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Here are the 50+ books I read in 2022
Tell me: What was your favorite read of the year?
Olivia Witherite
December 29, 2022
I reached my goal of finishing 50 books in 2022, and it truly came down to the wire. As a full-time employee and part-time MBA student, picking up a book was often the last thing I wanted to do after a long day of working and reading business texts.
However, in the last week or so, I truly was reminded that I love to read. And, as of recently, I also really enjoy non-fiction audiobooks. In addition, nine of the 50+ books I read are from AAPI authors!
I have flipped back and forth on putting out the list of books that I read. (Here’s 2020’s.) And that’s oftentimes because I feel as if I read a lot of low-brow stuff. You know how some people relax by flipping on Bravo and watching people at their worst? Well, sometimes to unwind, I read junk.
But, after contemplating this, I have arrived at a stance in which I truly believe: reading almost anything is better and more stimulating than not reading at all. (I’m looking at you, Colleen Hoover stans.)
Reading has helped me learn, forced me to cry, challenged me and made me laugh out loud.
I love reading, and I hope that this list can help get you started. If you are interested in a blog/newsletter on actionable ways I’ve been able to read more, reply to this email or hit me up on Twitter or LinkedIn. You can also follow me on Goodreads.
So, here’s the list! And who knows, I might sneak one or two more books in before the ball drops.
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Atomic Habits by James Clear*
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur*
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie*
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
* These books changed my life.
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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Yearbook by Seth Rogan
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey
Meaty by Samantha Irby
Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic by Lauren Ho
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See by Seth Godin
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
If I Were the Ocean, I’d Carry You Home by Pete Hsu
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Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Famous in Love by Rebecca Serle
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
Crisis Management by William Rick Crandall, John A. Parnell & John E. Spillan
Investments by Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus & Alex Kane
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson
June, Reimagined by Rebekah Crane
The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management by Eric Verzuh
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Maid by Nita Prose
The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
Business-to-Business Marketing by Ross Brennan Louise E. Canning & Raymond McDowell
Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized by Alan Henry
Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
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The Wonder Bread Summer by Jessica Anya Blau
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre
DNF (I will in 2023! It’s just so long.)
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Misc. Stats:
18% of books I read are by Asian or Asian American authors
72% of the books I finished were by non-cis men
100% recommend frequenting your local library