In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books of 2022.
Kelly’s selections:


Best of the Year - No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib


Best Own Voices Story - Honor by Thrity Umrigar


Best Character Study - Notes On an Execution by Danya Kukafka


Best Thriller With Heart - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister 


Best Genre Mash-up - Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr


Best New Release from a Beloved Author - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid


Smallest Book With the Biggest Punch - Last Summer On State Street by Toya Wolfe


Best Book to Cozy Up With - A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella


Most Elusive 5 Star Read - Little Prisons by Ilona Bannister


Most Memorable Protagonist - How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water by Angie Cruz


Best Book Written By a Minor - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley


Most Likely to Make You Contemplate Life - Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro


Cindy’s selections:


Best of the Year/Most Perfectly Plotted  - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister


Most Underrated Gem - The White Girl by Tony Birch


Most Unsettling - Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng


Noteworthy Nonfiction – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels by Paul Pringle


Best Based On a True Story  - Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez


Best Recommendation from a Friend – Love and Saffron by Kim Fay


Most Likely to Re-read - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz


Historical Fiction Standout – Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner


Most Likely To Recommend to a Friend – The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith


Book I Wish Everyone Would Read – I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys


Most Compulsively Readable – Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr


Best for Feeling all the Feels – Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley


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