Book*hugs Wrapped: Books We Loved This Year, the Staff Edition

This next instalment of Book*hugs Wrapped features staff picks! Read on for a list of the books we’ve been reading, re-reading, loving, and recommending to anyone who will listen! Without further ado, an *incomplete* list of books we kept close in 2022:

Hazel Millar, Co-publisher

– Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen
– A Man’s Place by Annie Ernaux
– Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz

Jay Millar, Co-publisher

– Is Mother Dead? by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund
– Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
– The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja

Malcolm Sutton, Editor

– Chinatown by Thuân, translated by Nguyễn An Lý
– Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams
– Plastic Matter by Heather Davis

John Schmidt, Digital Marketing and Web Manager

– Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins by Mark Schaefer
– Bystander by Mike Steves

Charlene Chow, Editorial Assistant

– Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz
– Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro
– They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

Rachel Gerry, Publishing Assistant

– Chinatown by Thuân, translated by Nguyễn An Lý
– The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
– Second Place by Rachel Cusk