Reading List 2022

Here's an archived copy of my reading list for this year. I'll be keeping up the new list here: http://mlisunderstanding.blogspot.com/p/reading-list.html

I would recommend the bolded titles with enthusiasm, and I enjoyed the italicized titles but probably wouldn't read them again.

Read in 2022:

0.2.* Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, by Deepa Anappara

1. Triple Cross, by Marc Stiegler

2. Second Dad Summer, by Benjamin Klas

3. The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor

4. Greenglass House, by Kate Milford

5. The Boys in the Back Row, by Mike Jung

6. Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey

7. Full Cicada Moon, by Marilyn Hilton

8. We Belong, by Cookie Hiponia Everman

[Swallowing Darkness, by Laurell K. Hamilton]

9. Prairie Lotus, by Linda Sue Park 

10. The Fortress, by S.A. Jones

11. Obie Is Man Enough, by Schuyler Bailar 

12. Where We Belong, by Catherine Ryan Hyde

13. This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us, edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby

14. Dear Mrs. Bird, by AJ Pearce

15. Dumpling Days, by Grace Lin

15.2.* More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave, by Ruth Schwartz Cowan 

16. Tidesong, by Wendy Xu

[Full Dark, No Stars, by Stephen King]

17. A Year Without the Grocery Store: A Step by Step Guide to Acquiring, Organizing, and Cooking Food Storage, by Karen Morris

17.2.* Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story, by Susan Tan

18. Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield

19. The Growing Summer, by Noel Streatfeild

20. Duma Key, by Stephen King

20.1.* The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, by W. Kamau Bell

21. Birdie and Me, by J. M. M. Nuanez 

22. The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan

[Fire Season, by David Weber and Jane Lindskold]

23. Noir Fatale: The Dark Side of Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Larry Correia and Kacey Ezell
24. Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate

24.2.* Bounce Back, by Misako Rocks! 

25. Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers: The Definitive Anthology of Space Opera, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

26. Dawn Raid, by Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

27. Trust No Aunty, by Maria Qamar

27.1.* No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South, by Gary Younge
28. Any Day with You, by Mae Respicio

[Cujo, by Stephen King]

[Insomnia, by Stephen King]

29. Out on a Limb, by Carolyn Jourdan

29.1.* Poison for Teacher, by Nancy Spain

[Written in My Own Heart's Blood, by Diana Gabaldon]

30. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All, by Laura Ruby

30.1.* The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta

31. Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales, by Soman Chainani

32. At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life, by Wade Rouse

[Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler]

33. Parable of the Talents, by Octavia Butler

34. The Great Jeff, by Tony Abbott

35. Saga, vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

36. Picnic in Provence, by Elizabeth Bard

37. The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher

37.1.* McSweeney's, vol. 62, edited by Patty Yumi Cottrell

38. Free as a Bird, by Gina McMurchy-Barber

39. midnight & indigo: Twenty-Two Speculative Stores by Black Women Writers, vol. 4, edited by Ianna A. Small

40. Bitter, by Akwaeke Emezi

41. American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, by Michelle Obama

41.1.* Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs, edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter

41.3.* You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger, by Roger Hall

42. Boundaries, edited by Mercedes Lackey

43. The Heretic's Daughter, by Kathleen Kent

44. Beyond, by Mercedes Lackey

45. Bento Box in the Heartland, by Linda Furiya

[Firestarter, by Stephen King]

46. Sorrowland, by Rivers Solomon
47. The Last Cuentista, by Donna Barba Higuera

48. Recipe for a Perfect Wife, by Karma Brown

48.4.* The Bookshop on the Shore, by Jenny Colgan

49. The Good Luck Girls, by Charlotte Nicole Davis

50. Out of My Heart, by Sharon Draper

51. The Midwife of Venice, by Roberta Rich

52. Trashlands, by Alison Stine

53. Dangerous Women, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 

54. Mary Russell's War, by Laurie R. King

55. The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth, edited by S.M. Stirling

56. The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean

57. Payback's a Witch, by Lana Harper

58. The Language of Bees, by Laurie R. King

59. Locked Rooms, by Laurie R. King

60. Honey Girl, by Morgan Rogers

61. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna

62. Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins

63. She Gets the Girl, by Rachael Lipincott and Alyson Derrick

64. The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free, by Paulina Bren

[One Last Stop, by Casey McQuiston]

64.2.* Vignettes & Vinaigrettes: A Memoir of Catering Before Food Was Hot, by Carol Durst-Wertheim

[Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, by Diana Gabaldon]

[Red, White, and Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston]

65. Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love, edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond

66. The God of the Hive, by Laurie R. King

66.1.* The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West, by Christopher Corbett

67. Fairy Tale, by Stephen King

68. When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill

69. Riding Freedom, by Pam Muñoz Ryan

70. The Ship We Built, by Lexie Bean

71. The Atlas Six, by Olivie Blakey

72. A Universe of Wishes, edited by Dhonielle Clayton

[So B. It, by Sarah Weeks]

73. A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman, by Lindy Elkins-Tanton

74. Meet Cute, by Jennifer L. Armentrout, et al.

75. Red Clocks, by Leni Zumas

76. The Guncle, by Steven Rowley

77. Plot Twist, by Bethany Turner

78. Lupe Wong Won't Dance, by Donna Barba Higuera

79. The Final Girl Support Group, by Grady Hendrix

79.1.* Ice, Iron, and Gold, by SM Stirling
80. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter, by Steve Dublanica

81. 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line, by Eric Ripert with Veronica Chambers

82. Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid

83. Efrén Divided, by Ernesto Cisneros

84. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone, edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler

85. Worth It: How a Million-Dollar Pay Cut and a $70,000 Minimum Wage Revealed a Better Way of Doing Business, by Dan Price

85.2.* The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America, by Bill Bryson

86. Severance, by Ling Ma

87. The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us about Love, by Liza Monroy

87.2.* Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses, by Josephine Caminos Oría

88. Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, edited by Sheree Renee Thomas, Pan Morrigan, and Troy L. Wiggins

89. Rogues, edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois