100 Books of 2022

 In 2009, I pledged to read 100 books over the course of 2010. Here's my list of 107 books in case you're interested.

I did it again in 2011 (why not?). Here's my list of 109 books.

The tradition continued in 2012 where I read a whopping 144 books! Here is my list from that year.

In 2013 I kept on chugging along, reading 104 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2014 I hit my best record yet, reading 152 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2015 I beat my record, reading 187 books. Here is my list from that year. 

In 2016, I read 166 books, focusing on books I owned but had never read. Here is my list from that year.

In 2017, I read 123 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2018, I read only 54 books. I spent most of my year driving the kids around, haha! Here is my list from that year.

In 2019, I read 150 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2020, I read 152 books. Here is my list from that year.

In 2021, I read 203 books. Here is my list from last year.

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In 2021, I joined a Facebook group called "Read What You Own". The goal for us is that we read the books we already own instead of buying new books. I saw great success with this in 2021, and I feel like 2022 was even better.

It's a running joke about how many books I own. The books that I own that I've never read are in the thousands. This used to be funny to me, but at some point, a switch flipped, and it became overwhelming to me. So now my goal is not just to read as many books as possible, but to be extremely picky about what I keep after I read it. I only keep books that I will absolutely read again or will pass down to my children. I still have such a long way to go, but I do see how much progress I'm making!

I read 249 books in 2022. Now... lest you think that I just sit around eating bonbons every day, or ignoring my family, etc., that's not the case. A large majority of these books are children's books that I'm reading to see if they're worth keeping, and another large majority are audiobooks. Since I'm in the car a lot, I can get a lot of reading done with audiobooks.

I kept less books this year than last year, which is great. I want to stay around this ratio of being picky with the books I'm holding onto.

Oh, and also... I had Covid in 2022, which gave me a LOT of reading time for five days, haha!

This Goodreads image is missing one book that I just added, but still quite accurate.

Here's my 2022 list:

