Kelly Hooker - Our Favorite Books of 2022
In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books of 2022.\nKelly\u2019s selections:\n\n\nBest of the Year -\xa0No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib\n\n\nBest Own Voices Story - Honor by Thrity Umrigar\n\n\nBest Character Study - Notes On an Execution by Danya Kukafka\n\n\nBest Thriller With Heart - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister\xa0\n\n\nBest Genre Mash-up - Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr\n\n\nBest New Release from a Beloved Author - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid\n\n\nSmallest Book With the Biggest Punch - Last Summer On State Street by Toya Wolfe\n\n\nBest Book to Cozy Up With - A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella\n\n\nMost Elusive 5 Star Read - Little Prisons by Ilona Bannister\n\n\nMost Memorable Protagonist - How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water by Angie Cruz\n\n\nBest Book Written By a Minor - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley\n\n\nMost Likely to Make You Contemplate Life - Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro\n\n\nCindy\u2019s selections:\n\n\nBest of the Year/Most Perfectly Plotted\xa0\xa0- Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister\n\n\nMost Underrated Gem\xa0- The White Girl by Tony Birch\n\n\nMost Unsettling\xa0- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng\n\n\nNoteworthy Nonfiction\xa0\u2013 Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels by Paul Pringle\n\n\nBest Based On a True Story\xa0\xa0- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez\n\n\nBest Recommendation from a Friend\xa0\u2013 Love and Saffron by Kim Fay\n\n\nMost Likely to Re-read\xa0- How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz\n\n\nHistorical Fiction Standout\xa0\u2013 Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner\n\n\nMost Likely To Recommend to a Friend\xa0\u2013 The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith\n\n\nBook I Wish Everyone Would Read\xa0\u2013 I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys\n\n\nMost Compulsively Readable\xa0\u2013 Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr\n\n\nBest for Feeling all the Feels\xa0\u2013 Iona Iverson\u2019s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley\n\n\nSupport the podcast by becoming a Page Turner on Patreon (including more book awards with Kelly).\xa0\xa0Other ways to support the podcast can be found here.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nCheck out my Best Fiction of 2022 and my Best Historical Fiction of 2022.\nConnect with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices