The Song of Achilles & Dracula were my top books of the year! I didn’t read for a long time before picking up The Song of Achilles & it reignited my love of reading so much so that I basically haven’t stopped reading since the end of August lol. 40ish books later & it’s still my favorite along with Dracula.
@vivienne8035 Жыл бұрын
omg I just finished both of those books last week. how random haha
@kysk8 Жыл бұрын
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@deszra Жыл бұрын
RF Kuang has definitely become an all-time favorite author for me this year, i started The Poppy War back in Feb or March, devoured Babel twice, and just finished The Burning God. She has broken my heart countless times, and i thank her for every single time hahaha (also Yellowface is one of my most anticipated books of 2023)
one of my top book of 2022 is A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers which is a short cozy sci-fi book and i think you would absolutely love it !!!! i highly recommend it (and all Becky Chambers books)
@catsandbats77 Жыл бұрын
This book is fantastic!
@10twenty40 Жыл бұрын
i just read A Psalm for the Wild Built and it's honestly one of my favorite books of all time now!
@zinebbz5805 Жыл бұрын
*drops everything* this is my favorite video of the year, every year
@missOhdrey Жыл бұрын
I bought Babel because of your review and received it yesterday. Will definitely end the year on a good note by starting it! I have a bachelor's degree in translation (although I never used it) so I'm sure I will be more than interested!
@Cloud9Izzy Жыл бұрын
Same! 🙋🏻♀️😂 I have a double bachelors in French and Italian and haven’t really used them lol
@Kaciux Жыл бұрын
me 2! I also have a double bachelors in translation and never used it. Just bought Babel a few days ago because of Regan, I'm very intrigued :)
@Cloud9Izzy Жыл бұрын
@@Kaciux glad you’re enjoying it so far! 🤗
@KathyDubs Жыл бұрын
My top books this year were Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and Project Hail Mary!
@emily_robinson Жыл бұрын
I don't read much fantasy, but I'm reading "Babel" right now, about halfway through, and am really enjoying it. Also read "Light From Uncommon Stars" and thought it was great.
@Golden_Flute Жыл бұрын
I loved Babel! It took me a while to read, but I really enjoyed every moment. I hope you continue to enjoy it!
@maddym1228 Жыл бұрын
my brilliant friend is a quartet actually! i’m on #2 right now, so good.
@jules.mp3 Жыл бұрын
it's fantastic. and the show is a masterpiece as well.
@theravencycle Жыл бұрын
Light from Uncommon Stars making it to your top books makes me happy. It was one of my favorite books last year.
@arlissbunny Жыл бұрын
I’m so pleased to see Hamnet on this list! Everything you said about it echos how I felt when I read it. I also read Maggie O’Farrell’s new book, The Marriage Portrait, this year and it is stunning as well. Along with Hamnet she really seems to be coming into her own.
@PianoLibra Жыл бұрын
Glokta is one of my absolute favorite characters of all time! I bet you will love the new trilogy by Abercrombie (The Age of Madness)
@Jack-jj8xx Жыл бұрын
Babel is on my Christmas wishlist! I'm probably going to get it on audible if i don't get it for christmas.
@kenzo3764 Жыл бұрын
FINALLY SOMEONE GOVING DESERVED LOVE TO LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS!!!! one of my new favorite books ever written. i love it so much.
@BridgeFour05 Жыл бұрын
I just finished the last book of The Neapolitan Novels yesterday and oh my G! Several moments had me gasp out loud ‘what!?’ The series is truly a work of art. And I started the show as well. It’s amazing. The actors cast as Lila and Lenu are perfect to a T.
