Books I've Read: Q1 2022

The English-language bookstore Books in a Bar in Aix-en-Provence, France. December 1, 2021.

A list of the books I read in the first quarter of 2022, in rough chronological order:

1. The Eighth Life, by Nino Haratischvili

2. Les Ecureuils de Central Park sont Tristes le Lundi, by Katherine Pancol (French language edition)

3. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

4. Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch

5. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro

6. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton

7. Couleurs de l’Incendie, by Pierre Lemaitre (French language edition)

8. Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters

9. Defenestrate, by Renée Branum

10. N’en Fais Pas une Affaire Personnelle, by Paula Marchioni (French language edition)

11. Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo

12. Hier Encore, c'Était l'Été, by Julie de Lestrange (French language edition)

13. Milk Blood Heat, by Dantiel W. Moniz

14. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo

15. Real Easy, by Marie Rutoski

16. La Crêperie des Petits Miracles, by Emily Blaine (French language edition)

17. The Book of the Most Precious Substance, by Sara Gran

18. Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

19. The Baddest Girl on the Planet, by Heather Frese

20. Né sous une Bonne Etoile, by Aurélie Valognes (French language edition)

21. Devil House, by John Darnielle

22. A Violent Gospel, by Mark Westmoreland

23. Au Service Secret de Marie-Antoinette: Pas de Répit pour la Reine, by Frédéric Lenormand (French language edition)

24. The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan

25. Un Tout Petit Rien, by Camille Anseaume (French language edition)

26. But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Bits and Pieces, by Kimberly Harrington

27. The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka

28. Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, by Matt Bell

29. Le Bonheur n'est Pas un Sport de Jeune Fille, by Élise Tielrooy (French language edition)

30. The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

31. Les Quatre Saisons de l'Été, by Grégoire Delacourt (French language edition)

32. Save the Cat Goes to the Movies, by Blake Snyder

33. Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha

34. When these Mountains Burn, by David Joy

35. Five Decembers, by James Kestrel

36. Et Puis, Paulette, by Barbara Constantine (French language edition)

37. The Long and Faraway Gone, by Lou Berney

38. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga

As in the past, I’ve bolded the books that really wowed me and that I would recommend highly.

To see my lists for other quarters in 2022, click here for my Q2 2022 reading list, click here for my Q3 2022 reading list, and keep moving forward in time by taking a look at my Q4 2022 reading list here.

And to learn which books I read in 2021 that I considered the best of the best (along with links to all the other books I read and recommended last year), click here.

Update: After a lot of reflection after the end of my 2022 reading year, I published my list of the best of the best books I read in 2022.

If you’ve read any of these, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Have recommendations for what I should read? Let’s hear them!