Andover's Memorial Hall Library Staff Pick Best Books Of 2022

ANDOVER, MA — If you are looking for a book to snuggle up with during the cold winter, the staff members at Andover's Memorial Hall Library recently posted their picks for the Best of 2022 for adults, teens and children.

Adult Fiction:

• Yonder by Jabari Asim
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
• Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
• Upgrade by Blake Crouch
• Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
• The Apocalypse Seven by Gene Doucette
• Just like Home by Sarah Gailey
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry
• Fairy Tale by Stephen King
• Woman Eating by Claire Kohda
• Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
• Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
• Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
• The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
• Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Adult Nonfiction:

• Ducks: Two Years In the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
• I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom
• Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson
• Finding freedom: A Cook's Story: Remaking a Life From Scratch by Erin French
• Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale
• Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
• We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
• The Hawk's Way: Encounters With Fierce Beauty by Sy Montgomery
• Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) by Dan Ozzi
• What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Duncan Perry
• In Sickness by Barrett J. Rollins
• Sitting Pretty: The View from my Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

Teens/Young Readers:

• The Legend of Brightblade by Ethan M. Aldridge
• The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
• Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
• Brand New Boy by David Almond
• Loyalty by Avi
• Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
• The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
• The Red Palace by June Hur
• Rust In the Root by Justina Ireland
• Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
• The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
• Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
• Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
• When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw
• The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
• Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero
• I'm The Girl by Courtney Summers
• All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
• This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Children's Books:

• Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena
• All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night by Polly Faber
• This Book is Not for You! by Shannon Hale
• Payden's Pronoun Party by Blue Jaryn
• The Book That Did Not Want to be Read by David Sundin
• That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed
• The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

Teens/Young Readers/Children's Nonfiction

• The Big Book of W.O.W.: Astounding Animals, Bizarre Phenomena, Sensational Space, and More Wonders of Our World by Kelly Hargrave
• Hiders Seekers Finders Keepers: How Animals Adapt in Winter by Jessica Kulekjian
• Victory Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice by Tommie Smith
• A Book, Too, Can be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L'Engle and the Making of A Wrinkle in Time by Charlotte Jones Voiklis
• Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse by Alora Young

Poetry:

• Alive At The End of the World: by Saeed Jones