My year in books:
It’s that time again. I don’t know how.. but it is.
Every year I start a draft for these posts to catalogue and keep track of what I’ve been reading, the order I’ve read them in, and which reviews I need to get posted when. They’re a map of my reading journey and one of my favorite posts to share.
Most of these are horror, thriller, and mystery but there are some dark fantasy, retellings, anthologies, holiday stories, and a romance or two as well—new and old. I’d like the think that there’s something here for everyone and that each of you finds a great book to get lost in.
Happy New Year and Happier Reading, my friends!
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1. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
My Review
2. Woman in Shadow by Carrie Stuart Parks
My Review
3. Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
DNF
4. The Gatherer by Colleen Winter
My Review
5. You’ll Thank Me For This by Nina Siegal
My Review
6. Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion
My Review
7. Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight
My Review
8. The Heights by Louise Candlish
My Review
9.The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
DNF
10. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
My Review
11. Love, Magic, and Misfortune by Karla Nikole
My Review
12. The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
My Review
13. The Cousins by Karen McManus
My Review
14. The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville
My Review
15. The Maid by Nita Prose
My Review
16. After the Woods by Kim Savage
My Review
17. Very Bad People by Kit Frick
My Review
18. The Return by Rachel Harrison
My Review
19. Strangers We Know by Elle Marr
My Review
20. Verity by Colleen Hoover
My Review
21. The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
My Review
22. Aurora by David Koepp
My Review
23. Under Her Care by Lucinda Berry
My Review
24. Deadman by J.H. Smithson
My Review
25. All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
My Review
26. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
My Review
27. The Clackity by Lora Senf
My Review
28. Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore
My Review
29. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
My Review
30. You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
DNF
31. My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
My Review
32. The Mill by Cailyn Lloyd
DNF
33. The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz
My Review
34. The Island House by Amanda Brittany
My Review
35. All My Darkest Impulses by Lisa Unger
My Review
36. RWBY: The Official Manga Vol 01 by Bunta Kinami
DNF
37. What She Found by Robert Dugoni
My Review
38. The Gravity Inside Us: Poetry and Prose by Chloe Frayne
My Review
39. The Hike by Susi Holliday
My Review
40. A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology by Dhonielle Clayton
41. Leech by Hiron Ennes
My Review
42. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
My Review
43. The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb
My Review
44. Write Out Loud by Daphny
My Review
45. The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
My Review
46. I Call Upon Thee by Ania Ahlborn
My Review
47. The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett
My Review
48. Fog Descending by Lisa Unger
My Review
49. Circling the Drain by Lisa Unger
My Review
50. Love the Way You Lie by Lisa Unger
My Review
51. White Cloud: A Surreal Psychological Thriller by Joy Slaughter
My Review
52. One of Those Faces: A Novel by Elle Grawl
My Review
53. The Neighbour’s Cat by J.S Ellis
Review Coming Soon
54. The Girl Who Ruined Christmas by Cindy Callaghan
My Review
55. Twelve Days by Paul Williams
My Review
56. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Review Coming Soon
57. The Diary of a Serial Killer’s Daughter by L.A. Detwiler
Review Coming Soon
Thank you for stopping by and checking out this post
How was your reading year? I hope you enjoyed it and that we all discover a great many more books to love in 2023!
Have you read any of these?
Are any on your TBR?
Well done.
Thank you! I’m just happy to be reading.
Did you meet all of your reading goals for 2022?
I admire you for pulling together this post. It is full of ideas of what to read next or reminders of things that I enjoyed.
What a nice thing to say.. Thank you.❤️
I’m glad you enjoyed my post and I hope you found something fun to read.
Stay safe and have a beautiful day!
You read a nice mix, Sheri. I have read and enjoyed 9 of these, but there are others I have put on my TBR for consideration. Happy New Year.
I try to.. there’s just so much that’s interesting.
And 9? Nice. Which one was your favorite?
I’m very happy you found something you liked and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. (if not more!) Stay safe and be well!
I think of the ones I read, The Maid was my favourite. It was just so quirky.
I loved Molly, she was such a curious character.
That’s what a list of books! I really enjoyed These Silent Woods, The Maid, and The Return.
Thanks, it was a good year! Those three really were fantastic. If you know of any others like The Return though.. please share. I adore creepy creature books.