my top 10 fave books of 2022 💜🏆 5 star reads

[@ag20085]

My top 10 books of 2022: 1.The silvered serpents by Roshani chokshi 2.Babel by r f kuang 3. Foul lady fortune by Chloe gong 4. Daughter of the moon goddess by Sue Lynn tan 5. King of scars by Leigh bradugo 6. The girl who fell beneath the sea by axie oh 7. The ballad of never after by Stephanie Garber 8. This woven kingdom by tahereh mafi 9. A crown of wishes by Roshani chokshi 10. All the light we cannot see by Anthony doerr

[@thisstoryaintover]

So many good ones on here!! I LOVED the silvered serpents 💕

[@ag20085]

@@thisstoryaintover Thank you!

[@xCarleex]

Daughter of the Moon Goddess has my whole heart

[@yoooitsronnie5654]

All the lights we cannot see is such an awesome novel, I loved it!

[@fullofstars977]

I'm reading This Woven Kingdom now. I literally yelled out loud about halfway through when a certain character turned out to be um, someone I DID NOT EXPECT OMG. Anyway, I'm refusing to finish it until the next book is released in case it ends on a cliffy.

[@tsanchez04]

I just found this channel and I’m obsessed. Thank you for great recs, it’s so refreshing to not see the same cliche books

[@chastity6062]

I love how many of these books are different recommendations than I get from other booktubers. And love hearing you talk about books. Happy 2023!

[@alwayskim4901]

holy shit FINALLY A BOOKTUBER I LOVE !! i've been looking for new booktubers for mooonths and im glad i found u!! all books mentioned here will go on my tbr for this yr bc i only had a few lmaooo. thank u !!

[@khalilahd.]

YAY!! My favorite video of the year!!! I honestly look forward to your yearly wrap ups because you always have the best recommendations! Definitely picking up a few of these ❤

[@bernadettemary2135]

seven days in june was amazing and I loved pachinko too, one of my favourites of 2021

[@thisstoryaintover]

THE BEST

[@CammyVunny]

Project hail marry really needs more clouddd!!

[@takshatangudu8736]

My top 5 faves: 1. The book thief 2. The box in the woods 3. Clockwork princess 4. Babel 5. Seven days in June

[@idkhowthishappened]

If any of you loved When We Left Cuba I highly recommend you read Velvet Was The Night!! :) 2:00

[@parnikajain3151]

I think she has read it! In fall 2021

[@kaleysbookclub]

I'm so glad Book Lovers was on your honorable mentions. So many book people don't give it the love I think it deserves 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Talking about one’s favourite books is unbridled joy. I look forward to your list.

[@allieblank5992]

I loved the variety you read! Often I see the same books over and over. I will have to check out some of these books!

[@teresaholl3620]

Pachinko is part of my top 5 of all time and you inspired me to read it!!!!! Absolutely loved it 😭😭😭

[@thisstoryaintover]

Omg yay I'm so glad you loved it!! 💕💕

[@amnahussain143]

I loved Pachinko when I read it a few years ago! I listened to the audiobook and I think the narrator did a wonderful job! Have you seen the TV series?

[@teresaholl3620]

@@amnahussain143 I need to watch the show!!!!

[@gabthang8]

My goal for every year is always 32 books, but I’ve never hit it before. This year, I didn’t read for about 3 months straight because my dad passed and any time I saw the words “death” or “father” in a book (which was any book I picked up), I instantly had to put it back down. I also started working full time this year after graduating, which was a huge transition for me reading-wise as well. I started December with having read 20 books for the year, and I am now at 31 books. I have one graphic novel to read tonight and I’ll have hit my goal, even with a few months hiatus. Unfortunately, I found that my reading tastes have changed a lot this year and I’m still trying to figure out what I actually enjoy in books, so I didn’t have a lot of favorites this year, but my top 5 of the year are: 1. The Hop by Diana Clarke 2. I Am the Ghost in Your House by Maria Romasco Moore 3. Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White 4. Sadie by Courtney Summers 5. She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quidlen I’m planning for Babel to be my first read of 2023 because I have super high hopes and I want to start off the new reading year with a good start, since I’m bumping up my goal to 40.

