Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of 2022

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books of 2022.

Kelly’s selections:

1. Best of the Year - No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib
2. Best Own Voices Story - Honor by Thrity Umrigar
3. Best Character Study - Notes On an Execution by Danya Kukafka
4. Best Thriller With Heart - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister 
5. Best Genre Mash-up - Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
6. Best New Release from a Beloved Author - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. Smallest Book With the Biggest Punch - Last Summer On State Street by Toya Wolfe
8. Best Book to Cozy Up With - A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
9. Most Elusive 5 Star Read - Little Prisons by Ilona Bannister
10. Most Memorable Protagonist - How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
11. Best Book Written By a Minor - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
12. Most Likely to Make You Contemplate Life - Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

Cindy’s selections:

1. Best of the Year/Most Perfectly Plotted  - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
2. Most Underrated Gem - The White Girl by Tony Birch
3. Most Unsettling - Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
4. Noteworthy Nonfiction – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels by Paul Pringle
5. Best Based On a True Story  - Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
6. Best Recommendation from a Friend – Love and Saffron by Kim Fay
7. Most Likely to Re-read - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
8. Historical Fiction Standout – Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
9. Most Likely To Recommend to a Friend – The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
10. Book I Wish Everyone Would Read – I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
11. Most Compulsively Readable – Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
12. Best for Feeling all the Feels – Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

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