> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.andrewliptak.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What I read in 2022 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2022/ - Published: 2023-01-01T15:00:59.000Z - Updated: 2023-01-01T15:00:58.000Z - Description: 52 books! - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Book List, Books, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2022 was quite the year, for events out in the world and for books, and as I've done the last couple of years, I've kept track of the books that I've read, with the goal of hitting 52\. I made it this year, which was no sure thing: December 31st was a day of catching up on all those unfinished or *short* books that I've been meaning to get to over the last couple of months. Here are my lists for the last couple of years: [2021](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2021-reading-list-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-books/) (52), [2020](https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2020/) (44), [2019](https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/what-i-read-in-2019-books-science-fiction-fantasy-history-reading) (42), and [2018](https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/2018/12/6/all-the-books-i-read-in-2018-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-history) (74). I'm keeping the same goal for 2023 that I had in 2022: 52 books, or one a week. I've said it in prior years, but my hope is to always devote more time to reading, and I'd like to get through the pile of books that are hanging over from 2022 (and 2021) and through at least some of the books [I'm ](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-anticipated-books-2023/)[looking](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-anticipated-books-2023/) forward to in the year ahead. [The sci-fi and fantasy books I’m looking forward to in 202319 new reads to read this coming year![](https://www.andrewliptak.com/favicon.ico)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/2022/12/1D507E9A-EE62-40FA-A119-91723DA2107C.jpeg)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-anticipated-books-2023/) The trick is always the same: carve out that reading time and protect it. An unmovable block of 20-30 minutes a day goes an incredibly long way. If I have any other reading goals for 2023, it's to read more widely than before. This year felt like I did that more than before: I picked up a wider range of books, particularly nonfiction, and I've got a nice stack of books about science, history, technology, and society that I'm hoping to make a dent into. --- Without further ado, here's what I picked up and finished in 2022: 1. *Elder Race* by Adrian Tchaikovsky ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adrian-tchaikovsky-elder-race-science-fiction-fantasy-book-review/)) 2. *The Library: A Fragile History* by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen 3. *Yuanyuan's Bubbles* by Liu Cixin, Valérie Mangin and illustrated by Steven Dupré 4. *Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music* by David Grohl 5. *The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another* by Ainissa Ramirez 6. *No Gods, No Monsters* by Cadwell Turnbull 7. *Noor* by Nnedi Okorafor ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nnedi-okorafor-noor-book-review-africanfuturism/)) 8. *Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup* by John Carreyrou 9. *The Library of the Dead* by T.L. Huchu ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tl-huchu-library-of-the-dead-urban-fantasy-review/)) 10. *Razorblade Tears* by S.A. Cosby 11. *Age of Ash* by Daniel Abraham ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/daniel-abraham-age-of-ash-fantasy-book-review/)) 12. *The Kaiju Preservation Society* by John Scalzi ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/kaiju-preservation-society-john-scalzi-review/)) 13. *Batman: Year One* by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli 14. *Devil House* by John Darnielle 15. *Redshirts* by John Scalzi ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/meta-stories-redshirts-scalzi-rick-morty/)) 16. *Migrations* by Charlotte McConaghy 17. *The Golden Swift* by Lev Grossman ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/lev-grossman-the-golden-swift-silver-arrow-book-review/)) 18. *Star Wars: Brotherhood* by Mike Chen ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-brotherhood-book-review/)) 19. *Sweep of Stars* by Maurice Broaddus 20. *The Cartographers* by Peng Shepherd ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-cartographers-peng-shepherd-review-fantasy-book/)) 21. *January Fifteenth* by Rachel Swirsky ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/review-january-fifteenth-by-rachel-swirsky/)) 22. *Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons* by Ben Riggs 23. *Up Against It* by Laura J. Mixon 24. *Mickey7* by Edward Ashton ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/mickey7-edward-ashton-scifi-book-review/)) 25. *Sea of Tranquility* by Emily St. John Mandel 26. *Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin 27. *Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution* by Christopher Wren 28. *Velvet Was the Night* by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 29. *Pictures* by J.R.R. Tolkien 30. *Fellowship of the Ring* by J.R.R. Tolkien 31. *Machinehood* by S.B. Divya 32. *On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft* by Stephen King 33. *Phasers on Stun! How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World* by Ryan Britt 34. *Secret Identity* by Alex Segura 35. *The Mountain in the Sea* by Ray Nayler 36. *Even Though I Knew The End* by C.L. Polk 37. *Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldtree ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/travis-baldrees-legends-lattes-a-novel-of-high-fantasy-and-low-stakes-by/)) 38. *Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands* by Kate Beaton 39. *Daredevil: The Man Without Fear* by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. 40. *The World We Make* by N.K. Jemisin 41. *The Magicians: Alice's Story by Lev Grossman*, Lilah Sturges, and Pius Bak 42. *At the Mountains of Madness* by H.P. Lovecraft 43. *Star Wars: Shadows of the Sith* by Adam Christopher 44. *Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America* by Maggie Haberman 45. *Children of Memory* by Adrian Tchaikovky 46. *The Amazing Alligator Girl* by Kristin Dearborn 47. *Saga* Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples 48. *Saga* Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples 49. *Saga* Volume 9 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples 50. *All the Horses of Iceland* by Sarah Tolmie 51. *A Prayer for the Crown-Shy* by Becky Chambers 52. *The Art of John Harris, Volume 2: Into the Blue* by John Harris --- I'll have a list of my favorites headed your way tomorrow, but in the meantime, what did you read in 2022? What were your favorites, and what were the ones that you didn't finish? Andrew