[@thisstoryaintover]

I'm so proud of your progress despite difficult times ❤️ sending you my love and hope you love babel as much as I did!! 💕

[@jessicajacobson2337]

I’m reading Know My Name right now and WOW! She is an incredible human being. ❤

[@thisstoryaintover]

She really is ❤️

[@heiditheowl2277]

WOW. I think I can officially call you my booktube twin because out of the 17 books on this list, I've read 10 and given them all either 4 or 5 stars. We have such similar taste that I'm probably going to read everything you recommend from this point on! Since we have such similar taste, here's my top 15 (I couldn't narrow it down more!): 1. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen - An intensely personal book that had to be my top nonfiction read of the year because it helped me realize I was ace. 2. The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez 3. Babel by R. F. Kuang 4. Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel 5. Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb 6. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 7. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 8. How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 9. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 10. Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie 11. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 12. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 13. The New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews 14. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 15. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

[@thisstoryaintover]

Haha I love that!! ❤️ Definitely a few on your list I need to read asap!! Thanks for sharing!

[@matteahayn]

My top books: Charm Offensive by Alison Cochran, Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Loveless by Alice Oseman, I Must Betray You by Ruta Septys, Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler, Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Anxious People by Fredrick Backman, Babel by RF Kuang, Sunbearer Trials by Aidan Thomas

[@grapesoda2552]

I wish I could write a list of my top ten, but I ended up being in a reading slump for most of the year😅. Buuut I recently got out of it and I am sooo excited for all the books I'm gonna read this year. And I added some from this video as well. Happy Reading Everyone!!

[@ryanbrueckner6581]

i’m literally saving Babel for the start of 2023 because i know it’s going to be amazing and i want to start my reading year off right

[@thisstoryaintover]

YES LOVE THIS ENERGY ❤️

[@surpriseitsus9622]

Big dnf for me and my book club, 3 of 18 finished that book

[@rebar351]

Top 10 for 22: 1) kingdom of the feared by Kerri Manscialco 2) lease on love by Falon ballard 3) remarkably bright creatures by Shelby van pelt 4) belladonna by Adalynn Grace 5) One percent of you by Michelle Gross 6) Love radio by Ebony Ladelle 7) The Ex talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon 8) Amari and the great escape by BK Borrison 9) The first to die at the end by Adam Silvera 10) Kiss her once for me by Alison Cochurn

[@QuirkyGirl10]

What an interesting list of books you covered! So glad you included some of your also-rans, including one of my very favorite reads in 2022 - ‘Little Fires Everywhere.’😊

[@musarat365]

I read 19 books this year. Hoping to read one more before the year ends. My favourite books this year was Anxious People by Fredrick Backman and the Raybearer Duology by Jordan Ifueko.

[@mariahpalmer663]

I loved the RayBearer!! Didn’t realize it was a duology

[@chocolateoreo6489]

We love rewatching your videos❤

[@SydBookWorrom]

Loveee finding new booktubers i vibe with immediately 😍😍😍

[@dyandraparamitha9808]

kaikeyi and babel are also my top two!!! i just love both those books so much and kaikeyi makes me feel so represented

[@dreadrea7904]

I read Kaikeyi. I wasn’t familiar with the mythology behind it but regardless I really enjoyed. It was fascinating to read about a women who had so much againist her (family, society, religion) and despite all that accomplished so much.

[@anuja.deshpande]

Will definitely be checking out some of these books this year. My favorite read of the year was The Christie Affair! Can't wait for you to read it too - it is not what you'd expect it to be, but in the best way.

[@thisstoryaintover]

oo it's on my list!! glad you enjoyed it! 💓

[@raytonks2236]

The Six Cranes sounds interesting! And since you mentioned its fairytale-like vibes it may interest you to know it is indeed based on a Grimm's Fairytale called the Six Swans. I really enjoy fairytale retellings and like to see which things get changed and how some elements get adapted into the setting of the retelling.

[@crowchetcreations4888]

This is the first video of yours I have watched and I am in love!! I love the diversity in your faves this year, and I so excited to look into these books! Such a refreshing list.

[@richanayak9827]

yeah, the top 2 were definitely not surprising😂, thank you for the yearly wrap up and recs....I picked up Babel bcoz of you and I'll never be able to thank you for it lol❤

[@thisstoryaintover]

hahaha 😂 thank you for watching this year, so glad you loved it ❤️

[@Feebalious]

I'd say the author of Six Crimson Cranes got their idea from Juliet Marillier's, Daughter of The Forest. It sounds very much the same. The main character's step mum turns her brothers into swans and if she speaks they stay a swan forever. She has a limited time to break the curse and has a task she needs to complete if she wants her brothers back. Definitely worth reading her books!!

[@noelle7pages]

YESSS i loved The City We Became so freaking much!! Looking forward to the sequel and also All My Rage!! Sabaa Tahir is hosting an author event near me in a few months and I am SO PUMPED My favorite book of the year and also new #1 favorite book of all time was Babel also!! Such a masterpiece, every time I think about it I'm blown away again.

[@stevenjohnson9842]

I recently read Blue Skinned Gods and it was incredible! Haven't heard many people who read it so I'm glad it's a fav for you!!

[@trombaba]

🤩🤩 just added quite a few to my TBR!!

[@xCarleex]

Most of these books are on my TBR! You have good taste :)

[@anathelunar1922]

My favorites of the year: 1. Crooked Kingdom 2. Ophelia After All 3. We Are Not Free 4. Hani and Ishu's Guide To Fake Dating 5. And Then There Were None

[@eriecel-c5674]

I am so glad you share your favorites. I can’t wait to read several of them. Thank you for your passion for reading.

[@craftyreads]

I was waiting to see kaikeyi on your list, and I had a feeling it would be one of your top reads! Also everyone has been raving about Babel, I really need to read it!!

[@thisstoryaintover]

I hope you love it if you pick it up!! 💕

[@craftyreads]

@the_introvert_bookworm I’m not too sure, but I think it’s a historical fiction book that has dark academia influences

[@DamiDare]

I was literally so confused after reading ‘ I’m glad my mom died’ and seeing people call it hilarious or funny ?? it’s an amazing read but quite the tragedy in a way

[@shaeweir9882]

I felt the same way!

[@M95-t7c]

the way jeanette tells the story is funny. Like, she has a lot of dark humor going on and tries to make the story a little lighter for the readers. Yes, the topics are awful, but she tries to put comedy in it

[@torieodain]

Without humor, we would never survive our traumas. The way Jeanette tells her story is through humor and she’s never been shy about saying that. It’s a book dealing with darkness and it can also hold space for the humor.

[@krystal6808]

You must have a good family relationship then. Lol. Us traumatized people understand

[@mrplatink]

I like that your goal is “of 1” I might have to adopt that for 2023. Wish me luck-I’m going for 100!!

[@thisstoryaintover]

YES 🙌🏾❤️

[@robynfaryna7167]

Brit Bennet is easily one of my favorite authors - The Mothers, was so so beautiful, and I LOVE The Vanishing Half so much!

