2022's Best Reads

Okay, so we cannot quite believe that 2022 is almost over, but we’re ready anyway! This ep, we’re bringing you a list of some of our absolute standout books we’ve read this year. As always, we’ve got an eclectic mix covering all genres and styles.

Jacinta’s book recommendations:

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Meet Me in the Bathroomby Lizzy Goodman
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Life Support, edited by Julia Copus
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Five Minute Therapy by Sarah Crosby

Emma’s book recommendations:

Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Honor by Thrity Umrigar 
The Power by Naomi Alderman
I’m Glad My Mum Died by Jennette McCurdy 
QAnon and On by Van Badham
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Educated by Tara Westover

Other recommendations: 

Coverage of Joan Didion estate sale: https://auctionsnew.stairgalleries.com/auction/an-american-icon-property-from-the-collection-of-joan-didion-november-16-2022-13172/lots 
Great articles about Joan Didion’s estate sale: https://www.thecut.com/2022/11/joan-didion-estate-sale-recap.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/17/joan-didion-estate-sale-auction 
A League of their own TV show on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/League-Their-Own-Season/dp/B0B13Q4GTH