@svenjak Жыл бұрын
Great list, I added The First Law Trilogy & The Traitor Baru Cormorant to my list. I've also read the My Brilliant Friend series this year, and it really gets more impressive with every book. My favorite books this year are: Cleopatra & Frankenstein by Coco Mellors Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey Milk Fed by Melissa Broder The No-Show by Beth O'Leary Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrel (I thought it was even better than Hamnet) Babel by R.F Kuang The Dragon Prince & The Burning God by R.F Kuang
@harniele3997 Жыл бұрын
My favourite book this (last?) year was The Sword of Kaigen! It's just sooooo so so so so so so SOOOO GOOD! Thank you so much for always mentioning/recommending it. It's really worth the hype!
@giorgiadifeo23 Жыл бұрын
I finally got to reading Stormlight Archive and even if I’m not done yet, Words of Radiance is one of the best Fantasy book I’ve read in a long time
@wyndle9228 Жыл бұрын
honestly way of kings is incomparable to any other fantasy book i’ve read
@rachelhankinson5745 Жыл бұрын
Regan, would you ever consider doing a video to discuss your thoughts on the Babel series/the ending? I just finished the last book and I have FEELINGS and QUESTIONS🥲🥲🥲🥲
Favourite book that came out in 2022 is I Fell in Love With Hope by Lancali. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes lgbtq books, lyrical writing, found family trope, soulmates trope, and best friends to lovers but grab the tissues! Look up trigger warnings first.
@ilsenleon2378 Жыл бұрын
These are my favorites of 2022: 1. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 2. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel 3. Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez 4. She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick 5. Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman 6. Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho 7. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 8. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite 9. The Curie Society by Heather Einhorn 10. The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
@giulianavieiragoncalves1999 Жыл бұрын
My best books of this year were The Sound and the Fury, The Neapolitan Novels, Pachinko and the Daevabad Trilogy
@Jodi9810 Жыл бұрын
The Hod King was one of my favorites in 2022 also. I plan to get to the fourth book early in '23. I also loved the Mistborn series, Farseer Trilogy, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
@agirlonapath6985 Жыл бұрын
I just started "The Way of Kings" and, seeing that it's a 1,000+ page brick and I doubt I'll finish it before January, I can confidently say that "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King was my favorite book of 2022.
@wyndle9228 Жыл бұрын
i promise you it’s worth it. i finished it in a week once i got into it. i love that series more anything.
@ame_vagabonde Жыл бұрын
Then you might already have your fave of 2023 ;)
@ame_vagabonde Жыл бұрын
@@wyndle9228 same! It was the first book I read from Brandon Sanderson and since then I have devoured the whole Stormlight Archives, Mistborn series and his other books. Warbeaker was so amazing too like I can't believe I'm alive in the same time as Sanderson to read his books, so lucky
@maybeillreadtoday Жыл бұрын
Hamnet also made it on my list!! I read it in April and I still think about it -- it just sits with you forever i guess omg
@priscilladias8544 Жыл бұрын
Mauler and Questus by english writer Shawn Williamson. Mauler is indicated by english writer, historian, cinema director Andrew Sinclair. He compares It with White Fang by Jack London.
@MaBelleIndifference Жыл бұрын
So glad to see My Brilliant Friend on your list! The Neapolitan Quartet was my favourite this year! 💖
@MinaReads Жыл бұрын
So happy to see The Beautiful Ones on this list 😊❤
@zarinakhtar8884 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite books this year was sword of kaigen, the greenbone sage, the three body problem and Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe duology.
Hard to choose, but I'd say these were the Top Ten new to me books of 2022 (excepting novels in series started in previous years), from a variety of genres, including Romance, Mystery, SciFi and Fantasy. The Siren of Sussex : Mimi Matthews Frederica : Georgette Heyer The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple series) : Agatha Christie The Tea Master and the Detective (Xuya universe) : Aliette de Bodard Into the Real : Lydia Sherrer and John Ringo A Deadly Education (Scholomance series) : Naomi Novik the long way to a small angry planet (Wayfarer series) : Becky Chambers Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch series) : Ann Leckie Shadows of Self (Mistborn Era 2 series) : Brandon Sanderson Piranesi : Susanna Clarke
@Skillet48 Жыл бұрын
If I Had Your Face was the book that got me back into reading this year, glad to see someone else who enjoyed it, too!
