Ep. 131: The Best Backlist Books We Read in 2022 with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)
Sarah's Bookshelves Live
Sarah Dickinson
4.7 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 131, Catherine (@gilmoreguide) and I share the best backlist books we read in 2022. We each share our top 5 backlist books from 2022, some underrated backlist gems, and our backlist reading stats. Catherine and I both had a successful year of backlist reading, despite both of us experiencing major life events.
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Highlights
- Catherine's and Sarah's 2022 backlist reading stats.
- Sarah's backlist reading was more spread out during the year.
- Sarah and Catherine both had fairly successful backlist reading in 2022!
- How they incorporate backlist titles for the Double Booked episodes.
Our Top 5 Backlist Books We Read in 2022 [6:14]
Sarah
- The One by John Marrs | Amazon
| Bookshop.org [9:11]
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:19]
- Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez | Amazon
- Greenwood by Michael Christie | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:20]
- Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief by Claire Bidwell Smith | Amazon
Catherine
- The 25th Hour by David Benioff | Amazon
- The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
by Maggie O'Farrell | Amazon | Bookshop.org
- The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'Rourke | Amazon
- Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese | Amazon
- Champagne Supernovas
Underrated Backlist Gems [46:08]
Sarah
- The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:09]
- My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmerman | Amazon
Catherine
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shahak | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:12]
- Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:28]
Other Books Mentioned
- City of Thieves by David Benioff [8:22]
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick [10:53]
- The Passengers by John Marrs [12:56]
- The Minders by John Marrs [12:59]
- The Marriage Act by John Marrs (May 2, 2023) [13:06]
- Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell [14:16]
- I am, I am, I am by Maggie O'Farrell [14:40]
- This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell [14:45]
- Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener [22:38]
- Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley [29:55]
- American Predator by Maureen Callahan [41:55]
- The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak [46:17]
- Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson [47:14]
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls [48:07]
- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson [48:26]
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About Catherine Gilmore
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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 10 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Seattle, WA.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Sarah of Sarah's Bookshelves. |
| 0:11.2 | Each week I talk with a bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, |
| 0:16.4 | one book they do not love, and one new release they're excited about. |
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| 0:45.7 | There's also a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio. |
| 0:49.2 | Let's get rolling. |
| 0:50.5 | Welcome to the best backlist books we read in 2022. |
| 0:54.9 | We know how much y'all love hearing about backlist books. |
| 0:58.2 | We have heard this over and over again in our survey results. |
| 1:02.5 | So we love devoting an entire episode every year just to backlist. |
| 1:09.3 | Catherine from Gilmore Guide to Books is joining me today. Welcome back, |
| 1:12.5 | Catherine. Thank you. Very happy to be here. I've got some great books to talk about. |
| 1:18.7 | You really do. And y'all, I have to tell you, I have not heard of a single one of Catherine's |
| 1:25.0 | picks. I'm so sneaky. That's an accomplishment. Thank you. And for as long |
| 1:31.6 | as I can remember, Catherine, you and I have usually concentrated a lot of our backlist reading |
| 1:38.5 | into December every year. Is that still the case for you? Yes, but mostly because I was a poor planner this |
| 1:45.8 | year, really bad. So I read seven backlist books in December out of a total of 13 books or 14 |
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