The 2022 Read-By-Me List
Huh. 42.
In 2022 I read 42 books and book-length works. I was slower than I like to be; read less than I’d wanted. But here’s what got through my eyes and into my head last year.
And I’m currently reading Sandworms of Dune, the chronological finale to Frank Herbert’s Dune series that his son Brian and science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson wrote from Frank’s notes. I’ll finish this series, finally, 30-plus years since I first read Dune.
Anyway:
January
Ramona the Pest - Beverly Cleary, 1968
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen, 1987
The Hand in the Wall - Maureen Johnson, 2020
DisneyWar - James B. Stewart, 2005
The Agony House - Cherie Priest, illustrated by Tara O’Connor, 2018
Jem and the Holograms: the Misfits: Our Songs Are Better - writer Kelly Thompson, artist Jenn St-Onge. Originally published 2017.
Jem and the Holograms: Infinite - writer Kelly Thompson, artists Stacey Lee, Hickman, and Jenn St-Onge. Originally published 2017.
February
W is for Wasted - Sue Grafton, 2013
Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert, 1984
March
Midnight Bayou - Nora Roberts, 2001
Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Grey, 2016
April
Shirley - Charlotte Brontë, 1849
Screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Mike Judge and Joe Stillman, 1996
Runaway Ralph - Beverly Cleary, 1970
The Silent Gondoliers - William Goldman writing as S. Morgenstern, 1983
God Save the Mark - Donald E. Westlake, 1967
May
The Collapsing Empire - John Scalzi, 2017
The Violence - Delilah S. Dawson, 2022
Star Wars: Brotherhood - Mike Chen, 2022
The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler, 1985
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop: Masks - Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero, 2017. Collects Vol. 1 issues 7-12.
June
Needful Things - Stephen King, 1992
Run Towards the Danger: conversations with a body of memory - Sarah Polley, 2022
Socks - Beverly Cleary, 1973
Ramona the Brave - Beverly Cleary, 1975
July
Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh, 2020
The Pixar Touch - David A. Price, 2008
Ramona and Her Father - Beverly Cleary, 1977
No Time to Spare - Ursula K. le Guin, 2017 (collection of blog entries)
August
Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert, 1985
Script for Babylon 5 episode “Day of the Dead” - Neil Gaiman, 1998
Noir - Christopher Moore, 2018
The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi, 2018
September
The End of the Story: the collected fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Vol. 1. Published 2006.
The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 2020
October
The Stand - Stephen King. Originally published 1978, expanded and re-released 1990
Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Neil Gaiman. Originally published 1988, revised later by David K. Dickson and M.J. Simpson. Revised version published 2003.
Out of Sight - Elmore Leonard, 1996
Hunters of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2006
November
The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle, 1968
December
X - Sue Grafton, 2015
Ramona and Her Mother - Beverly Cleary, 1979
In 2022 I read 42 books and book-length works. I was slower than I like to be; read less than I’d wanted. But here’s what got through my eyes and into my head last year.
And I’m currently reading Sandworms of Dune, the chronological finale to Frank Herbert’s Dune series that his son Brian and science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson wrote from Frank’s notes. I’ll finish this series, finally, 30-plus years since I first read Dune.
Anyway:
January
Ramona the Pest - Beverly Cleary, 1968
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen, 1987
The Hand in the Wall - Maureen Johnson, 2020
DisneyWar - James B. Stewart, 2005
The Agony House - Cherie Priest, illustrated by Tara O’Connor, 2018
Jem and the Holograms: the Misfits: Our Songs Are Better - writer Kelly Thompson, artist Jenn St-Onge. Originally published 2017.
Jem and the Holograms: Infinite - writer Kelly Thompson, artists Stacey Lee, Hickman, and Jenn St-Onge. Originally published 2017.
February
W is for Wasted - Sue Grafton, 2013
Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert, 1984
March
Midnight Bayou - Nora Roberts, 2001
Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Grey, 2016
April
Shirley - Charlotte Brontë, 1849
Screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Mike Judge and Joe Stillman, 1996
Runaway Ralph - Beverly Cleary, 1970
The Silent Gondoliers - William Goldman writing as S. Morgenstern, 1983
God Save the Mark - Donald E. Westlake, 1967
May
The Collapsing Empire - John Scalzi, 2017
The Violence - Delilah S. Dawson, 2022
Star Wars: Brotherhood - Mike Chen, 2022
The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler, 1985
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop: Masks - Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero, 2017. Collects Vol. 1 issues 7-12.
June
Needful Things - Stephen King, 1992
Run Towards the Danger: conversations with a body of memory - Sarah Polley, 2022
Socks - Beverly Cleary, 1973
Ramona the Brave - Beverly Cleary, 1975
July
Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh, 2020
The Pixar Touch - David A. Price, 2008
Ramona and Her Father - Beverly Cleary, 1977
No Time to Spare - Ursula K. le Guin, 2017 (collection of blog entries)
August
Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert, 1985
Script for Babylon 5 episode “Day of the Dead” - Neil Gaiman, 1998
Noir - Christopher Moore, 2018
The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi, 2018
September
The End of the Story: the collected fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Vol. 1. Published 2006.
The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 2020
October
The Stand - Stephen King. Originally published 1978, expanded and re-released 1990
Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Neil Gaiman. Originally published 1988, revised later by David K. Dickson and M.J. Simpson. Revised version published 2003.
Out of Sight - Elmore Leonard, 1996
Hunters of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, 2006
November
The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle, 1968
December
X - Sue Grafton, 2015
Ramona and Her Mother - Beverly Cleary, 1979