It always blows my mind when booktubers do these videos before the year is even over!! I'm *hoping* to read about five more books before 2023!
@jessmess7981 Жыл бұрын
Favorite books I read this year definitely includes Babel. Also Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu, Stoner by John Williams, In the Distance by Hernan Diaz, and Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
@MariaMightReadThat Жыл бұрын
I'm starting First Law in February and can't wait! Also highly prioritizing Traitor Baru Cormorant next year :)
Love your mix of literary fiction and fantasy! Helps me dip my toes into fantasy, knowing we have similar tastes!
@xXMuseFan1996Xx Жыл бұрын
I only read 10 books in 2022. I had so much going on that I could barely find the time to read. Out of the 10 books I read in 2022 though, Six Crimson Cranes and A Magic Steeped In Poison were my top reads.
@rubyanddelilahandnani Жыл бұрын
Good to hear someone enjoyed AMSIP. I have it on my shelf, unread and was considering selling it, but I’m not sure. The cover is so beautiful.
@xXMuseFan1996Xx Жыл бұрын
@@rubyanddelilahandnani Agreed, the cover is absolutely stunning and one of my favourites. Same goes for the second book, just a stunning duology really haha. I highly recommend reading it, and even if you don't like it definitely keep it just for that gorgeous cover 😊
@rubyanddelilahandnani Жыл бұрын
@@xXMuseFan1996Xx I’ll keep it and give it a try 😊
@Doootjeee Жыл бұрын
My favorite book of this year was "The Sunbearer Trials" by Aiden Thomas. A Mexican inspired Percy Jackson meets the Hunger Games!
@wyndle9228 Жыл бұрын
well that sounds absolutely amazing
@Morfeusm Жыл бұрын
I actually read Hamnet and Babel this year as well and while both special and interesting with very important topics and heavy themes they didn’t end up being my favorites. I read considerably less than you but I would say I really enjoyed Sandman (main 10 volumes), Clarice Lispector writing in general & Yukio Mishima. This year I just ended up not enjoying that many books but they were all very interesting. I hope to end my year with couple comfort reads and start 2023 with Secret Project 1 so it should be good 😂 plus I will get Mushishi for Christmas so excited!
@ZeeZeeDreaming Жыл бұрын
One of my top books was This Is Gonna Hurt by Adam Kay!
@tameraanderson7820 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree....brilliant read!
@jorgemedina8083 Жыл бұрын
My Brilliant Friend ranks among my top series of all time
@x.bev.x3006 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for introducing us to many new 'places' and people in your literary picks. It's been some journey this year. That's the thing with books there's no limit to where you can go and who you can meet. 😊. Watching you both move to your new home has been like a new chapter of a book, too🤗. Can't wait to follow you into 2023. Have a great Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. A tummy rub for Matilda, too.
Plain Bad Heroines is my top favorite book this year!! It was hard to narrow 80 books down (I’m usually at around 20 a year but this year was a good one for reading!)
@valj137 Жыл бұрын
Have been in a book slump for years but I love watching these best books of the year recs
@marytavares520 Жыл бұрын
Wich books would you recommend for people that LOVED The daughter of the forest? Love this video, will be purchasing some of these.
@gabbymitaj8165 Жыл бұрын
I am 8 books away from my 100 books a year reading goal as well! So excited. PS: Since I have followed you on this channel, I have bought all your "top fantasy series" recommendations! Impeccable taste!
@laurenschenck5355 Жыл бұрын
SO EXCITED!! 🎄💚❤️🕎📚📚🕎🕎💚🎄🎄📙📙☃️☃️📙☃️🎁📖📖📖🎁🎄💚❤️🕎🕎💚🕎📚🕎❤️🎄🎁📙📙📙📖📖☃️☃️🎁🎄💚❤️🕎📚📚🕎❤️💚🎄☃️☃️📙📙📖📖☃️☃️🎁🎄💚❤️🕎📚📚🕎❤️💚🎄☃️📙📙🎁💚❤️🕎📚📚
@emilyreads5207 Жыл бұрын
Your top two actually are my top two for most disappointing. Hamnet was my most disappointing in 2021, and Babel I debating DNFing multiple times.
