I love reading books and book reviews are the heart of Panorama of the Mountains. I’ve been keeping track of the books I read since I was a teenager and I’ve attempted to catalog every book I’ve ever read at LibraryThing.
One of my big reading projects is Around the World for a Good Book, where I’ve been attempting to read an original work of fiction from every nation in the world.
On this page I’ve provided links to posts about my favorite books as well as my running lists of books I’ve read this year. If there’s a book you’d like to discuss or think I should read, let me know in the comments!
Favorite Books by Year:
Favorite Books of All Time (2009 List)
Favorite Books of All Time (2020 List)
Books Read in 2022
The books are rated on a scale from 1 to 5 stars with links to summary reviews. (A) is for audiobook.
Here’s a thumbnail of what the ratings mean:
- 5 stars – all-time classic (I’m very stingy with these)
- 4 stars – a particularly interesting, well-written, or important book
- 3 stars – a good book from start to finish
- 2 stars – not a good book on the whole but has some good parts
- 1 star or less – basically a bad book with no redeeming values
January
- Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent – ***1/2
- So Many Ways To Lose by Devin Gordon – ****
- The Destiny Path by Charles Soule – ***
- Operation Starlight by Charles Soule – ***
- War of the Bounty Hunters by Charles Soule – ***
- Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge (A) – ***1/2
February
- The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (A) – ***
- Harpo Speaks by Harpo Marx – ****
- Pirates of the Caribbean : From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies by Jason Dennis – ****
- The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein – ***
- Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen (A) – ****1/2
March
- Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald (A) – ***1/2
- The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney’s Haunted Mansion by Jeff Baham – ****
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn (A) – ****
April
- Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest (A) – ***
- The Name of War by Jill Lepore (A) – ****
- Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey. Bolster – ****
- Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle (A) – ****
May
- The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe (A) – ***
- Arresting God In Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay – **
- The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (A) – ***
- The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (A) – ***
June
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (A) – ****
- The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker (A) – ***
- Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia – ****
July
- Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History by Michael R. Virgintino – ***
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (A) – ****
August
- Suddenly, A Knock at the Door by Etgar Keret (A) – **1/2
- Normal People by Sally Rooney (A) -****
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner – ****
- Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (A) – ***1/2
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (A) – ***
September
- A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs: From Savoy Stompers to Clock Rockers by Andrew Hickey – ****1/2
- The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair by Bill Cotter and Bill Young – ***
- The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair: Creation and Legacy by Bill Cotter and Bill Young – ***
- The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam (A) – ***
- Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music by Elijah Wald –
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (A) –
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (A) –
Current TBR
- Dracula Daily
- Railroaded by Richard White
- Conscience and Courage by John Hawkins
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door by Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire
- Ghosts in the schoolyard by Eve Ewing
- Animal Wrongs by Stephen Spotte
- The city-state of Boston : the rise and fall of an atlantic power, 1630-1865 by Mark Peterson
- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Chambers of the Heart by B. Morris Allen
- A History of Rock in 500 Songs by Andrew Hickey
- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
- Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
- Understanding Exposure
- Canon E05 Rebel T5/1200D for Dummies
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