[@SyakiraAzam]

my top in 2022: 1. one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez 2. anne of green gables by l m montgomery 3. the blood spell by c j redwin 4. letters to a young poet by rilke 5. i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy 6. norwegian wood by haruki murakami 7. everything is figureoutable by marie forleo 8. atomic habits by james clear 9. secrets of divine love by a helwa

[@khonrade98]

love your list! Currently reading Book Lovers and I have Know My Name on my kindle already

[@Lara_Ameen]

This is such a wonderful list of books! I still want to read DISORIENTATION! I have BABEL, but I haven’t read it yet. Looking forward to starting 2023 with BABEL, BLOODMARKED (which I’m reading, but not finished yet), and a few others. I’m on my 80th book right now and hope to finish by the 31st. 🥰 Favorite books of 2022 (not ranked in order except for the 1st one): 1. ONE FOR ALL by Lillie Lainoff 2. IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado 3. THE BONE SPINDLE by Leslie Vedder 4. HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE by Emily J. Taylor 5. THE HACIENDA by Isabel Canas 6. BELLADONNA by Adalyn Grace 7. SUMMER’S EDGE by Dana Mele 8. LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood 9. AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW by Zoulfa Katouh 10. CRIMSON REIGN by Amelie Wen Zhao Honorable Mentions: 1. YOU, ME AND OUR HEARTSTRINGS by Melissa See 2. THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jen Ferguson 3. WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth 4. SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN by Alexandra Kleeman 5. JASMINE ZUMIDEH NEEDS A WIN by Susan Azim Boyer (reading it now)

[@thisstoryaintover]

80 books is amazing!! And there's definitely a bunch on your list that I need to read soon! Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️

[@badfaith4u]

I also loved Book Lovers by Emily Henry. I am looking forward to her new book Happy Place.

[@mazieeeleeeeeee]

Ahhh!!! Yes! I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I’ve been waiting on your faves of the year 💗😊

[@thisstoryaintover]

ahh welcome to the channel 🫶🏾 thank you for being here 💗

[@LaRosaReads]

This is an amazing list of favorites! So many of these have been on my radar for a while now but hearing and feeling your enthusiasm for each one is motivating me to read some sooner than I planned! Here’s to a new year full of amazing reads!☺️

[@trombaba]

I read All My Rage in January and loved it. Read Babel earlier this month and loved it. Now I'm reading Kaikeyi and am loving it. (And I've enjoyed all the others you mentioned that I had already read) So I guess I'm gonna have to add the rest of your favs to my TBR! 🤣🤩

[@jaynehunter-ar]

Babel is in my top 3 as well. A couple of my other favorites were The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (even though I'm not normally a horror reader) and Amari and The Night Brothers by BB Alston. Your list has some that I need to add to my TBR. Happy New Year!

[@thisstoryaintover]

Happy new year!! 🎉

[@janetgriffin7779]

I read arcs of Babel and Kaikeyi and loved them both so much!!! Bought the finished copies after so I can keep and read them again and again. The City We Became is another one I love because how did NK Jemisin embody the boroughs so well?? HOW?? Great list!!

[@laurendeen5985]

Babel and Know My Name were my top 2 of the year! All My Rage and Kaikeyi were also in my top 10, and I'm hoping to finally get to Pachinko this year!

[@paperbacksgalore]

I read Kaikeyi in January for a book club and we all loved it!!

[@KayLOVE91]

I was very quick to subscribe.. your personality really translates through your content 😊 Excited to get back on my reading journey. Ty for your recommendations!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's my list 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. They never learn by Layne Fargo 6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 7. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane 8. The heart principle by helen Huang 9. Iron widow 10. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire

[@ssd1453]

Thanks for this- I intend to pick up Kaikeyi in 2023:)

[@grumylynn]

I love your presentation of these books! I'm looking forward to reading from your mentions as well as top 10's. They all sound wonderful, but if I had to choose: Mentions: When we Left Cuba Seven Days in June Top 10 Favorites: An American Marriage I'm Glad My Mom Dies All My Rage Know My Name Pachinko Babel Kaikey Thank you!

[@omalleysmith9100]

My Top Ten of 2022 in no particular order: We Spread by Iain Reid The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa Death In Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh A Minor Chorus by Billy Ray Belcourt Sea Of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neiil Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

[@priscilladias8544]

Mauler and Questus by english writer Shawn Williamson. Mauler is indicated by english writer, historian, cinema director Andrew Sinclair. He compares Mauler with White Fang by Jack London.

[@Sara-go7jk]

Excellent recommendations. Thank you for this video

[@SoniaBonia33]

I’m so interested in Kaikeyi now! I’ve put it on my TBR for 2023. I really recommend Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. It was the book that took me most by surprise this year and it’s SO different. It’s a fantastical look at the afterlife of a murdered gay photojournalist during the Sri Lankan civil war. It’s emotional, educational (for me) and just wonderfully weird in its expression. It won the Booker Prize for 2022.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Kaikeyi is really good

[@thisstoryaintover]

Ooo yes I have that book on my list to read this year!!

[@cmeeki4]

The Vanishing Half was an amazing story.

[@Wanderwilderreading]

Ugh I have GOT to read Panchinko next year. And of course IGMMD made the list, it had my jaw on the floor.

[@nfischer7854]

Just about to start Kaikeyi! My top 5 books of the year 1 Kushiels Dart 2 The death of Vivek Orji 3 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4 The invisible life of Addie Larue 5 Parable of the sower

[@thisstoryaintover]

Ooo so many good ones!! I hope you love Kaikeyi!! ❤️

[@Tsungie]

I love that you read widely❤

[@jennom2195]

six crimson cranes...what a stunning book cover! sheesh!

[@noshelfcontrolshannon]

Oooh! We have a lot in common with our ‘Read’ stacks! Love the channel name and can’t wait to see more!

[@esliet]

So many on you list I want to read , definitely Know My Name for sure

[@emmaweiks]

I have 0 interest in mythical retellings and NEVER read them. but i picked up Kaikeyi and absolutely loved it. it was definitely one of the best books i have read this year.

[@thisstoryaintover]

AH YESS I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT ❤️❤️

[@mallikapatel9635]

I have been wanting to read Babel but the audiobook is so so long and it’s literally not available anywhere for me on hard copy. But this really makes me want to just buy it!!!

[@louisity]

I saw Disorientation in one of the bookstores based in the Philippines and I wanna read it.

[@sarahnajmuddin]

I just discovered you and didn’t realize you were Tamil! And this video was quite helpful in therms of what books to gravitate towards..

[@tammyripp998]

My Top 10 of 2022: 1. The Boys by Hafner 2. The Displacements by Holsinger 3. The Great Man Theory by Wayne 4. You're Invited by Jayatissa 5. Finding me by Davis (nf, memoir) 6. The Mad Girls of New York by Rodale 7. Aurora by Koepp 8. Acceptance by Nietfeld (nf, memoir) 9. Blood Sugar by Rothchild 10. The Woman In The Library by Gentill

[@thisstoryaintover]

Oo so many good ones on here!

[@anushachowdhury3909]

kaikeyi is one that i will read. I never heard of the book even though i am an avid reader of mythological fiction (amish tripathi is my heart).

[@KristinKravesBooks]

So many good ones! I am filming my best books video today but spoiler- Pachinko is also in my top three!

[@sydnee8689]

Six crimson cranes sounds so much like the Daughter of the forest by Juliet Marillier but the brothers turn into swans.

[@lexsshelf]

My favorite kind of video!! Definitely going to read a couple of these going into the new year. Also, I love your bookshelves! Where do you get yours from?

[@thisstoryaintover]

They're the IKEA billy bookcases!

[@theturtle3027]

I read Kaikeyi because of you💗 and loved it🍁

[@melissalawson4512]

Not sure if you knew there is a mini series based on Pachinko- it’s great!

[@bibi-oj2ep]

Whats the name of your hair color its so pretty!!

