My ambitious reading list for 2022 | Book recommendations

Happy Teacher’s Day!! It is true how teachers play a role in building your first interest in books. I was blessed to have a teacher in my mum who introduced me to some beautiful books that influenced the way I looked at life. Putting down a few in this post and also my ambitious reading list for 2022

I’m not a book worm. But I like to pick a book when I want to move away from the chaos of regular life. A good story strengthens my imagination, teaches me new things and inspires me to take new approaches to life’s simplest problems.

I never read books with the intention to learn new words or make new sentences. As a child, my mom often assigned this most difficult task. She wanted me to build on my vocabulary. I didn’t want to take a second away from reading.

So there were books that I picked up to impress her for the words and phrases I learnt from them and then there were others that were meant solely for my enjoyment.

My favourite books have mostly been from the crime and fiction genres. Agatha Christie, Perry Mason, Jane Austin, L.M Montgomery, Robin Cook, Mary Higgins Clark were the authors I ran to when I needed a world beyond my monotonous routine. But as I am growing older, I am also taking refuge in many self-help ones.

I know it’s a little early but I am hoping to be more regular in reading from 2022. So I thought of collating a list of books that are my all-time favourites, new ones that I read this year and books that I want to read in 2022.

This list is diverse. Mostly because I get curious about many things in general and then pursue it to my heart’s content. It is a reflection of my interests and aspirations, in other words.

I have linked all these books to Amazon (I am an Amazon affiliate) but I encourage you to shop local as much as you can.

Hope you do get some inspiration here!

My ambitious reading list for 2022 | Book recommendations

My favourite books of all time

1. Little Women by Louisa M Alcott (literary fiction)

2. Hinds feet on high places by Hannah Hurnard (christian fiction)

3. Loves music. Loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark (suspense crime)

4. Coma by Robin Cook (medical crime)

5. All creatures great and small by James Herriot (biography of a vet)

6. Mayada- daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson (biography of a Middle- East princess )

7. The hiding place by Corrie Ten Boom (christian testimony from Nazi times)

8. Atomic Habits by James Clear (productivity) I wrote about this here.

9. Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling (fantasy)

10. The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini (historical fiction based in Afghanistan)

11. The power of positive thinking by Dr Norman Vincent (christian)

12. India unbound by Gurucharan Das (non-fiction)

Stoping here, though there are many more 😉

Books I picked up in 2021

1.Securing your financial future by Chris Smith (how to save money)

2. Love and Respect by Dr Emerson Eggerichs (christian book on married life)

3. The way of a pilgrim and the pilgrim continues His way by Walter. J. Ciszek (on praying)

4. The road less travelled by M.Scott Peck (on spiritual growth from a psychological point of view)

5. Everybody writes by Ann Handley (writing skills)

6. Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer (christian)

7. How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie (self-help)

8. The meaning of marriage by Timothy Keller (christian book on married life)

9. The life changing magic of tidying up by Marie Kondo (home organising)

10. The five love languages by Gary Chapman (self-help)

Books I want to read in 2022

1.Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens (murder mystery)

2. Greenlights by Matthew McConoughey (autobiography)

3. Close to Home: One Orthodox mother’s quest for patience, peace, and perseverance by Molly Sabourin (parenting)

4. The 5 am club by Robin Sharma (self-help)

5. The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk (mental health)

6. All by myself, alone by Mary Higgins Clark (murder mystery)

7. A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking (science)

8. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (biography)

9. Anxious for nothing by Max Lucado (christian)

10. The hate you give by Angie Thomas (fiction)

11. Educated by Tara Westover (memoir)

12. Man’s search for meaning by Viktor E Frankl (biography)

Here’s hoping I would be able to complete the 12 above.

Let me know what’s on your reading list for 2022 and if there’s any good read that I should add to my list? Please scroll down to make a comment.

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