Our 2022 year-end reading roundup continues today with our Best Books of 2022 Genre Awards with Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits). We reveal our Overall Best Books (Fiction and Nonfiction) and we have a full breakdown by genre, including: Best Literary Fiction, Best Backlist Read in 2022, Best Romance, Best Brain Candy, Best Genre Mash-Up, and more! Plus, this year I’m sharing the winners for these same genres as chosen by the Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patreon community!
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Announcements
- Check out my 2022 Holiday Gift Guide!
- My 2023 Reading Tracker is out! This year, the Tracker will ONLY be available to $7/month Superstars patrons (i.e., I will no longer be selling it for $14.99 here on my website). Learn more about the Tracker here and become a Superstars Patron to purchase here!
Highlights
- My thoughts on 2022 for the podcast — including top episodes based on download stats.
- Overview of Susie’s and Sarah’s 2022 year in reading — including trends and stats.
- Favorite books of the year: overall and by genre, including the SBL Patreon Community’s picks.
2022 Genre Awards [18:13]
Sarah
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:42]
- Finding Me by Viola Davis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:18]
- The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:39]
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:19]
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:36]
- Dilettante by Dana Brown | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:35]
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:27]
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:53]
- Bad City by Paul Pringle | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:27]
- Never Simple by Liz Sheier | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:20]
- The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:01]
- Upgrade by Blake Crouch | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:52]
- More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez | Amazon
| Bookshop.org [56:22]
- The One by John Marrs | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:02:51]
Susie
- Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver | Amazon
- Solito
- Vladimir by Julia May Jonas | Amazon | Bookshop.org [27:15]
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:53]
- Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:10]
- Cover Story by Susan Rigetti | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:21]
- Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:16]
- Trust by Hernan Diaz | Amazon
| Bookshop.org [40:16]
- Dilettante by Dana Brown | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:45]
- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:57]
- The Light Pirate
by Lily Brooks-Dalton | Amazon
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:59]
- The Change by Kirsten Miller | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:07]
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:57]
- Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:48]
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:44]
- We All Want Impossible Things
- The Storyteller by Dave Grohl | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:03:08]
Patrons
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:06]
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:14]
- Finding Me by Viola Davis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:41]
- Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:11]
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:21]
- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:17]
- Bad City by Paul Pringle | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:53]
- Finding Me by Viola Davis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:33]
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:06]
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:36]
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:31]
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:46]
- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak | Amazon | Bookshop.org [54:23]
- Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:43]
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett | Amazon | Bookshop.org [58:00]
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:00:04]
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [1:03:54]
Other Books Mentioned
- Love & Saffron by Kim Fay [9:41]
- People Person by Candice Carty-Williams [9:51]
- Nightcrawling
- Flight by Lynn Steger Strong [11:12]
- Trespasses by Louise Kennedy [11:13]
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab [20:45]
- The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller [20:53]
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid [23:36]
- The Winners by Fredrik Backman [23:47]
- Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott [25:50]
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy [25:57]
- Honor by Thrity Umrigar [29:40]
- Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson [29:50]
- The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka [29:53]
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [30:44]
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt [35:47]
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [39:17]
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell [42:04]
- These Precious Days by Ann Patchett [43:38]
- How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, LPC [44:42]
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid [47:13]
- Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez [49:19]
- The Bodyguard by Katherine Center [49:22]
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch [50:02]
- Recursion by Blake Crouch [50:03]
- The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger [51:50]
- How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu [52:22]
- Babel by R. F. Huang [52:42]
- A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross [53:55]
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [54:03]
- Hide by Kiersten White [54:25]
- Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon [55:38]
- Olga Dies Dreaming
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepard [58:14]
- The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes [1:00:27]
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes [1:00:31]
- Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow [1:02:24]
- These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant [1:04:20]
- Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh [1:04:36]
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [1:04:44]
Top Podcast Episodes for 2022 [5:39]
- Ep. 112: Summer Reading Special with Susie
- Ep. 121: Fall 2022 Book Preview
- Ep. 102: Winter 2022 Book Preview
- Ep. 114: Summer 2022 Book Preview
- Ep. 122: Double Booked with Catherine (September 2022)
- Ep. 104: Catherine Ryan Howard (Author of 56 Days and The Nothing Man)
- Ep. 118: Editing Literary Fiction with Caroline Zancan
- Ep. 115: Bonnie Garmus (Author of Lessons in Chemistry)
- Ep. 110: Memoir / Essays 101 with Mary Laura Philpott (Author of Bomb Shelter)
- Ep. 117: Annie Hartnett (Author of Unlikely Animals)
- Ep. 105: Thrity Umrigar (Author of Honor)
- Ep. 123: Nikki Erlick (Author of The Measure)
- Ep. 111: Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Author of Take My Hand)
About Susie Boutry
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Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend’s blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish.
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