2022 was a weird one for me. Looking back, many of the books with an outsized impact on me—the life-changing ones, the ones I cannot stop thinking about—were nonfiction. My Top 10 wound up being an even mix of fiction and nonfiction and some were quite old. The absolute best book I read in 2022 was published years ago and fell down behind my book cabinet before I had a chance to read it. I fished it out in 2022 and that’s why The Heart’s Invisible Furies is on this particular

Hi book nerds! Today I have the honor of interviewing literary king James Patterson and the celebrated co-author of his latest novel, Mike Lupica. Read on to discover who they consider to be "the best character we've ever created", which three televison shows/films influenced their latest book, and, finally, a monumentally startling detail of JP's writing process, which I promise will leave you staggered, especially if you are Gen Z or Millennial. Patterson needs no introduct