65. Unsheltered<\/i> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/b><\/li>\n
  66. Project Hail Mary<\/i> by Andy Weir<\/li>\n
  67. A Snake Falls to Earth<\/i> by Darcie Little Badger<\/li>\n
  68. Altered Carbon<\/i> by Richard Morgan<\/li>\n
  69. Blacktop Wasteland<\/i> by S.A. Cosby<\/li>\n
  70. Ranger Confidential<\/i> by Andrea Lankford<\/li>\n
  71. The Color of Magic<\/i> by Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n
  72. Sanctuary<\/i> by William Faulkner<\/li>\n
  73. Lost Children Archive<\/i> by Valeria Luiselli<\/b><\/li>\n
  74. Rocannon’s World<\/i> by Ursula LeGuin<\/li>\n
  75. Planet of Exile<\/i> by Ursula LeGuin<\/li>\n
  76. City of Illusions<\/i> by Ursula LeGuin<\/li>\n
  77. Wrenched from the Land<\/i> by ML Lincoln<\/b><\/li>\n
  78. The Red Caddy<\/i> by Charles Bowden<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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