2022 Favorite Reads

Favorite Reads are always such a fun post and way to end the year…and of course it is very important to us that we say our favorite reads and not best reads, because reading is subjective and we can only pick our favorites from what we actually read. Today we are sharing our Favorite Reads of the year broken into a few categories!

We are respecting the Harper Collins Union workers who are on STRIKE, we are including HC titles in our favorites of the year, as these workers and authors worked hard on their books, and the union doesn’t want a boycott. We support union workers, and all people who benefit from the progress of workers rights given to us by unions, so please check out and support the HC Union by donating to their strike fund, signing a letter of support, and or buying HC imprint books direct from their Bookshop page to give back. We are not including our Bookshop link as we are encouraging you all to add any of the books you want to buy under their profile please.

Kelly’s 22 Favorite YA Reads of 2022

My favorite book of the year, if you follow me, you probably already know it, is listed at number 1, all the rest are in no particular order, and I have included my backlist titles, because well I didn’t read a lot this year…

1. Man O’ War by Cory McCarthy
2. The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
3. The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton
4. Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
5. The One True Me and You by Remi K. England (aka MK England)
6. Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
7. Gallant by VE Schwab
8. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
9. The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta
10. The Fae Keeper (The Witch King #2) by H.E. Edgmon
11. Ophelia After All by Rachel Marie
12. The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
13. First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
14. Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorrman
15. A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
16. Padawan by Kiersten White
17. Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard
18. I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
19. A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
20. Here’s to Us (What If It’s Us #2) by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
21. Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
22. We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Kelly’s Favorite New Adult/Adult Reads of 2022

1. Loveless by Alice Oseman
2. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
3. Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
4. Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
5. Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
6. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
7. The Very Irregular Society of Witches by Sangu Mandanna
8. Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky
9. Count Your Lucky Stars (Written in the Stars #3) by Alexandria Bellefleur
10. Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez

Christy’s 22 MG & YA Favorite Reads of 2022

I read a lot of really great books this year, ok? So I need two sub categories haha. I also want to acknowledge that 7 Star Wars books made it on my fav list (I read 13 this year).

1. Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams
2. I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
3. Gallant by VE Schwab
4. The One True Me and You by Remi K England
5. Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cestari
6. Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
7. Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael Allen
8. The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
9. Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry
10. Padawan by Kiersten White
11. Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe
12. My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
13. Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard
14. These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
15. Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
16. Ravenfall by Kalyn Josephson
17. The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
18. The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle
19. Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia, with art by Isaac Goodhart
20. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
21. Star Wars: Stories of Jedi and Sith by Roseanne A. Brown with Sarwat Chadda, Delilah S. Dawson, Tessa Gratton, Michael Kogge, Sam Maggs, Michael Moreci, Alex Segura, Vera Strange, Karen Strong, Jake Bartok (Illustrator)
22. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Christy’s Fav Adult Reads of 2022

1. Light Years from Home by Mike Chen
2. Brotherhood by Mike Chen
3. The Date from Hell by Gwenda Bond
4. Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
5. Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
6. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
7. Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher
8. By the Book by Jasmin Guillory

Christy’s Fav Backlist Reads of 2022

1. A New Dawn by Jonathan Jackson Miller 
2. The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss
3. The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
4. Dark Disciple by Christie Golden
5. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

Giveaway

We have a small stack of some of our favorite reads of the year to give away!

Just leave a comment here about one of your favorite reads of the year, or comment on one of ours!

(2nd chance to enter on instagram)

US/PR Only – Physical books in hand, and we are sorry but shipping is more money than this blog earns in a year – there is an international giveaway on our 10 yr anniversary post.