Reading List 2022


Happy New Year! 2022 Reading List 

Recovering from my ACL surgery
in May, reading McCarthy's brutal
"Child of God"
Here comes the annual reading list! For 2022 I read the most books in a year that I ever have (68). Some of this personal record breaking reading was owing to my 2 month convalescence after tearing my ACL in late April where books and comics saved my sanity (or thankfully transported my agonized consciousness.)

I discovered a couple of new authors that I couldn't get enough of (I was made aware of the playwright August Wilson and the author Kent Haruf this year and I devoured their oeuvre insatiably.  I got back into Dennis Lehane in a big way as well.)  

I realized during the school year I impulse-buy and read a lot of books to distract myself from the mundanity of the school work. (I currently am swearing off buying books for the new year, a resolution I clearly failed to adhere to in 2022.)


I don’t usually record the poetry books I read (nor do i read many poetry books, but my talented yogi and poet girlfriend Sabrina Perrino ( @sabrinalotusflower  And @sabrinalotusyoga on IG) published a wonderful poetry book about the yoga, personal growth and spiritual path called PINK LOTUS: Poems For The Yoga Path that is very beautiful, and she also made a full length accompanying film that I’ve linked here. It’s an immersive, meditative must-watch!  Follow the links to purchase her book as well, which is designed so lovely and as instructive as it is aesthetically beautiful. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNPGY-PfkYk 

I put asterisks next to my favorite books of the year, absent adjustments for genre preference or age-appropriateness as considerations, I'd recommend these to anyone.  I've put an "a" next to the books I listened to as an audiobook (Audible is great, but overdrive/libby are great options through your local library system to access books for free and I recommend it.)

Another plan for 2023 is to write and share more about the things I read and enjoy and my thoughts about them.  Maria Popova's indispensable "The Marginalian" blog is a big inspiration for this.  I'll likely do different posts about this year's list (perhaps talking about specific books or authors I've been really thrilled by etc.) 

My favorite places to buy books online have been Thrift Books dot com or straight from publishers.  I used to use ABE books dot com but they are owned by anazon.  Thrift books is an affordable used book  aggregate from libraries, thrift stores, used book stores and so on and it feels less gross than an amazon purchase. In linking to all of the books below, I've tried to avoid amazon links.  

Happy reading and writing, let me know if you've read any of these, (or what books you've read that you liked.)

-Bruce (AllOne)





What I read in 2022 in chronological order:

Wilderness Essays by John Muir

Kim by Rudyard Kipling (A)

Severance by Ling Ma ***

The Last London by Iain Sinclair  ***

Wild Worlds by Alan Moore

Fences by August Wilson   ***

Christ In Concrete by Pietro Di Donato

Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

Billy Summers by Stephen King ***

Sandman: The Overture by Neil Gaiman

Top of Mason by Walker Ryan 

Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths by Alan Moore & Antony Johnson

Later by Stephen King (A)

Missoula by Jon Krakauer ***

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (A)

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah *** (A)

As You Like It byWilliam Shakespeare

Between The World and Me by Ta Nehisi-Coates *** (A)

East Of Eden by John Steinbeck ***

Alan Moore: Portrait of An Extraordinary Gentleman by Various Contributors

Take Off: A Pilot’s Lore by Daniel Del Giudice

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy***

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis ***

Gumption by Nick Offerman

Inside-Out Man by Fred Strydom ***

State of The Free Press 2021 by Project Censored

All About Love, New Visions by bell hooks ***

All Star Superman by Grant Morrison ***

Plainsong by Kent Haruf ***

Eventide by Kent Haruf ***

Benediction by Kent Haruf ***

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck***

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf ***

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson ***

Joe Turners Come & Gone by August Wilson ***

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson ***

Sacred by Dennis Lehane ***

Devil House by John Darnielle *** (A)

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane ***

Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane ***

Short Cuts by Raymond Carver

Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane ***

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead ***

You Feel It Just Below The Ribs by Jeffrey Craner by Janina Matthewson *** (A)

The Story Of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang ***

Seven Guitars by August Wilson ***

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy ***

Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper (A)

The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester (A)

On Trails by Robert Moor ***

Consider The Lobster by David Foster Wallace

Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone

Burning Bright by Ron Rash ***

Guide to Quitting Social Media by James Acaster

Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf ***

The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy ***

Mr. Tall by Tony Earley ***

Bandits by Elmore Leonard

Beasts Of No Nation by Uzudinma Iweala *** (A)

Illuminations by Alan Moore ***

Crossed Vol. 4 The Badlands by Garth Ennis

Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles comic adaptation by Dennis Calero

Hard Times by Charles Dickens (A)

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros *** (A)

The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf *** (A)

Two Trains Running by August Wilson *** 

The Vorrh by Brian Catling *** (A)



Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2023 at 9:06 AM

    Great list! Just wanted to let you know that Abe Books is owned by Amazon :( Check out bookshop.org, and also Libro.fm for audiobooks!

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