2022 Reading Wrapup

Happy New Year!!

Have you set your 2023 reading goals yet? I am not sure yet that I want to set a reading goal. I read all the time and for me reading is therapy. I cannot do without it. However, I hope to read more Asian literature this year. That counts as a goal, right?

I read 64 books from 14 countries. I read more fiction which comes as no surprise. I enjoyed audiobooks courtesy of Scribd. Use my link to listen to audiobooks on Scribd for free for 30 days. Try it out. Audiobooks are the future. Don`t be left behind.

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I share my 2022 reading list below under different categories/genres with author, country and publication date:

Fiction

–The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini (Trinidad & Tobago, 2021)

–His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie (Liberia/Ghana, 2020)

–Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi (Nigeria,2020)

–The World is Ours by Lucie Chihandae (Uganda, 2022)

–The Whorehouse by Njoki Kamande (Kenya)

–In Every Mirror She`s Black by Akimade Akinmade Akerstrom (Nigeria, 2021)

–Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Sudan,2010)

–Earthsinger Chronicles (Song of Blood and Stone -2015, Whispers of Shadow and Flame-2015, Cry of Metal and Bone-2016, Requiem of Silence-2021) by L.Penelope (USA)

–LegendBorn by Tracy Deonn (USA, 2020)

–Kunda by Rachael A.Z Mutabingwa (Uganda, 2019)

–Things They Lost by Okwiri Odour (Kenya, 2022)

–Beautyful Problems by Matsiko Godwin Muhwezi (Uganda, 2021)

–The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Nigeria,2021)-Audiobook

–A Good Name by Yejide Kilanko (Nigeria,2021)-Audiobook

–Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud (Trinidad & Tobago,2020)-Audiobook

–A Family Affair by Sue Nyathi (Zimbabwe,2020)

–The Gold diggers by Sue Nyathi (Zimbabwe,2018)-Audiobook

–Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe,1988)-Audiobook

–Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria,2013)-Audio book

–Beneath the Lion`s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia,2010)

–Woman At Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt,1975)

–A General Theory of Oblivion by Jose Eduardo Agualusa (Angola,2012)

–The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa (South Africa,2017)

–Trumpet by Jackie Kay (Scotland/Nigeria,1998)

–The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (USA,2017)-Audiobook

–Faith by Itoro Bassey (Nigeria,2022)

–The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (Ireland, 2020)

Romance

–While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (USA,2021)

–Seven Days in June by Tia Williams( USA, 2021)

–I Said Yes by Kiersten Modglin (USA,2020)

–You had me at Hola by Alexis Daria (USA, 2020)

–It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (USA,2016)

–Verity by Colleen Hoover (USA,2018)

–Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover(USA,2022)

–Dating Dr.Dil by Nisha Sharma-(USA, 2022)-Audiobook

–Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey (USA, 2020)

–Fake it till you Bake it by Jamie Wesley (USA, 2022)

–Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (Nigeria,2022)-Audiobook

–I think I might need you by Christine C.Jones (USA, 2019)

–Crossfire Series (Bared to You-2012, Reflected in You-2012, Entwined with You-2013) by Sylvia Day (USA)

Poetry

–Woman, Eat Me Whole by Ama Asantewa Diaka (Ghana,2022)

–How to Wake a Butterfly by Loic Ekinga (Congo,2021)

–Still Blossoming by Michelle Ivy Alwedo (Uganda,2022)

Short story

–The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (USA,2020)

–Nearly All The Men in Lagos are Mad by Damilare Kuku (Nigeria,2021)

–A Broken People`s Playlist by Chimeka Garricks (Nigeria,2020)

–A Killing in the Sun by Dilman Dila (Uganda, 2014)

–Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana (Uganda, 1984)

Anthology

–Threads and Faces: Stories on Identity and Belonging. Edited by Goretti Kyomuhendo (2022)

Non-Fiction

–My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay (UK/Ethiopia, 2019)

–This Is Me: The Metamorphosis of Ayo by Patricia Opio (Uganda, 2021)

–Life in the Single Lane: Finding Joy in the journey of singlehood by Anita Komukama (Uganda, 2020)

–Truck Driver by Billy Opifeni (Uganda, 2022)

–A Bigger Picture by Vanessa Nakate (Uganda, 2021)

–Woman Fire Grace by Rebecca Makyeli (Uganda, 2022)

–Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair culture by Emma Dabiri (Ireland, 2020)

–Uganda: An Indian Colony (1897-1972) by Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo (Uganda, 2022)

Self-Help books

–Who Moved My Cheese? By Dr Spencer Johnson (USA, 1998)

–Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg (USA,2019)

 Do you Spot any favourites or books you have read before?