The best of 2022

A look back at my favorite books, comics, games, movies, TV, and music that I enjoyed in 2022.

The list is ordered by category. The order inside each category is chronological (I start with the items I’ve finished most recently).

Previous lists: 2021.

Richard Feynman. source: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/feynman-making-the-extraordinary-look-easy/

Books

I read 39 books in 2022.

The best of them (with original publication date):

• Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman (1985)
• The Technicolor Time Machine, Harry Harrison (1967)
• Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1961)
• The Space Merchants, Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth (1952)
• The Minority Report, Philip K. Dick (1956)
• The Door Into Summer, Robert A. Heinlein (1956)
• [tie] The Status Civilization / Notions: Unlimited, Robert Sheckley (both 1960)

Prison Pit. source: https://mindlessones.com/2010/09/22/auto-animator-imprisoning-in-prison-pit-book-i/

Comics

I read 14 comic books in 2022.

The best one (with the original publication date):

• Prison Pit: The Complete Collection, Johnny Ryan (2020)

Video games

I finished 21 video games in 2022: 15 of them on Xbox Series X, 4 on Nintendo Switch, 1 on PS4, and 1 on Macbook M1.

The best of them:

• Batman: Arkham Origins
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
• Forza Horizon 5
• The Matrix Awakens
• Max Payne
• Bowser’s Fury

Movies

I watched 39 films in 2022: 22 at home, 10 at cinemas, and 7 at friends’ places.

The best of them:

• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
• Mirror / Зеркало
• RRR
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Tammy & the T-Rex
• Thor: Love and Thunder
• Hackers
• Everything Everywhere All at Once

TV

I watched 32 full seasons of TV in 2022.

The best ones:

• group (s01 & s02)
• Love on the Spectrum (s01 & s02, Australian version)
• X-Men: The Animated Series (s01)
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series (s01)
• The Mandalorian (s01)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (s01)
• Moon Knight (s01)

Music

These 3 albums I listened to on repeat in 2022:

• Ляпіс Трубяцкі, Грай
• JUNGLE, Loving in Stereo
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall