Reading in 2022

I try to read 52 books a year, but don't worry too much if I go over or under. Some years I post end of year lists:

• 2020
• 2019
• 2015
• 2014

This isn’t really planned but is a rough goal which I sometimes go over. This year I went under; I’m not sure why. All the normal I’m busy reasons apply, but I think it was more of a year of learning other ways. And I did more writing than reading which I accept.

More background information on how I read:

• The Dangerous Effects of Reading
• Reading Multiple Books at Once

Ok, the list, * next to a book I really enjoyed.

• The Every
• Alien vs. Predator (book not screenplay...)
• LaserWriter II
• The Dog of the South
• The Moon is Down*
• Several People are Typing*
• Norwood
• Carnival of Snackery
• No One is Talking about This*
• Black Box Thinking
• Dinner Party: Stories
• Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
• The Psychology of Money*
• Happy Go Lucky
• Several Short Sentences about Writing*
• The Index Card
• The River at Night
• A Visit from The Goon Squad
• A Hummock in the Malookas
• PriestDaddy*
• North
• Big Time
• The Overstory*
• Pastoralia
• Talking to Strangers
• Paper Menagerie*: This contains the best short story I’ve read in years: Mono no aware