Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?
I Choose Elena and My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osbourne Crowley.<p>Can highly recommend these to any man who is wanting to better understand issues of sexual assault against women, in terms of how normalised it is, the challenges women face in being believed by other men and the long term health effects that manifest themselves after such attacks and after hiding the truth.<p>Wanted to mention it here because I become more aware each passing week of the blindspots in the HN community regarding the struggles and perspectives of women.<p>If you want to get a bit out of the male dominated tech bubble and learn about some drastically different experiences from your own these are highly recommend.<p>Edit to differentiate the two books: The first is basically a memoir of the author in terms of her own experiences with assault and chronic illness, where the latter is a sort of collaged memoir from multiple people.<p>The latter is definitely the more powerful book and the breath of experience juxtaposed with the commonality of those experiences is very effective. If you&#x27;re only going to read one I go for My Body Keeps Your Secrets. However there is enough that builds upon the first book, I Chose Elena, that I think it&#x27;s definitely worth checking them out. The vulnerability shown by the author when she reflects on ICE in MBKYS is breath taking