• "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" by Marguerite Henry (1)
• "All Things Wise and Wonderful" by James Herriot (2) (K)
• "South America" by Francene Sabin (3)
• "Titanic: Disaster at Sea" by Sean Callery (4)
• "Whatever Happened to Amelia Earhart?" by Melinda Blau (5)
• "Indiana Days" by Catherine Chambers (6)
• "Industrial Revolution" by Debra Housel (7)
• "The Story of Flight" by Mary Lee Settle (8)
• "Pony Bob's Daring Ride" by Joe Bensen (9)
• "Henry David Thoreau" by Elizabeth Ring (10)
• "Danny the Champion of the World" by Roald Dahl (11) (K)
• "A Fall of Marigolds" by Susan Meissner (12)
• "The Coming of the Pilgrims" by E. Brooks Smith and Robert Meredith (13)
• "The Statue of Liberty" by Hal Marcovitz (14)
• "Liberty or Death" by Betsy Maestro (15)
• "The Call" by Peader O'Guilin (16)
• "The Liberty Tree" by Lucille Penner (17)
• "Dare to Lead" by Brene Brown (18) (K)
• "Cast of Characters" by Max Lucado (19) (K)
• "San Domingo" by Marguerite Henry (20)
• "My America: Westward to Home" by Patricia Hermes (21)
• "From Settlement to Statehood" A Pictorial History of Tennessee to 1796" by James Kelly (22)
• "Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World" by Leonard Everett Fisher (23)
• "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry (24)
• "A Love Worth Giving" by Max Lucado (25) (K)
• "Rachel's Journal" by Marissa Moss (26)
• "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry (27)
• "Sleeping Giants" by Sylvain Neuvel (28)
• "How the New World Was Discovered" by M.K. Hage, Jr. (29)
• "All Things Bright and Beautiful" by James Herriot (30) (K)
• "Traveling Light" by Max Lucado (31) (K)
• "The Story of the Liberty Bell" by David Kimball (32)
• "Explorers of America: Champlain" by Matthew Grant (33)
• "War Heroes of America: Ulysses S. Grant" by Matthew Grant (34)
• "James Herriot's Cat Stories" by James Herriot (35) (K)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Benjamin Franklin" by Susan and John Lee (36)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: John Hancock" by Susan and John Lee (37)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Thomas Jefferson" by Susan and John Lee (38)
• "Heroes of the Revolution: Abigail Adams" by Susan and John Lee (39)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Arlington National Cemetery" by R. Conrad Stein (40)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Alamo" by Norman Richards (41)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Capitol" by Marilyn Prolman (42)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Bonhomme Richard" by Norman Richards (43)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Conestoga Wagon" by Kenneth Richards (44)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Constitution" by Marilyn Prolman (45)
• "Stormy, Misty's Foal" by Marguerite Henry (46)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Declaration of Independence" by Norman Richards (47)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Freedom Riders" by Deborah Kent (48)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Golden Spike" by R. Conrad Stein (49)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Henry Ford and the Automobile" by Zachary Kent (50)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Homestead Act" by R. Conrad Stein (51)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Jamestown Colony" by Gail Sakurai (52)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of Jamestown" by Marilyn Prolman (53)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Lincoln Memorial" by Natalie Miller (54)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Lewis and Clark Expedition" by R. Conrad Stein (55)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Mount Vernon" by Natalie Miller (56)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Monticello" by Norman Richards (57)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Mayflower Compact" by Norman Richards (58)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Old Glory" by Albert I. Mayer (59)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Old Ironsides" by Norman Richards (60)
• "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch (61)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: The Oregon Trail" by R. Conrad Stein (62)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Presidential Elections" by Jim Hargrove (63)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Statue of Liberty" by Natalie Miller (64)
• "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell (65) (K)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: Valley Forge" by R. Conrad Stein (66)
• "Cornerstones of Freedom: White House" by Natalie Miller (67)
• "Shiloh Season" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (68) (K)
• "Texas Outlaw" by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle (69)
• "The Secret of Platform 13" by Eva Ibbotson (70)
• "They Led the Way" by Johanna Johnston (71) (K)
• "Candide" by Voltaire (72)
• "The Ghost at Skeleton Rock" by Franklin W. Dixon (73)
• "Next Door Savior" by Max Lucado (74) (K)
• "All the Wrong Questions: Shouldn't You Be in School?" by Lemony Snicket (75)
• "Every Living Thing" by James Herriot (76) (K)
• "I Let You Go" by Clare Mackintosh (77)
• "My Sister the Vampire: Lucky Break" by Sienna Mercer (78)
• "Impunity Jane" by Rumer Godden (79) (K)
