Book Club of One Podcast: Featured Books 2022

1.
The Swimmers
The Swimmers 3.65 avg rating — 37,350 ratings
2.
Noir
Noir 3.80 avg rating — 16,900 ratings
3.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,559 ratings
4.
Making Comics
Making Comics 4.47 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
5.
The Nineties
The Nineties 3.87 avg rating — 29,123 ratings
6.
The Candy House
The Candy House 3.64 avg rating — 65,937 ratings
7.
Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York
Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York
by: Roz Chast
3.98 avg rating — 5,136 ratings
8.
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 74,781 ratings
9.
Grave Reservations (The Booking Agents, #1)
Grave Reservations (The Booking Agents, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 7,863 ratings
10.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 4.45 avg rating — 26,180 ratings
11.
I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag 2B
I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag 2B 4.09 avg rating — 363 ratings
12.
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines 4.40 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
13.
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust 4.36 avg rating — 239 ratings
14.
Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends
Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends 3.85 avg rating — 8,972 ratings
15.
The Company of the Dead
The Company of the Dead 3.24 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
16.
Hex
Hex 3.72 avg rating — 45,739 ratings
17.
Traces of War: The Archaeology of the First World War
Traces of War: The Archaeology of the First World War 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
18.
Reprieve
Reprieve 3.39 avg rating — 7,652 ratings
19.
Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross
Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
20.
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century 3.64 avg rating — 189 ratings
21.
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth 4.17 avg rating — 1,840 ratings
22.
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here 3.80 avg rating — 22,844 ratings
23.
The Middle Ages: A Graphic History
The Middle Ages: A Graphic History 4.01 avg rating — 830 ratings
24.
The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 4.47 avg rating — 269 ratings
25.
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box 3.72 avg rating — 150 ratings
26.
Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling 4.15 avg rating — 561 ratings
27.
Devil House
Devil House 3.20 avg rating — 15,708 ratings
28.
The Work: The Lyrics of Scott Hutchison
The Work: The Lyrics of Scott Hutchison 4.83 avg rating — 184 ratings
29.
Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle against Censorship
Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle against Censorship 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
30.
The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience
The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience 3.83 avg rating — 83 ratings
31.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story 4.61 avg rating — 23,215 ratings
32.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 625,875 ratings
33.
Ramble Book
Ramble Book 4.13 avg rating — 4,970 ratings
34.
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections 3.23 avg rating — 11,989 ratings
35.
Enid (Four Sisters #1)
Enid (Four Sisters #1)
by: Cati Baur
4.02 avg rating — 632 ratings
36.
Saturday
Saturday 3.64 avg rating — 72,556 ratings
37.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley 3.82 avg rating — 7,074 ratings
38.
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 19,835 ratings
39.
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
by: Nora Krug
4.32 avg rating — 9,225 ratings
40.
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye 4.47 avg rating — 3,495 ratings
41.
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together 4.62 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
42.
The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer, #1)
The Mask of Dimitrios (Charles Latimer, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 11,522 ratings
43.
Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret 3.62 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
44.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 166,988 ratings
45.
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 39,342 ratings
46.
Woman World
Woman World 4.02 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
47.
Motley Stones
Motley Stones 3.90 avg rating — 364 ratings
48.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating — 9,808 ratings
49.
An Iranian Metamorphosis
An Iranian Metamorphosis 3.97 avg rating — 650 ratings
50.
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire 3.90 avg rating — 2,631 ratings
51.
The Paradox Hotel
The Paradox Hotel
by: Rob Hart
3.53 avg rating — 10,001 ratings
52.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,850 ratings
53.
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 96,012 ratings
54.
Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility 4.06 avg rating — 282,210 ratings
55.
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 4.07 avg rating — 2,750 ratings
56.
Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh 3.78 avg rating — 338,698 ratings
57.
500 Essential Graphic Novels
500 Essential Graphic Novels 3.82 avg rating — 197 ratings
58.
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects 3.61 avg rating — 576 ratings
59.
At the Edge of the Night
At the Edge of the Night 3.97 avg rating — 147 ratings
60.
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times 4.03 avg rating — 1,928 ratings
61.
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Mouse Guard, #1)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Mouse Guard, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 14,270 ratings
62.
Pollak's Arm
Pollak's Arm 3.86 avg rating — 318 ratings
63.
Eat the Rich
Eat the Rich 3.69 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
64.
On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth 4.18 avg rating — 10,335 ratings
65.
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night 4.27 avg rating — 16,934 ratings
66.
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library 3.23 avg rating — 2,346 ratings
67.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
by: Garth Nix
3.85 avg rating — 24,626 ratings
68.
Skyward (Skyward, #1)
Skyward (Skyward, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 160,737 ratings
69.
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America 4.20 avg rating — 568 ratings
70.
Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars
Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars 3.77 avg rating — 874 ratings
71.
Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey Through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine
Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey Through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine
by: A. Zee
4.48 avg rating — 143 ratings
72.
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,537 ratings
73.
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America 3.95 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
74.
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
by: Ed Finn
3.64 avg rating — 970 ratings
75.
Men at Arms
Men at Arms 3.90 avg rating — 3,584 ratings
76.
The Jewish Journey: 4000 Years in 22 Objects From the Ashmolean Museum
The Jewish Journey: 4000 Years in 22 Objects From the Ashmolean Museum 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
77.
Cryptid Club
Cryptid Club 4.27 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
78.
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash 3.76 avg rating — 1,776 ratings
79.
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 4.09 avg rating — 4,660 ratings
80.
Doom Towns: The People and Landscapes of Atomic Testing, A Graphic History (Graphic History Series)
Doom Towns: The People and Landscapes of Atomic Testing, A Graphic History (Graphic History Series) 4.04 avg rating — 85 ratings
81.
When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers
When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers 4.34 avg rating — 644 ratings
82.
Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books
Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books 3.91 avg rating — 432 ratings
83.
You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life
You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life 4.37 avg rating — 663 ratings
84.
Far Sector
Far Sector 4.20 avg rating — 4,958 ratings
85.
The Facemaker
The Facemaker 4.28 avg rating — 7,372 ratings
86.
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City 4.33 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
87.
Factory Summers
Factory Summers 3.77 avg rating — 3,424 ratings
88.
Sweet Tooth: The Deluxe Edition, Book One
Sweet Tooth: The Deluxe Edition, Book One 4.29 avg rating — 2,983 ratings
89.
A Collapse of Horses
A Collapse of Horses 4.02 avg rating — 2,776 ratings
90.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,040 ratings
91.
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 3.83 avg rating — 10,181 ratings
92.
Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
by: Cal Flyn
4.20 avg rating — 5,634 ratings
93.
Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
by: Matt Ruff
4.01 avg rating — 47,800 ratings
94.
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 4.22 avg rating — 17,535 ratings
95.
A Touch of Jen
A Touch of Jen 3.25 avg rating — 12,790 ratings
96.
Hark! A Vagrant
Hark! A Vagrant 4.20 avg rating — 24,706 ratings
97.
Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front
Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front 3.74 avg rating — 2,385 ratings
98.
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 16,313 ratings
99.
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age 3.78 avg rating — 7,115 ratings
100.
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope 4.50 avg rating — 6,505 ratings