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The Plot<\/p><\/div>\n

So many books, so little time\u2014part 16.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the 16th year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

Even though I was pretty busy this year, I read a LOT and audiobooks are definitely a big part of my routine these days as well.<\/p>\n

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Lessons in Chemistry<\/p><\/div>\n

My favorite books this year were The Plot<\/em> <\/a>by Jean Hanff Korelitz (a twisty tale about the dark side of being a writer), Beartown<\/em><\/a> by Fredrik Backman (one of those books that tons of people recommended to me for years, with sports parents as one of the scariest and realistic elements of a complex story), and Lessons in Chemistry<\/em><\/a> by Bonnie Garmus (a funny, feminist tale that made me laugh out loud several times). I also really liked Wrong Place, Wrong Time<\/em><\/a> by Gillian McAllister, which is one of Reese Witherspoon’s recent picks; The Candy House<\/em><\/a> by Jennifer Egan; Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/em><\/a> by Gabrielle Zevin; Apeirogon<\/em><\/a> by<\/p>\n

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The Heart’s Invisible Furies<\/p><\/div>\n

Colum McCann; and The Heart’s Invisible Furies<\/em><\/a> by John Boyne.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear what else people loved.<\/p>\n

Here’s the 2022 list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Wife Stalker<\/td>\nLiv<\/td>\nConstantine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Startup Wife<\/td>\nTahmima<\/td>\nAham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cavendon Women<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nTaylor Bradford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Plot<\/td>\nJean<\/td>\nHanff Korelitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Fever<\/td>\nMegan<\/td>\nAbbott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Day in December<\/td>\nJosie<\/td>\nSilver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anxious People<\/td>\nFredrik<\/td>\nBackman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Book of Two Ways<\/td>\nJodi<\/td>\nPicoult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Three Last First Dates: A Sweet Romantic Comedy of Love, Friendship and Even More Cake<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\nO’Keefe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Unhoneymooners<\/td>\nChristina<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Guilt Trip<\/td>\nSandie<\/td>\nJones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography<\/td>\nLaurie<\/td>\nWoolever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
State of Terror<\/td>\nHillary Rodham Clinton & Louise<\/td>\nPenny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Starless Sea<\/td>\nErin<\/td>\nMorgenstern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cavendon Hall<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nTaylor Bradford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler<\/td>\nKelly<\/td>\nHarms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cavendon Luck<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nTaylor Bradford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tell the Wolves I’m Home<\/td>\nCarol<\/td>\nRifka Brunt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird<\/td>\nJosie<\/td>\nSilver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If the Fates Allow<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Can Thank Me Later<\/td>\nKelly<\/td>\nHarms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?<\/td>\nLorrie<\/td>\nMoore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Night She Disappeared<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nJewell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
That’s What Frenemies Are For<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nLittlefield and Lauren Gershell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99 Percent Mine<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nThorne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told<\/td>\nMegan<\/td>\nMullally and Nick Offerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five Tuesdays in Winter<\/td>\nLily<\/td>\nKing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tweet Cute<\/td>\nEmma<\/td>\nLord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life<\/td>\nSutton<\/td>\nFoster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Only Mostly Devastated<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nGonzales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Sweet Mess<\/td>\nJayci<\/td>\nLee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evvie Drake Starts Over<\/td>\nLinda<\/td>\nHolmes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Book of Form and Emptiness<\/td>\nRuth<\/td>\nOzeki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We are Inevitable<\/td>\nGayle<\/td>\nForman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Playground<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nShemilt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Was Here<\/td>\nGayle<\/td>\nForman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where She Went<\/td>\nGayle<\/td>\nForman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Reading List<\/td>\nSara Nisha<\/td>\nAdams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Story of the Lost Child<\/td>\nElena<\/td>\nFerrante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music is History<\/td>\nQuestlove<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Name is Lucy Barton<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nStrout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lessons in Chemistry<\/td>\nBonnie<\/td>\nGarmus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Stakes<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Going There<\/td>\nKatie<\/td>\nCouric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Unsinkable Greta James<\/td>\nJennifer E.<\/td>\nSmith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care<\/td>\nAshley<\/td>\nHerring Blake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vivian Rising<\/td>\nDaniella J.<\/td>\nBrodsky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Summer Place<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead<\/td>\nElle<\/td>\nCosimano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oh William!