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The Books I Read in 2022

Robby Haynes

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The Books I Read in 2022

One of my goals for the past couple of years has been to read more. Last year, I set my biggest goal ever of forty books. About halfway through the year, I was crushing it, so I upped my goal to fifty books. On December 31st, I finished the last page of The Two Towers and brought my final total to 52 books for the year! Here are all the books I read in 2022:

Favorite Books of 2022:

  1. Respectable Sins - Jerry Bridges
      – I read this along with my small group in the spring. This book was super convicting and made me thankful for my Savior. It looks at the common sins that we easily brush off and shows how they can bring us to ruin. Both L and I said it was one of our most favorite studies we have done.
  2. Unoffendable - Brant Hansen
      – I struggle with anger. The premise of this book is that there is no such thing as human “righteous anger.” We often feel we have the right to be angry or offended at something that was said or done to us. However, as this book points out, that is not in the Bible. Super challenging stuff here. Highly recommend.
  3. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
      – This was my favorite fiction book by far. It tells the story of Ove, who is a grumpy old man that has had a rough life and is ready to end it all. But then some new neighbors move in across the street, and everything changes. I laughed, cried, and was convicted about my negativity while reading this one.
  4. The Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
      – I’m a sucker for personal finance books and blogs. This one is different however. Rather than being the nuts and bolts of how to invest, budget, etc., it breaks down how we make money decisions based on what we believe rather than what the spreadsheet says.
  5. How to Astronaut - Terry Virts
      – As long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut. This was a fun book answering many questions about space travel and life on the ISS from an astronaut who spent over 200 days there.
  6. The Wright Brothers - David McCullough
      – Aviation is absolutely fascinating to me. Ask my wife, and she will tell you any time we are at an airport, I get this little kid look in my eye. So, of course, a book about the two guys who finally made powered flight happen was wonderful. The history behind how these brothers were able to persevere and overcome so many challenges is truly inspiring.

Remaining 46 books of 2022 (random order):

  1. The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. Deeper - Dane C. Ortland
  3. Live No Lies - John Mark Comer
  4. Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew - Ellen Notbohm
  5. None Like Him - Jen Wilkin
  6. Bored and Brilliant - Manoush Zomorodi
  7. I Hate Running and You Can Too - Brendan Leonard
  8. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism - Barry M. Prizant
  9. Disability and the Gospel- Michael S. Beates
  10. Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow) - Matt Fitzgerald
  11. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures - Malcolm Gladwell
  12. The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
  13. Building a Second Brain - Tiago Forte
  14. What if Jesus Was Serious ... About Prayer? - Skye Jethani
  15. Anxious People - Fredrik Backman
  16. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto- Michael Pollan
  17. The Sum of Us - Heather McGhee
  18. The Judge's List - John Grisham
  19. The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
  20. The Problem of God - Mark Clark
  21. Scary Close - Donald Miller
  22. You and Me Forever - Francis Chan
  23. The Second Mountain - David Brooks
  24. Will - Mark Manson
  25. Think Like a Freak - Steven D. Levitt
  26. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy - Mark Vroegop
  27. Navigating Autism - Temple Grandin
  28. Soundtracks - Jon Acuff
  29. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
  30. The Bomber Mafia - Malcolm Gladwell
  31. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
  32. Born a Crime - Trevor Noah
  33. Shoe Dog - Phil Knight
  34. David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
  35. The Innocent - David Baldacci
  36. Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt
  37. Anger - Gary Chapman
  38. Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance
  39. The Road Back to You - Ian Morgan Cron
  40. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
  41. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
  42. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
  43. Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell
  44. Disability and the Sovereign Goodness of God - John Piper
  45. Something Needs to Change - David Platt
  46. American Rule - Jared Yates Sexton

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