About this episode
We're finishing 2022 on a strong note by talking about our favorite books of 2022! We cover our favorite reads spanning 6 different categories, and play voicemails from YOU about your favorite books! Favorite Book Club Pick Olivia: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson , Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Becca: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir , You Made a Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Listeners: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult , Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Favorite Romance Olivia: Book Lovers by Emily Henry , Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Listeners: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune , Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan , A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera , After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Favorite Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense Olivia: Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Becca: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins Favorite Literary Fiction Olivia: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark , Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Becca: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin , Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close Listeners: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin , The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Favorite Wildcard Olivia: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Becca: The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E Smith , The ARC by Tory Henwood Hoen Listeners: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen , I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy , The Wreckage of my Presence by Casey Wilson , The Selection by Kiera Cass Favorite Book of the Year Olivia: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Becca: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Listeners: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller , Babel by R.F. Kuang , Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen More Listener Reccomendations!!! Human Kind: a Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman , A Promised Land by Barack Obama , A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara , Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel , Heartless by Elise Silver , Fool Hearts by Emmy Sanders , Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score , Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score , Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C Ford . Obsessions: Becca: Basking in glow of christmas tree lights Olivia: For the Love of Pickles Facebook Group What we read this week! Olivia: Scandalized by Ivy Owens , These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant , The Villa by Rachel Hawkins , Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark Becca: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk Sponsors: Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP Better Help - Learn more and save 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/badonpaper Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the ZocDoc app for free to start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods . Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast . Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman .