Back by popular demand, even if a little late, I’m sharing the books I read throughout 2022 . I love sharing my love of reading and book recommendations, so I hope you enjoy!
I read 42 books over the course of the year – I just counted my list and this blew me away!
Below, I’ve loosely categorized the books I read throughout the year. I think I did a better job going outside of my normal “chick-lit” genre, but don’t worry, that’s still plenty of what I read! 😉
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Beach Reads
Nantucket Sisters – Nancy Thayer
South Carolina Sunset Series #4 The Inn at Seagrove and #5 The Wedding at Seagrove – Rachel Hanna – Quick, fun, easy reads!
The Hotel Nantucket – Elin Hilderbrand – Beach read with a bit of a ghost story.
Chick-Lit
Honestly, SO many could easily fit in this category, but the few here are the books that I felt didn’t fit great in any other section.
Everyone Worth Knowing – Lauren Weisberger
Just Haven’t Met You Yet – Sophie Cousens – This could fall under romance also, but it was a fun story with an underlying love storyline.
The Bodyguard – Katherine Center – Another that really could be a romance, but it was like reading my favorite rom-com in a book! It might take the top spot as my favorite book of the year! Read my full review here.
Colleen Hoover
I jumped on the Colleen Hoover train, and she gets her own category!
Confess – Drama. I liked this plot line – I thought it was unique!
It Ends With Us – Drama and tugs at your heartstrings!
November 9 – Romance, but not a favorite.
Reminders of Him – Family story mixed with a romance plot line. Started a little slow, but I ended up liking it.
Ugly Love – Easily my favorite of hers! Romance, but also dealing with past hurt. I sobbed!
Verity – CRAZY. If you’ve read it, you know there’s no other way to describe it!
Drama
There are some mysteries/suspense mixed in here as well!
Luckiest Girl Alive – Jessica Knoll – Traumatic and turned in to a Netflix movie.
Reckless Girls – Rachel Hawkins – I don’t recommend this one. I felt like I waited the whole book for something to happen and then the ending was a little dumb.
The Golden Couple – Greer Hendricks – suspenseful and I couldn’t put it down!
The Last Flight – Julie Clark
The Last Thing He Told Me – Laura Dave – suspenseful!
The Lion’s Den – Katherine St. John
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid – Honestly, one of my least favorite books of the year. Not a popular opinion, I know!
Family, Friendship, & Connection
One Italian Summer – Rebecca Serle
The Wish – Nicholas Sparks – This could fit in to romance as well. As always, Nicholas Sparks brings me to tears!
Historical Fiction
The Wedding Veil – Kristy Woodson Harvey – I was able to meet Kristy at her launch party! Check out my full review of the book here.
Holiday
A Seagrove Christmas – Rachel Hanna – This is book #6 in the South Carolina Sunset series, but is set at Christmastime.
Snowed in for Christmas – Sarah Morgan – Cute story about a family and one stranger who, you guessed it, are snowed in for Christmas.
Romance
Central Park Pact Series – #1 Passion on Park Avenue, #2 Love on Lexington Avenue, and #3 Marriage on Madison Avenue – Lauren Layne. I absolutely LOVED these! Lauren Layne is a romance writer, so there are a couple steamy parts to the books, but the stories are so fun to follow!
Book Lovers – Emily Henry
Every Summer After – Carly Fortune
Hot and Hammered Series – #1 Fix Her Up, #2 Love Her or Lose Her, and #3 Tools of Engagement – Tessa Bailey – Romance series where I loved the first and third books, but was a little bored by the second one.
It Happened One Summer and Hook Line & Sinker – Tessa Bailey – Fun mini romance series that follows two sisters. The storyline is inspired by Schitts Creek!
Lease on Love – Fallon Ballard – so cute!
Meant to Be – Emily Giffin – Drama and romance inspired by JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
The Homewreckers – Mary Kay Andrews – Romance with a murder mystery!
Wedding Belles Series – #1 To Have and to Hold, #2 For Better or Worse, and #3 To Love and to Cherish – Lauren Layne. Again, I loved this Lauren Layne series! It is hard to choose a favorite between this series and the Central Park Pact.
Self Improvement
Leading with Dignity – Donna Hicks – This book was what our Junior League training was on this last fall. Overall, the message and training is great. However; I found this book very hard to get through due to the amount of sources the author used in it.
There you have it – 2022 in the books! I don’t typically set a goal for how many books I am going to read in a year, but I have a feeling 2023 will be a slower year for reading because we just got our sweet puppy, little miss Daisy Mae!
If you have read, or end up reading any of these books, let me know which ones are your favorites.
Happy reading!
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