Can you believe we’ve been through a whole new year together? As the holidays approach, I’ve been reading more than I have in awhile. Last night, I finished another book (that I loved) and thought to myself: how can I share my thoughts?

As authors, it’s strongly encouraged that we do not post star-rating reviews. The industry is a huge small-world and you never know who collaborated on a book that you read. For several years, I’ve only shared five star reviews with my audience. Authors and publishers have elephant memories and you might be ringing up Sally-who-worked-with-Kim-who-worked-with-John-whose-book-you-rated-three-stars to collaborate with you on your next project. And if they read that old review from 2006, they might not answer the phone. It’s better to leave your reader’s opinion behind the door to easily avoid anyone’s chain-linked black book that may or may not exist. (See Courtney Maum’s latest article about this)

But, I’m a reader. And I want to share some the books I read this year with you all. So I thought back to my primary school days when class superlatives were a thing. I never had much of an interest for them when people were in the subject line. Throw some books in there though - I’m sold.

Introducing the 2022 Statistics and Superlatives:

Enjoy and maybe grab a last minute gift from your local bookshop!

Very Important Disclaimer: I enjoyed almost all of the books I selected this year and certainly wouldn’t recommend or list any in this article that I didn’t have fun reading.

Overall Statistics

Fiction vs Nonfiction:

My 2022 nonfiction list was the winner this year! Perhaps because I went through so much personal change and improved my life so much. I read great fiction this year as well, but most of my nonfiction was nothing but top-shelf.

Favorite Genre:

The artistic-flowy-dress-girl the lives in me (but sleeps frequently) hates to say it, but the finance-nonfiction genre was my winner this year. I created a financial freedom base layer with some rad books that will likely win a few of the superlative categories. My finance shelve did wonders for my lifestyle this year so I’ve got to give credit where it’s do. (As much as it pains me to do so).