the DIYer, top picks are among those that provide unique tips and solutions that help you master your craft.

To end the year, we took a look at the books Select readers particularly enjoyed in 2022 and rounded up the 20 most purchased books across our coverage. What we discovered is that Select readers had a huge interest in journals, mysteries, LGBTQ+ reads, gardening and culinary arts.

1. Hunt a Killer: The Detective’s Puzzle Book

2. Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables at Home

3. The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

4. 1000 Record Covers

5. Potter Gift Q&A a Day for Moms: A 5-Year Journal

6. Large-Format Internet Address & Password Logbook

7. The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening

8. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

9. Audible Membership

10. Martha Stewart’s Newlywed Kitchen

11. The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small Book

12. When Breath Becomes Air

13. Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition

14. The Stonewall Reader

15. The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers

16. The 5-Minute Gratitude Journal

17. My Favorite Recipes: The XXL DIY Cookbook

18. We Begin at the End

19. The House in the Cerulean Sea

20. The Plot

21. Savor: Entertaining with Charcuterie, Cheese, Spreads & More!

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