reading list 2022
My reading goal in 2022 is to continue the habit I developed in 2020 and to read every day. To make things interesting, one of my 22 for 2022 things is to work through the Dymocks 2022 Reading Challenge, which has 20 reading suggestions and a further six extra challenging suggestions, so some of the books I’ll be reading will be connected to that.
My reading list 2022
- The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
- A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Circle of Nine by Josephine Pennicott
- What Really Happened in Wuhan by Sharri Markson
- Clapperland by Terry Aulich
- Listen: How to find the words for tender conversations by Kathryn Mannix
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- 7 1/2 by Christos Tsiolkas
- Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky
- Write it all Down by Cathy Rentzenbrink
- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- The Love You Deserve by Jen Morris
- The Novel Project by Graeme Simsion
- Why People Photograph by Robert Adams
- Belonging to the Earth: Nature Spirituality in a Changing World by Julie Brett
- Menopocalypse by Amanda Thebe
- Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography by Stephen Shore
- Uncommon Places by Stephen Shore
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Truths from an Unreliable Witness by Fiona O’Loughlin
- The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
- Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey
- Body Learning by Michael Gelb
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
- Last Shot by Jock Zonfrillo
- Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M Linehan
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
- Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
- The Alexander Technique: A Skill for life by Pedro de Alcantata
- The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
- The Nature of Photographs by Stephen Shore
- Only A Monster by Vanessa Len
- League of Liars by Astrid Scholte
- The Wardrobe Girl by Jennifer Smart
- The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
- A Wedding at Sandy Cove by Bella Osborne
- Summer of Serenity by Nicola Marsh
- Summer at the French Café by Sue Moorcroft
- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
- Muwinina Country by Luana Towney
- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
- The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- True Stories by Patti Miller
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Sixty Seven Days by Yvonne Weldon
- Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention by Johann Hari
- Loop Holes by Susan McCreery
- This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction edited by Mykaela Saunders
The Dymocks Reading Challenge 2022
Find out more about this challenge here or download the list.

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Bought it for the cover:
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Trending on #BookTok:
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Illustrated cover: The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
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A friend’s favourite: Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M Linehan
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Otherworldly: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
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Inspiring change: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
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Love story: A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton
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Start of a series: Only A Monster by Vanessa Len
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A Classic: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
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Australian author – #readaustralian: Clapperland by Terry Aulich
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A book you keep seeing: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
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Number in the title: Sixty Seven Days by Yvonne Weldon
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Re-read a favourite: Circle of Nine by Josephine Pennicott
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From where you’d rather be:
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An adventure:
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Feel good: A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton
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Released this year: Belonging to the Earth: Nature Spirituality in a Changing World by Julie Brett
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Award-winner: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002 Hugo Award Winner)
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First Nations author: Muwinina Country by Luarna Towney
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Dymocks Book of the Month: League of Liars by Astrid Scholte (March 2022 Young Adult Book of the Month)
Extra challenging
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450+ pages: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
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A book older than you: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Bottom of your TBR pile:
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Finished in a day: Last Shot by Jock Zonfrillo
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Read entirely outside: Loop Holes by Susan McCreery
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Out of your comfort zone: 7 1/2 by Christos Tsiolkas