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Bennett Martin Public Library Staff — Favorite Reads of 2022

Adult Fiction

The Reading List
by Sara Nisha Adams (Adams)


The Stranger in the Lifeboat
by Mitch Albom (Albom)


The Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo (Bardugo)


Dead Silence
by S.A. Barnes (Barnes)


Bailey’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Puppy Tale
by W. Bruce Cameron (Compact Disc Cameron)


 width=When Ghosts Come Home
by Wiley Cash (Cash)


Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie (in Audiobook-on-CD format, narrated by David Suchet)


Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
by Blaize Clement (Clement)


The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djeli Clark (Clark)


The Dark Hours
by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver and Christine Lakin (Compact Disc Connelly)


Razorblade Tears
by S.A. Cosby (Cosby)


Dominicana
by Angie Cruz (Cruz)


Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr (Doerr)


The Couple at Number 9
by Claire Douglas (Compact Disc Douglas)


The Lost Daughter
by Elena Ferrante (Ferrante)


The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman (Compact Disc Gaiman)


Camino Island
by John Grisham (Grisham)


Matrix
by Lauren Groff (Groff)


A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness (Harkness)


A Spindle Splintered
by Alix E. Harrow (Harrow)


Book Lovers
by Emily Henry (Henry)


The Boy
by Tami Hoag (Hoag)


The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
by P.D. James (James)


Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood
by Sarah J. Maas (Maas)


Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel (Mandel)


Migrations
by Charlotte McConaghy (McConaghy)


Once There Were Wolves
by Charlotte McConaghy (McConaghy)


Breathless
by Amy McCulloch (McCulloch)


Girl One
by Sara Flannery Murphy (Murphy)


A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik (Novik)


The Last Graduate
by Naomi Novik (Novik)


The Secret Lives of the Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw (Philyaw)


Finder
by Suzanne Palmer (Palmer)


Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters (Peters)


The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn (Quinn)


The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn (Quinn)


Fortune Favors the Dead
by Stephen Spotswood (Spotswood)


Murder Under Her Skin
by Stephen Spotswood (Spotswood)


Funny You Should Ask
by Elissa Sussman (Sussman)


All the White Spaces
by Ally Wilkes (Wilkes)



Adult Non-Fiction

Betty Crocker’s Best 100
by Betty Crocker (641.5 Cro)


Shaq’s Family Style
by Shaquille O’Neal (641.5 One)


The Cookie Bible
by Rose Levy Berenbaum (641.865 Ber)


Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith
by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (741.5 Ell)


Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper (817 Joh)


100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
by Joseph R. Yogerst (917.3 Yog)


Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat and Family
by Rabia Chaudry (Biography Chaudry)


The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
by Jim Wright (B H4355w)


The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
by Ron and Clint Howard (Compact Disc Biography Howard)


How Y’all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief From a Life Well-Lived
by Leslie Jordan (Biography Jordan)


Know My Name
by Chanel Miller (Biography Miller)


Playing With Myself
by Randy Rainbow (Biography Rainbow)


Will
by Will Smith (Biography Smith)



Youth Materials

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
by Frank Abe and others (YA PB (Graphic Novel) Abe)


Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety
by Alex Graudins (YA PB (Graphic Novel) Graudins)


A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher (jPB Kingfiser)


The Secret Garden on 81st St.
by Ivy Noelle Weir (jPB (Series) Weir)


Jinxed
by Amy McCulloch (j McCulloch)


York: The Shadow Cipher
by Laura Ruby (j Ruby)


City of Ghosts
by Victoria Schwab (j Schwab)


When Stars Are Scattered
by Omar Mohamed (j Biography Mohamed)


Mushroom Rain
by Laura K. Zimmerman (j 579.6 Zim)


A Leopard Diary: My Journey Into the Hidden World of a Mother and Her Cubs
by Suzi Eszterhas (j 599.755 Esz)


I’ll Take Care of You
by Maria Loretta Giraldo (jP Giraldo)


A Garden of Creatures
by Sheila Heti (jP Heti)


The Tale of the Whale
by Karen Swann (jP Swann)



Non-Book Materials

Animal Crossing
(Video Game j Animal Crossing)


Harry’s House
by Harry Styles (Compact Disc 781.66 Sty)


Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
starring Michelle Yeoh (DVD Everything)


A Royal Night Out
(DVD Royal)


Turning Red
(DVD j Turning)