@kiandrarodgers3436 Жыл бұрын
Babel was easily my favourite book of the year; I was absolutely blown away, I have never cried so hard reading a book. The writing was beautiful, and I was taken aback constantly and couldn't predict what would happen next. Another favourite was The Stationary Shop, and I finished Tawny Man - Fitz and the Fool series by Robin Hobb and continued to love the world she built.
The island of sea women was my favorite! Also love A discovery of witches.
@livresetsortileges Жыл бұрын
Just interested: how much do you prep/write your videos ?? you never seem to think about what you're gonna say !
@petitgarcon9675 Жыл бұрын
As a 40s Korean woman living entirely in Korea, i never met ppl like in If I had your face. Many parts of that book feel overexaggrated to me.
@annalaugelle Жыл бұрын
yes! I read great circle because of you and absolutely loved it!! 5 stars!!
@reaper2r Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to hear about more Abercrombie!
@Paurw Жыл бұрын
Hamnet was one of my favourites too!
@storiesofwonderland8900 Жыл бұрын
Great Circle will be read in 2023! Need to get on that!
@ReadingNymph Жыл бұрын
Im hoping to read Traitor Baru Cormorant and start the First Law Series this year! My favourites include Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, If We Were Villians and Natural History of Dragons
Just want to say that I am excited to see what your favs are. I was listening to one of your vids and off handedly remembered that you recommend "Burn for Me" by Ilona Andrews.... 6 books later, my life has changed. So I am very excited to hear what else you recommend 😊 also have a lovely holiday season
@confessionofabookdragon Жыл бұрын
Curse of the Specter Queen by Samantha Knox, The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (I love the Inheritance Games trilogy. A great YA series) Signs of Survival: A Memoir of Two Sisters in the Holocaust, The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (I think it might be #1 I don't know) Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino (a big surprise and read it in 2 days) Lost Coast Literary Ellie Alexander, The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds, Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia Murphy (I listened to the audiobook and loved it. Such a great murder mystery set at a high school boarding school and secret society. I listened to it on a whim and was surprised) The Serpent's Curse by Lisa Maxwell (the 3rd book in the Last Magician series) The Shadow Glass by J.J.A Harwood, The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
I have promised myself I will get to Hamnet early next year!
@SilverstreamPJ28 Жыл бұрын
Babel was great, but oof the last 30% of the book was just so horrifyingly depressing 😔
@agirlonapath6985 Жыл бұрын
Right?! I didn't see the end coming.
@trishastone9079 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great year of recommendations! Happy holidays and New year!
@claral6927 Жыл бұрын
While looking at your video, I realised that « The beautiful ones » was only 99cts on Kindle so I just bought it ! I can’t wait to read it and I hope that I will enjoy it as much as you did 🥰
@osonhodeleon Жыл бұрын
A nice list. I'll try read more novels now in 2023.
@TheWordN3rd Жыл бұрын
I am torn between Leviathan Falls and Bloodmarked for my fave book of the year. I loved them both so much.
I also discovered Joe Abercrombie last year and absolutely loved this series. It’s like if Terry Pratchett was writing a Guy Ritchie script produced by George RR Martin. 😂 It’s like the best of everything. I loved all of it, but kind of struggled through Best Served Cold in the wake of it…
@cherryy_2468 Жыл бұрын
yayyy so many new books to add to my tbr!!
@katiewass339 Жыл бұрын
I think you’d love Still Life by Sarah Winman 🕊️
@tameraanderson7820 Жыл бұрын
Agree, totally recommend Still Life! My fav of 2022!
@arienbates2996 Жыл бұрын
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins was one of my first and best reads in 2022. It’s hard for me to describe it… It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but it hooked me emotionally and I had to go buy it so I could keep revisiting it.
I’ve been enjoying robin hobb and lots of kindle unlimited fantasy romance. But I say for the year my favorite was a romance called darling venom. I think about it everyday. Soul crushingly good. 😢
All of your jumpers and cardigans look so comfy, could I ask what your go-to clothing store is?
@SimplySaraReads Жыл бұрын
Made well. I think is what she always says.
@Cloud9Izzy Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays to you Regan, and your family! 🎄🎅🏻
@derlis_whatever7033 Жыл бұрын
4:29 the only thing i hear in my brain is "THE HURRICANE KATRINA" LMAOOOOO
@BeeBaldwin Жыл бұрын
Ideally enjoyed Tom Felton’s “Beyond the Wand!” ✨
@victoriabryer4710 Жыл бұрын
I read a little life at the beginning of December, finished it in a week. Then I read three other books. This is the most I've read in such a long time. Ialso read no longer human which my coworker recommended. Then I read We are the Light and They both die in the end. I need something happy to read.
What series is in the top right of the bookshelf? The spine looks really cool from what I can see
@cljuliano Жыл бұрын
I think it’s Robin Hobb’s ‘Realm of the Elderlings’ series. I want to start it next year…… 😊
@aliciaf5734 Жыл бұрын
I just finished the Abercrombie trilogy and I don’t get it! Everything was left hanging! It was like the story was cut off!
@carittomartinez1 Жыл бұрын
What do u think of crescent city? Do u have a no spoiler review? I need ur opinion to buy it
@laurenschenck5355 Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas happy holidays Regan your the best thanks so much for best year of books vlogs recommendations xoxo 😚 🎄💚🕎🕎💚🎄💚☃️☃️☃️📙🎁📙☃️🕎❤️🎄🎄📖📖📚📚💚❤️❤️☃️☃️📙📙📖📖📖📚💚❤️🕎💚❤️📙
@basileyas Жыл бұрын
Elena Ferrante's books are a tetralogy (4 books series) and not a trilogy. I read it a few years ago and it's brilliant, one of my favorite series of all time. A must read❤❤
Here's my favorite books of 2022 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king 2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir 3. Billy summers by Stephen king 4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his memoir 5. The heart principle by helen Huang 6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 7. They never learn by Layne Fargo 8. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire 9. Iron widow 10. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane
Are you going to continue with the threads of power series by VE schwab?
@knz730 Жыл бұрын
I was disappointed by Light from Uncommon Stars. I found it very surface level and was frustrated by finding out so little in depth about the most interesting elements. I can see why people compare it to Becky Chambers but I think it falls far short of Chambers in quality.
@feylights166 Жыл бұрын
The 2022 releases of Ariana Nash, MXTX's books that came out this year, Song of Achilles, and the Elder Scrolls books by Cassandra Clare,
@thmmovies2593 Жыл бұрын
I'd like you to read the artifacts series by Ivan wikert jr
@nuriamolano132 Жыл бұрын
No book related but, where is that gorgeous lamp from??
Hello, Merry Christmas. I apologise for gatecrashing your comments. Do you do paid promotions because I am looking for some influencers? Thank you and have a blessed day. xx
My top favorites of 2022 The light from the uncommon stars the great circle and Babel series and Hamlet my top favorites this year 🕎🕎❤️💚📚📙📙📖📚🎁🎁📖❤️❤️🕎🎄🎄🕎💚💚💚☃️☃️💚❤️💚🕎🎁📖📙📙📙📖🎁📚📖📙❤️💚🕎☃️🎄🎄🎄☃️💚❤️📙📖🎁📚
@samworley3960 Жыл бұрын
the range regan omg im obsessed now i have 11 new books to read 🥲
@Cloud9Izzy Жыл бұрын
Ikr! Her way of describing these books really bumps them up on my TBR