I read 53 books in 2022 according to Goodreads. While I love a ‘proper book’, I also love Audible as it means I can ‘read’ while doing housework, exercising, or travelling. It’s usually what I bribe myself with when I can feel my inner sloth complaining! I don’t understand the snobbery around listening to books. I’d love to spend more time in a comfy armchair with my nose in a book, but even if I had unlimited time on my hands, I’d still choose to do both. Anyway, here, in no particular order, are my favourite reads of 2022.

Fiction

• Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
• The Key in the Lock, Beth Underdown
• Thin Air, Michelle Paver
• Gentlemen and Players, Joanne Harris
• The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
• The Shadow Wing, Sarah Painter
• Beltane, Alys West
• The Nature of Witches, Rachel Griffin
• The Gathering, Katherine Genet
• The DCI Daley Series, Denzil Meyrick
• Bleeding Heart Yard, Elly Griffiths
• The Twist of a Knife, Antony Horowitz
• The Bullet that Missed, Richard Osman

Non-fiction

• The Day the World Stops Shopping, J. B. Mackinnon (non-fiction)
• The Relaxed Author, Joanna Penn
• Connected Fates, Separate Destinies, Marine Sélénéé

All recommendations for the 2023 To Be Read pile gratefully received!