Will I write a Sunday Salon post every week? Maybe. Maybe not. We'll see.
I have not (at least not yet) written up a 'best list' for 2022, though I did share a list of all the books I've read that were rated five stars.
If I were to recommend twelve for you to read in 2023, it might look a little something like this. [Feel free to use any of these if you are coming up short for the 12 Books, 12 Friends reading challenge.]
- The Great Passion by James Runcie
- The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
- Ways to Share Joy by Renee Watson
- Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman
- Violet and Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae Perkins
- The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews
- Odder by Katherine Applegate
- The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
- Just Right Jillian by Nicole D. Collier
- Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold
- Walter Had a Best Friend by Deborah Underwood
- Leave It to Plum by Matt Phelan
I am actively seeking out book recommendations for 2023. I am looking for any book that you LOVED--any audience, any genre. My favorite genres are historical fiction, historical romance, historical mystery, mystery/suspense, nonfiction (all ages), children's and middle grade realistic fiction, children's and middle grade speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy. I do read Christian fiction. I do read classics. [Though NOT Thomas Hardy.]
I would love to hear what YOU read and loved last year--or in recent memory.
Where do you usually go for book recommendations?
© 2022 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
5 comments:
These stand out for me...The Electrical Menagarie by Mollie E. Reeder, The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin, and The Moonraker's Bride by Madeleine Brent.
Becky, thank you for your book recommendations!
What? No Tess of the D'Ubervilles? That is certainly a depressing book. If you have an interest and want a long and involved nonfiction book, try The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger. There was so much fascinating women's history in it. I LOVED home ec in school and even thought about getting licensed to teach it in the 1980s. For something lighter, you might try Freeman's Trashed, which comes out on January 17th. Happy New Year!
Some recent favorites are: The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair, A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood, The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Pollitano.
Thanks for the list. My two best books of 2022 were oldies - The Swiss Summer (Stella Gibbons 1951) - a holiday in a Swiss chalet in the post-war world, and Earth Abides (George R Stewart 1949) - dystopian novel of rebuilding life after a pandemic when most people have died. It is not a horror story; if you loved Station 11 you will love this.
Happy reading in 2023!
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