Nobody reads book reviews. For what? Everyone knows best what to read. But what is collected here are not reviews at all, here are collected only brief impressions expressed by the author in a bright, sometimes even slightly provocative manner, that is, not at all indifferent, but, as they say, with pepper and blood, about the books he read in 2021 -2022 Here you can find modern Russian literature, ours and foreign classics, science fiction, and, of course, non-fiction. If, after reading this book, you suddenly become interested in at least one of the books mentioned, you will find it and read it, the author’s task will be considered more than fulfilled.