The Guest List 2022

We asked the past year’s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2022 and the books they hope to read in 2023 for the TENTH ANNIVERSARY edition of our special year-end  Guest List episode! Twenty-two guests participated, so listen to the show to hear about the books they loved this year, and use this page to check out all the books, as well as their past episodes!

Photo of my 2022 books (not incl. comics & some e-books) by me.



The Guests

Jonathan Ames – 14:35

Jonathan’s 2023 goals

  • More books by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Richard Butner – 16:10

Richard’s 2023 goals

Howard Chaykin – 20:00

Howard’s 2023 goals

Joe Ciardiello – 19:35

Darryl Cunningham – 4:10

Darryl’s 2023 goals

  • Hilary Mantel’s other (non-Wolf Hall) books

Eva Hagberg – 5:25

Eva’s 2023 goals

Kathe Koja – 27:40

Kathe’s 2023 goals

Ken Krimstein – 12:00

Ken’s 2023 goals

Glenn Kurtz – 17:40

Glenn’s 2023 goals

W. David Marx – 2:35

David’s 2023 goals

  • Ernst Gombrich on art, and more Leonard B. Meyer on music

Dave McKean – 3:10

Dave’s 2023 goals

  • Fiction of Umberto Eco
  • Works by Assyrologist George Smith

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi – 8:50

Wallis’ 2023 goals

Jim Ottaviani – 9:35

Jim’s 2023 goals

Celia Paul – 7:00

Celia’s 2023 goals

Nicole Rudick – 10:55

Nicole’s 2023 goals

Jerry Saltz – 22:30

Jerry’s 2023 goals

Dmitry Samarov – 21:45

Dmitry’s 2023 goals

David Sax – 15:10

David’s 2023 goals

  • More Usula K. Le Guin

Ruth Scurr – 24:45

Ruth’s 2023 goals

Sebastian Smee – 30:25

Sebastian’s 2023 goals

Peter Stothard – 25:40

Peter’s 2023 goals

  • Many poems of Horace

Marina Warner – 28:30

Marina’s 2023 goals

Gil Roth – 30:45

Gil’s 2023 goals