A Pile of Books I Read in 2022 (and Some I’m Still Reading or Haven’t Started)
And some I gave their own posts to ’cos they were utter bangers, and some I might even give their own posts, ’cos also bangers. So many books. I can only take one fiction and one non-fiction with me? Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Rehearsals for Living, and Tamsyn Muir’s Nona the Ninth. And one book of poetry? Fatimah Asghar’s If They Come For Us.
Akwaeke Emezi — Dear Senthuran: A black spirit memoir
Akwaeke Emezi — Pet
Akwaeke Emezi — The Death of Vivek Oji
Alastair Reynolds — Eversion
Arkady Martine — A Desolation Called Peace
Arkady Martine — A Memory Called Empire
Asmi Bishara — Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice
Ben Aaronovitch — Amongst Our Weapons
Caren Wilton — My Body, My Business: New Zealand Sex Workers in an Era of Change
Celeste Bell, Zoe Howe — Dayglo: The Poly Styrene Story: The Creative Life of Poly Styrene
Charlie Jane Anders — Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Chris Tse, Emma Barnes (eds.) — Out Here: An Anthology of Takatapui and Lgbtqia+ Writers from Aotearoa
Jessica Hansell aka Coco Solid — How to Loiter In a Turf War
David Austin — Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
Fatimah Asghar — If They Come For Us
Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo (eds.) — The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me
Fatimah Asghar — When We Were Sisters
James S. A. Corey — Memory’s Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
Janet L. Abu-Lughod — Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350
Juno Dawson — Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
Juno Dawson — Stay Another Day
Karlie Noon, Krystal De Napoli — Astronomy: Sky Country
Kim Fu — Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
Leanne Simpson — Islands of Decolonial Love
Mykaela Saunders — This All Come Back Now: An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction
Naseem Jamnia — The Bruising of Qilwa
Omar Sakr — Son of Sin
Robyn Maynard, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson — Rehearsals for Living