<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nStrout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honey Girl<\/td>\nMorgan<\/td>\nRogers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Her or Lose Her<\/td>\nTessa<\/td>\nBailey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Man Called Ove<\/td>\nFredrik<\/td>\nBackman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lorna Mott Comes Home<\/td>\nDiane<\/td>\nJohnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meant to Be<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\nGiffin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No Words<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ulysses<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\nJoyce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good Rich People<\/td>\nEliza Jane<\/td>\nBrazier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beartown<\/td>\nFredrik<\/td>\nBackman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Filth<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nGardam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting<\/td>\nClare<\/td>\nPooley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tracy Flick Can’t Win<\/td>\nTom<\/td>\nPerotta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Messy Lives of Book People<\/td>\nPhaedra<\/td>\nPatrick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carry On<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry<\/td>\nGabrielle<\/td>\nZevin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayward Son<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No One Asked For This<\/td>\nCazzie<\/td>\nDavid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Any Way the Wind Blows<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Kissed Shara Wheeler<\/td>\nCasey<\/td>\nMcQuiston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apeirogon<\/td>\nColum<\/td>\nMcCann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nora Goes Off Script<\/td>\nAnnabel<\/td>\nMonaghan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow<\/td>\nGabrielle<\/td>\nZevin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When No One Is Watching<\/td>\nAlyssa<\/td>\nCole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fix Her Up<\/td>\nTessa<\/td>\nBailey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heartstopper<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\nOseman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By the Book<\/td>\nJasmine<\/td>\nGuillory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It Happened One Summer<\/td>\nTessa<\/td>\nBailey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Roughest Draft<\/td>\nAustin<\/td>\nSiegemund-Broka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You’ll Grow Out of It<\/td>\nJessi<\/td>\nKlein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cover Story<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nRigetti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiss Me Now<\/td>\nMelanie<\/td>\nJacobson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Counterfeit<\/td>\nKristen<\/td>\nChen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second First Impressions<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nThorne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hook, Line and Sinker<\/td>\nTessa<\/td>\nBailey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About Grace<\/td>\nAnthony<\/td>\nDoerr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words<\/td>\nAnnika<\/td>\nSharma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches<\/td>\nSangu<\/td>\nMandanna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes & I Love You<\/td>\nRoni<\/td>\nLoren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marrying the Ketchups<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nClose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrie Soto is Back<\/td>\nTaylor<\/td>\nJenkins Reid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Bit Swings, and a Hit<\/td>\nRon<\/td>\nShelton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Heart’s Invisible Furies<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\nBoyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Nickel Boys<\/td>\nColson<\/td>\nWhitehead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Candy House<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nEgan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heard it in a Love Song<\/td>\nTracy<\/td>\nGarvis Graves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna K<\/td>\nJenny<\/td>\nLee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luster<\/td>\nRaven<\/td>\nLeilani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dava Shastri’s Last Day<\/td>\nKirthana<\/td>\nRamisetti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uncharted Waters<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nHepworth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dear Reader<\/td>\nMary<\/td>\nO’Connell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dating Dr. Dil<\/td>\nNisha<\/td>\nSharma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Not So Secret Emails of Coco Pinchard<\/td>\nRobert<\/td>\nBryndza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When You Get the Chance<\/td>\nEmma<\/td>\nLord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing<\/td>\nMatthew<\/td>\nPerry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern Lady Code<\/td>\nHelen<\/td>\nEllis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solitaire<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\nOseman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our Missing Hearts<\/td>\nCeleste<\/td>\nNg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Emma Project<\/td>\nSonali<\/td>\nDev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\nSedgwick Wohl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Something Wilder<\/td>\nChristina<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Chance Library<\/td>\nFreya<\/td>\nSampson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid Night<\/td>\nVictoria<\/td>\nShorr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wrong Place, Wrong Time<\/td>\nGillian<\/td>\nMcAllister<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drunk on Love<\/td>\nJasmine<\/td>\nGuillory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The One True Me and You<\/td>\nRemi K.<\/td>\nEngland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Heartbreak Bakery<\/td>\nA.R.<\/td>\nCapetta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recipe for Persuasion<\/td>\nSonali<\/td>\nDev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When You Were Mine<\/td>\nRebecca<\/td>\nSearle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Previous Book Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Books of 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

The Books of 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

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