Books I've Read: Q4 2022

Every year, the francophone world goes nuts over Xmas novels. Bookstores fill with multi-table displays piled with Xmas "feel good" fiction. Lausanne, Switzerland. December 8, 2022.

And here goes for the books I read in the third quarter of 2002, in rough chronological order according to the time or day I finished reading each one:

1. Les Déshérités, by Valentin Decoppet (French language edition)

2. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, by Angie Cruz

3. Le Petite Dernière, by Fatima Daas (French language edition)

4. The Book of Goose, by Yiyun Li

5. French Braid, Anne Tyler

6. The Orphanage, by Serhiy Zhadan

7. Rien Ne S’oppose à la Nuit, by Delphine de Vigan (French language edition)

8. Let’s Talk about Hard Things, by Anna Sale

9. The Love Prescription, by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman

10. If I Survive You, by Jonathan Escoffery

11. Night of the Living Rez, by Morgan Talty

12. Les Liens Mortifères, by Sophie Lebarbier (French language edition)

13. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

14. Young Mungo, by Douglas Stuart

15. Désenchantées, by Marie Vareille (French language edition)

16. All This Could Be Different, by Sarah Thankam Mathews

17. My Phantoms, by Gwendoline Riley

18. The Family Izquierdo, by Rubén Degollado

19. On Était des Loups, by Sandrine Collette (French language edition)

20. The Weight of this World, by David Joy

21. The Break, by Katherena Vermette

22. Lungfish, by Meghan Gilliss

23. Before and After the Book Deal, by Courtney Maum

24. Surtensions, by Olivier Norek (French language edition)

25. White Horse, by Erika T. Wurth

26. Dr. No, by Percival Everett

27. Motherthing, by Ainslie Hogarth

28. Soixante Secondes de Bonheur, by Bruno Combes (French language edition)

29. Small Game, by Blair Braverman

30. Is Mother Dead, by Vigdis Hjorth

31. High Conflict, by Amanda Ripley

32. Heaven and Hell, by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

33. Inconditionnelles, by Marlène Charine (French language edition)

34. They’re Going to Love You, by Meg Howrey

35. Blackwater Falls, by Ausma Zehanat Khan

36. Des Matins Heureux, by Sophie Tal Men (French language edition)

37. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus

38. Les Tortues ne Fêtent pas Noël sous la Neige, by Sophie Jomain (French language edition)

39. Aesthetica, by Allie Rowbottom

40. Le Drôle de Noël qui a Changé Ma Vie, by Marilyse Trécourt (French language edition)

41. Winterland, by Rae Meadows

42. We All Want Impossible Things, by Catherine Newman

43. No One Left to Come Looking for You, by Sam Lipsyte

44. Companion Piece, by Ali Smith

45. Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, by Bushra Rehman

46. Le Bazar du Zèbre à Pois, by Raphaëlle Giordano (French language edition)

47. All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami

48. The End of Vandalism, by Tom Drury

49. Embarquements Immédiats pour Noël, by Carène Ponte (French language edition)

50. Eat and Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being, by Mary Beth Albright

51. Il est Grand Temps de Rallumer les Étoiles, by Virginie Grimaldi (French language edition)

52. Hunts in Dreams, by Tom Drury

As always, I bolded the books that truly impressed me.

To see the year’s previous quarterly lists, click here to see what I read in Q1 2022, click here for a list of the books I finished in Q2 2022, and click here for my Q3 2022 reading list.

To check out my write-up of best-of-the-best books for 2021, including links to that year’s quarterly books-read lists, you can find it here. (From there, you’ll get to previous years’ lists, if interested!)

And after a lot of reflection, my best-of-the-best list for the 2022 reading year is live!

I’d love to hear what you thought if you read any of these books on my list—and would, as always, love recommendations for books you’d suggest I read.