2022 was a busy year, so I didn’t read as much as I wanted. However, I still managed a total of 70 books! That included: 25 nonfiction books; 27 fiction books and comics; 18 collections of poetry and/or short prose; and 35 books either by queer authors or featuring queer main characters.

Some of my favorite reads of the year included Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher, The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna, and of course Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. The Luminous Dead was a reread from last year because it was so good I couldn’t wait any longer to have it back in my brain.

The full list is below. If you’ve read anything from this list, let me know what you thought!

1. The Dead and the Dark – Courtney Gould
2. The Elpis Pages: A Collective – Ed. Kayla King
3. Warning Lines Issue 3: FALL’N CHERUB
4. The Witch’s Heart – Genevieve Gornichec
5. Wave – Sonali Deraniyagala
6. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe – Laura Lynne Jackson
7. Corporeal: Volume 1 – Ed. Katharine Blair and Lucca Hermes
8. Whispers of Stone (The Last Gift Book 2) – Allegra Pescatore
9. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death – Ed. Yoel Hoffmann
10. Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-binary, and Intersex Writers – Ed. Laura Kate Dale
11. Lady of the Wood – Mark Braun
12. Emotionally Raw: Second Edition – Carlos Cabrera
13. Analogies and Allegories Literary Magazine Issue 7: Zodiac Signs – Ed. Mollie Williamson
14. Seven Mercies (Seven Devils Book Two) – Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
15. The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why – Amanda Ripley
16. The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine – Thomas Morris
17. Zenith Literary Magazine Volume 3: Wasteland – Ed. Catalina Irigoyen and Mikey Waller
18. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law – Mary Roach
19. Tempest: Wild Weather Collections – Ed. Sam Bellamy
20. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World – Paul Stamets
21. The Saint of Witches – Avra Margariti
22. Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (Third Edition) – Douglas Davies
23. Warning Lines Literary Magazine Volume 4: Otherworlds – Ed. Charlie D’Aniello
24. The Golden Wave: Culture and Politics After Sri Lanka‘s Tsunami Disaster – Michele Ruth Gamburd
25. The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-love – Sonya Renee Taylor
26. These Gossamer Strings (The Last Gift Book 3) – Allegra Pescatore
27. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho – Anne Carson
28. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot – Mikki Kendall
29. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States – Samantha Allen
30. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants – Robin Wall Kimmerer
31. Dead Dad Jokes – Ollie Schminkey
32. Maiden, Mother, Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes – Ed. Gwen Benaway
33. Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm – Ed Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBrón
34. The Gift of Blood (Crimson Tears Book 1) – Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea
35. Genderqueer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe
36. What Moves the Dead – T. Kingfisher
37. The Halloween Tree – Ray Bradbury
38. Queers Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue – Ed. Christopher Barzak
39. Tsunami! – Walter Dudley and Min Lee
40. The Merciless Ones (The Guilded Ones Book 2) – Namina Forna
41. Lady of Water and Flame: Ancient Hymns for Tefnut – Chelsea Luellon Bolton
42. Tsunami Alert: Beating Asia’s Next Big One – Oakley Brooks
43. Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals – Donna Jo Napoli
44. Furrows: Deep Earth Collections Vol 2 (Green Ink Poetry) – Ed. Sam Bellamy and S. Farrar
45. Disaster by Choice: How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes – Ilan Kelman
46. Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Dawn of Yangchen (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 3) (Volume 3) – F. C. Lee
47. Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Book 3) – Tamsyn Muir
48. Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation (The Encompass Essays) – Ed. Jasmin Singer
49. Creepy Cat Volume 1 – Cotton Valent
50. Nights with a Cat Volume 1 – Kyuryu Z
51. A Cat Story – Ursula Murray Husted
52. Will the Flower Slip Through the Asphalt: Writers Respond to Capitalist Climate Change – Ed. Vijay Prashad
53. Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires Book 1) – Sam Sykes
54. Pink Pansy Press Volume One: Haunting – Ed. Jay Hogan, Asher Cookson
55. The Scratch Daughters (The Scapegracers Book 2) – H. A. Clarke
56. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History – Dan Flores
57. The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in US History – Dennis Powers
58. Kiki’s Delivery Service – Eiko Kadono
59. Soul of the Deep (Of Mermaids and Orisa Book 2) – Natasha Bowen
60. We are Changed to Deer at the Broken Place – Kelly Weber
61. The Blue Mirror – Kathe Koja
62. Corporeal Volume 4 – Ed. Katharine Blair and Lucca Hermes
63. The Luminous Dead – Caitlin Starling
64. Lord of the White Hell Book One (The Cadeleonian Series 1) – Ginn Hale
65. Lord of the White Hell Book Two (The Cadeleonian Series 2) – Ginn Hale
66. Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book One (The Cadeleonian Series 3) – Ginn Hale
67. Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book 2 (The Cadeleonian Series 4) – Ginn Hale
68. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies – Caitlin Doughty
69. Myth and Lore Issue 4: Midwinter lights are dimming – Ed. Mark Ryan
70. Master of Restless Shadows Book One (The Cadeleonian Series Book 5) – Ginn Hale