• "The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull" by John Bellairs (80)
• "On the Mayflower" by Kate Waters (81)
• "Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line" by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (82)
• "Tree Wagon" by Evelyn Sibley Lampman (83) (K)
• "Maybe in Another Life" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (84)
• "Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet" by Suzy Kline (85)
• "How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found" by Sara Nickerson (86)
• "Paddington on Stage" adapted by Alfred Bradley and Michael Bond (87) (K)
• "The Littles and Their Amazing New Friend" by John Peterson (88)
• "The Littles Give a Party" by John Peterson (89)
• "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarris McGraw (90)
• "The Story of Ben Franklin" by Eve Merriam (91)
• "Otis Spofford" by Beverly Clearly (92)
• "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville (Treasury of Illustrated Classics" (93)
• "The Forgetting Time" by Sharon Guskin (94)
• "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens (95)
• "The Final Warning" by James Patterson (96)
• "Freedom Train" by Dorothy Sterling (97) (K)
• "The Likeness" by Tana French (98)
• "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary Blackwood (99)
• "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill (100)
• "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Giff (101) (K)
• "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (102)
• "Pippi Goes On Board" by Astrid Lindgren (103)
• "Paddington at Work" by Michael Bond (104) (K)
• "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park (105) (K)
• "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin De Becker (106) (K)
• "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare (107)
• "George Washington" by Genevieve Foster (108)
• "Boy" by Roald Dahl (109) (K)
• "The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christie (110)
• "When We Were Very Young" by A.A. Milne (111) (K)
• "Understood Betsy" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (112) (K)
• "Smooth Operator" by Stuart Woods (113)
• "Who Not How" by Dan Sullivan (114) (K)
• "Meet Martin Luther King, Jr." by James T. de Kay (115)
• "The Power of a Praying Nation" by Stormie Omartian (116)
• "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio (117) (K)
• "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson (118) (K)
• "Tell Me Three Things" by Julie Buxbaum (119)
• "Shadow House: No Way Out" by Dan Poblocki (120)
• "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare (121) (K)
• "The Very Worst Missionary" by Jamie Wright (122)
• "Speak to My Heart, God" by Kay Arthur (123)
• "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner (124)
• "Heroes of the Cross: William Carey" by P.M. Stevenson (125)
• "Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers" by Jean Fritz (126) (K)
• "Daniel Boone" by James Daughtery (127)
• "The Road to Oz" by L. Frank Baum (128) (K)
• "Warriors: Rising Storm" by Erin Hunter (129) (K)
• "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson (130) (K)
• "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow/Rip Van Winkle/The Spectre Bridegroom" by Washington Irving (Children's Classic) (131)
• "Treehouse Times: First Course: Trouble" by Page McBrier (132)
• "He Chose You" by Max Lucado (133) (K)
• "Mystery of the Indian Cave" by Anne Roller Issler (134)
• "The Odyssey: Wishbone Classic" by Joanne Mattern (135)
• "A House Called Awful End" by Philip Ardagh (136)
• "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne (Great Illustrated Classics) (137)
• "The Little Red Lighthouse" by Hildegarde H. Swift (138)
• "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover (139)
• "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie (Dalmation Press) (140)
• "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ****" by Mark Manson (141)
• "Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm" by Rob Kidd (142)
• "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" by Howard Pyle (Great Illustrated Classics) (143)
• "Whiter Than Snow" by Paul David Tripp (144) (K)
• "Verity" by Colleen Hoover (145)
• "Tripping Over the Lunch Lady" by Various Authors (146)
• "Goose Chase" by Patrice Kindl (147) (K)
• "The Swiss Family Robinson" Great Illustrated Classics (148)
• "Pride and Prejudice" Great Illustrated Classics (149)
• "Magic School Bus: Dinosaur Detectives" by Judith Stamper (150)
• "Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion" by Andrea Gianopoulos (151)
• "Who Cracked the Liberty Bell?" by Peter and Connie Roop (152)
• "The Long Way Westward" by Joan Sandin (153)
• "The Trojan Horse" by Emily Little (154)
• "Egyptian Gods and Goddesses" by Henry Barker (155)
• "Titanic: The Disaster That Shocked the World!" by Mark Dubowski (156)
• "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster (157) (K)
• "The Secret Soldier" by Ann McGovern (158)
• "Clara Barton" by Mary Catherine Rose (159)
• "Tales From the Underground Railroad" by Kate Connell (160)
• "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong (161) (K)
• "Miss Laney is Zany!" by Dan Gutman (162)
• "Officer Spence Makes No Sense!" by Dan Gutman (163)
• "Miss Holly is Too Jolly!" by Dan Gutman (164)
• "Mrs. Lane is a Pain!" by Dan Gutman (165)
• "Miss Klute is a Hoot!" by Dan Gutman (166)
• "The Littles and the Big Storm" by John Peterson (167)
• "The Adventures of Wishbone: Be A Wolf!" by Brad Strickland (168)
• "Ms. Sue Has No Clue!" by Dan Gutman (169)
• "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater (170) (K)
• "The Last Safe House" by Barbara Greenwood (171)
• "Superfudge" by Judy Blume (172)
• "The Magic Hat and Other Danish Fairy Tales" by Clara Stroebe (173)
• "Stuart Little" by E.B. White (174)
• "The Return of the Indian" by Lynne Reid Banks (175) (K)
• "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse (176)
• "Boys Without Names" by Kashmira Sheth (177) (K)
• "The Twenty-One Balloons" by William Pene Dubois (178) (K)
• "The Black Stallion Returns" by Walter Farley (179)
• "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson (180) (K)
• "What Makes the Light Bright, Thomas Edison?" by Melvin and Gilda Berger (181)
• "The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr." by Angela Bull (182)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Stephen Krensky (183)
• "True Stories about Abraham Lincoln" by Ruth Belov Gross (184)
• "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (185) (K)
• "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod (186) (K)
• "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Forbes (187) (K)
• "Sitting Bull" by Lavere Anderson (188)
• "Johnny Appleseed" by Eva Moore (189)
• "Ugly Love" by Colleen Hoover (190)
• "The Curious Christian" by Barnabas Piper (191)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Ann McGovern (192)
• "Night" by Elie Wiesel (193) (K)
• "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George (194) (K)
• "Who Stole The Wizard of Oz?" by Avi (195)
• "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie (196)
• "The Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie (197)
• "Misty and Me" by Barbara Girion (198)
• "God Has a Dream for Your Life" by Sheila Walsh (199)
• "Wisbone: The Last of the Breed" by Alexander Steele (200)
• "Louis Braille" by Margaret Davidson (201)
• "Leaving Time" by Jodi Picoult (202)
• "A Bear Called Paddington" by Michael Bond (203) (K)
• "Just Walk Across the Room" by Bill Hybels (204) (K)
• "All Your Perfects" by Colleen Hoover (205)
• "Meet George Washington" by Joan Heilbroner (206)
• "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George (207) (K)
• "The Wife Upstairs" by Rachel Hawkins (208)
• "The Moores are Missing" by James Patterson (209)
• "The Housewife" by James Patterson (210)
• "Absolute Zero" by James Patterson (211)
• "Esther: The Hidden Hand of God" by Lydia Brownback (212) (K)
• "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi (213) (K)
• "How the Leopard Got His Spots and Other Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling (214)
• "It Starts With Us" by Colleen Hoover (215)
• "Wishbone Classics: Don Quixote" by Michael Burgan (216)
• "Illustrated Classic Editions: Oliver Twist" by Marian Leighton (217)
• "Detectives in Togas" by Henry Winterfeld (218)
• "The Best of C.H. Spurgeon" (219) (K)
• "Rescued" by Brian Brown (220)
• "Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims" by Clyde Robert Bulla (221)
• "Tales From the Green Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang (222)
• "A Perilous Power" by E. Rose Sabin (223)
• "Wishbone Classics: The Red Badge of Courage" by Michael Burgan (224)
• "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and Other Tales" by Hugh Lofting (225)
• "Terrible Times" by Philip Ardagh (226) (K)
• "God is the Gospel" by John Piper (227) (K)
• "Esther" by Carl Armerding" (228)
• "Dragon Slippers" by Jessica Day George (229) (K)
• "Out of Darkness" by Russell Freedman (230)
• "Robinson Crusoe" edited by Robert Lasson (231)
• "The French Kiss" by James Patterson (232)
• "The Christmas Mystery" by James Patterson (233)
• "French Twist" by James Patterson (234)
• "Thomas Edison: Genius of Electricity" by Keith Ellis (235)
• "Daniel Boone: Wilderness Explorer" by Walter Retan (236)
• "Grandma Moses" by Charles P Graves (237)
• "Christopher Columbus" by Lee Morgan (238)
• "The Wife Between Us" by Greer Hendricks (239)

Read-alouds with the kids:

• "Deck the Halls, We're Off the Walls" by Dan Gutman (1) (K)
• "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm" by Betty MacDonald (2) (K)
• "Dolphin Treasure" by Wayne Grover (3) (K)
• "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz (4) (K)
• "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey (5) (K)
• "The Travels of Monarch X" by Ross E. Hutchens (6)
• "Rumpelstiltskin" by Brothers Grimm (7)
• "One Kitten for Kim" by Adelaide Holl (8) (K)
• "Rest Rabbit Rest" by Jacquelyn Reinach (9) (K)
• "The Blue Fairy Book" (10)

Author most borrowed in 2022: Colleen Hoover

Favorite Juvenile Fiction books: Homer Price, any Paddington books, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Understood Betsy, Tell Me Three Things, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Out of the Dust, The Call of the Wild, Dragon Slippers

Favorite Nonfiction: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Who Not How by Benjamin Hardy, Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson, Night by Elie Wiesel

Favorite authors: James Herriot, Colleen Hoover

Personal development book that changed my life: The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

Theology book that changed my life: God is the Gospel by John Piper

How did you do this year? What were some of your favorite books and authors??