[@nerdy_nurse]

Crimson Cranes sounds like a retelling of The Wild Swans which is indeed a fairy tale

[@Lanaxparillaxwife]

I love Jennette’s book & babel

[@dr.nayabitrat7824]

OMG HOW ARE YOU SO BEAUTIFULLL ;_;

[@mayuthedemon33]

Six crimson cranes love it

[@The7cristina]

i´ve watched Little Fires Everywhere. A one season serie.

[@dobetterwithchristian4472]

I couldn't get through Circe but I loved KaiKeyi!

[@irabubu3868]

Is it just me or does "Six Crimson Cranes" sound like "The Daughter of The Forest"? Anyone who have read both please say if it's worth to pick up the first book mentioned!

[@changnesia1044]

Was JUST thinking the same thing.

[@irabubu3868]

@@changnesia1044 I bought the book some weeks ago, will start reading it in May. I'll tell you my opinion whe I'm done.

[@changnesia1044]

@@irabubu3868 That book is amazing. Daughter of the forest I mean

[@irabubu3868]

@@changnesia1044 Soooo... As promised, I've read "Six Crimson Cranes". Here is my opinion: 1) I liked it less than "The Daughter of The Forest", which was far more philosophical and I would say darker. "Six Crimson" was rather superficial; 2) in "Six Crimson" the focus lies on the Chinese folclore. In other words, if are interested in it, you could read the book.

[@StoriesForCoffee]

When We Left Cuba 🤍🤍🤍

[@WilliamCooper-l6f]

Please consider reading, Coop's Corner Collection Inspirational Stories and Poems 🤓 There is a book 📚 trailer 🎥 within this platform. Take care 📖 Wm Cooper

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Have you seen the TV Adaptation of ‘Little Fires Everywhere’?

[@thisstoryaintover]

I've seen a few episodes! I still need to finish!

[@asyahussain7560]

Pachinko has a show out too!!!

[@thisstoryaintover]

I know!! I need to watch it!!

[@debbystragier2154]

I have six crimson cranes on my tbr and hearing that there are multiple love interests kinda makes me nervous to read it, i’m not a big fan of multiple interests in a book. After reading so many YA’s i have become really tired of those annoying love triangles. I hope this book is different.

[@thisstoryaintover]

I would say the second one isn't a big one and more of a great character than a love interest! There is really only one main romance going on!

[@shelleyhitchcock5133]

Has anyone read The Trees by Percival Everett ?

[@victoriabyers5161]

I have to say I laughed when you said "everyone and their mom loved this" and held up I'm Glad My Mom Died 💀💀💀

[@sannahrahman5665]

I honestly don’t have many standout reads out of this year. Which is kind of sad.

[@SUBHASHNISARTA-x3b]

You are good 👍😊 Book 📚📖 reader and much more fascinated about reading, So you wanted to know about my choice of books 📚📖📚 it's almost on art 🎨🎭 Books and memorable history of art and artists their wonderful 👍😊 experience in their life 🧬 and done 👍✅ extraordinary piece 🧩 of art 🎨🎭 well ❤️‍🩹 known in the world 🌎🌍 from simple life style to the top one person not only one person but many examples in history of art 🎨🎭. up to now I have read Gujarati fiction novel but now it's time to read English novel just like you soon 🔜 So many books 📚 in my collection that is in English which I wanted to read it.

[@lorylland]

Im sorry, i just opened this video cuz you are so damn pretty!

[@kavyagoyal1720]

Books mentioned: In my dreams i hold a knife When we left cuba

[@aurora-cc6hk]

before watching the video I’m going to guess her #1 favorite book of this year was kaikeyi update: I ACTUALLY WAS RIGHT WOAH

[@houseofplayboys6413]

Books in this video for my reference: Six crimson cranes Disorientation

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

Love this video and your amazing channel but my wallet is crying after watching it please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your family friend and Aussie friend John ❤❤❤

[@Smita-Says]

Loved Kaikeyi and in my dreams I hold a knife