Fave reads in 2022
Best fiction
The Dictionary of Lost Words - by Pip Williams
The Midnight Library - by Matt Haig
The Lido - by Libby Page
Best non-fiction
Wintering - The Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times - by Katherine May
One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child - by Lauren Sandler
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - by Jenny Odell
Best self-help
Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your Life Back Together After it All Falls Apart - by Lisa Appelo
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection & the Language of Human Experience - by Brene Brown
Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss - by Rachel Lewis
Best auto-biographicals
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story - by Bono
Will - by Will Smith
The Storyteller: Tales of Life & Music - by Dave Grohl
Best faith-based
Wholehearted Faith - by Rachel Held Evans
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for Two Halves of Life - by Richard Rohr
God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer - by Pete Greig
Most inspiring reads
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working - by Shauna Niequist
What If It’s Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy & Find Courage to Celebrate - by Nicola Zasowksi
Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World - by Jennie Allen
Most challenging reads
God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations - by Chine McDonald
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms and Profits Are Hurting the Church - byKatelyn Beaty
God and the Gay Christian: he Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships - by Mathew Vines
Top of my ‘to read’ list for 2022
Apples Never Fall - by Liane Moriarty
A Burning in My Bones - by Eugene H Peterson
The Light We Carry - by Michelle Obama
A full list of all the books I read (or listened to on audio) in 2022:
Simply Tuesday - by Emily P Freeman
No Cure for Being Human - by Kate Bowler
A Simpler, More Soulful Life: Self Paced Practices & Prompts - by Shauna Niequist
All Along You Were Blooming - by Morgan Harper Nichols
Courageously Expecting - by Jenny Albers
Wintering: The Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times - by Katherine May
God and the Gay Christian - by Matthew Vine
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - by Austin Channing Brwon
You Don’t Have to Do It All - by Elli Johnson
Gay Girl, Good God - by Jackie Hill Perry
The Storyteller: Tales of Life & Music - by Dave Grohl
Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig
God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer - by Pete Greig
Will - by Will Smith
God Is Not a White Man - by Chine McDonald
The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage - by Julia Bueno
Atomic Habits - by James Clear
What If It’s Wonderful - by Nicole Zasowski
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss - by Jerry Sittser
Unexpecting - by Rachel Lewis
Spinning Plates - by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World - by Jennie Allen
Wholehearted Faith - by Rachel Held Evans
Atlas of the Heart - by Brene Brown
The Man Who Died Twice - by Richard Osman
Unexpecting - by Rachel Lewis
The Midnight Library - by Matt Haig
I Take My Coffee Black - by Tyler Merritt
WayMaker - by Ann Voskamp
The Lido - by Libby Page
Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength - by Jodi Rosser
Good Pop, Bad Pop - by Jarvis Cocker
Falling Upwards: A Spirituality for Two Halves of Life - by Richard Rohr
The Dictionary of Lost Words - by Pip Williams
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope - by Anne Lamott
Life Can Be Good Again - by Lisa Appelo
Called to Create - by Jordan Raynor
Sorrow & Bliss - by Meg Mason
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith - by Barbara Brown Taylor
Undistracted - by Bob Goff
The Lord is My Courage - by K J Ramsey
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet - by Shuana Niequist
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Plaforms and Profits Are Hurting tthe Church - by Katelyn Beaty
Menopausing - by Davina McCall
How to Do Nothing - by Jenny Odell
One & Only: The Freedom of Having An Only Child - by Lauren Sandler
Surrender : 40 Songs, One Story - by Bono
The Dark Womb: Reconceiving Theology Through Reproductive Loss - by Karen O’Donnell
Honest Advent - by Scott Erickson
A Boy Called Christmas - by Matt Haig